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In honor of its 60th anniversary, here is a mindblowing record that has been broken every year since its founding, in reverse order. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. At the time that these lists were published, the vast majority of the scores were world records, in addition to being. Publication date 1985 topics curiosities and wonders publisher toronto. In the 1980s, there were a series of guinness book of world records gbwr editions that featured contest results from twin galaxies, in the initial years, and then the apa amusement players association, run by steve harris in the final year, which was 1987. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. South south africa specimen speed record sq ft sweden tallest tion tons tournament ussr wash weighing wilt chamberlain womens world. This version of the shoe phone made it to the 1985 guinness book of word records as being the worlds smallest phone. Which guinness world record happened on your birth year. Get the best deals on guinness book of world records when you shop the largest online selection at. The current guinness record is 5,340 lb 2,420 kg, set by gregg ernst in 1993.

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