Author: ABR Team

A group of eight skydivers – Jim Culhane, Cliff Davis, Scotty Gallan, Walt Green, Paul Hinen, SkyHuminsky, Woody McKay, and Ted Williams – of Central Florida, USA, set a record by being the largest formation of 80-years-plus skydivers of the world during a 3-day event sponsored by the International Skydiving Hall of Fame Celebration, as confirmed on May 17, 2023.

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA set a record for being the first to develop self-administered, painless tattoos. They forayed into pain-free, self-applied ink build upon recent medical advances in the use of microneedle patches. These needles are downright miniscule compared to their more traditional counterparts and don’t leave a tell-tale sting, as confirmed on May 17, 2023.

A team of 10 surgeons led by Dr. Christian Brogna in Paideia International Hospital of Rome, Italy, set a record by performing the first brain surgery where the patient played saxophone throughout his own surgery.  The 35-year-old patient underwent brain surgery while being fully awake and playing the saxophone, as confirmed on May 17, 2023.

Annie Cohen Kopchovsy of Massachusetts, USA, set a record for being the first woman to bicycle around the world. She set off on a cycling tour of the world on June 25, 1894, that took 15 months to complete, as confirmed on May 17, 2023.

The Swiss railways at Switzerland set a record by launching the longest passenger train of the world on the 175th anniversary of their first railway.  It was a 1.2-mile-long passenger train consisting of 100 coaches.  The extra-long train weighing 2,990 tons was composed of 25 smaller electric trains, and travelled approximately 15 miles, as confirmed on May 17, 2023.

People at THK Home For Disabled at Sembawang, Singapore and other volunteers, led by artist Vijaya Mohan, set a record for making the largest word formation of crushed paper balls. The balls were pasted, painted and formed the words ‘Happy 57th Birthday Singapore’, measuring 4.5 m x 0.7 m, as confirmed on May 16, 2023.

Students and staff of Temasek Secondary School, Singapore set a record for organising an event where maximum people formed interlocking hearts. They formed a 954-people serpentine chain and locked their arms together with fingers making a heart shape, to show their appreciation for the teachers on the Teachers’ Day, as confirmed on May 16, 2023.

The Bavarian town of Nördlingen, Germany, set a record for being the first city built atop a crater and riddled with diamonds. The city sits atop a massive meteorite crater. The town’s first inhabitants settled at the site in 898 AD, and by the Middle Ages, townspeople constructed a wall around the city to protect it, as confirmed on May 17, 2023.

The SAF Military Police Command of Singapore set a record for maximum people doing flutter kicks together. A total of 820 of its personnel did a total of 56,000 flutter kicks in 5 minutes in Bay East Gardens, Singapore on the formation’s 56th anniversary, as confirmed on May 16, 2023.

Sultan Kösen (born December 10, 1982) of Turkey, set a record for being the tallest man of the world. He is 8 feet 3 inches tall. His unique stature is caused by a condition known as “pituitary gigantism,” which is the result of an overproduction of growth hormone, as confirmed on May 17, 2023.