November 9: Guinness World Records Day
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November 9 marks the Day of the Guinness Book of Records, which includes about 200 Ukrainian achievements. Among them are the largest airplane, the longest hair, and the strongest woman on the planet.
Every year on November 9, the Guinness World Records Day is celebrated, a holiday that unites the whole world and reminds us of the most interesting achievements in history that inspire millions of people, UNN writes.
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Guinness World Records Day is a reminder that human capabilities are endless. Today, everyone can remember that there are many ways to show individuality, go beyond their limits, and inspire others. The Guinness World Records are not just numbers, but stories of people who believed in themselves and persevered to reach their goals.
history of the Guinness Book of World Records
Surprisingly, the history of the book, which today captures the unexpected achievements of humanity, amazing natural phenomena and amazing facts, began with controversy. Director of the Guinness brewery Hugh Beaver and his friend went hunting, and there they began a discussion about which European game flies faster. Subsequently, three years later, the situation was repeated in one of the pubs, where the subject of dispute again became — golden plover. Then Hugh Beaver realized that it would be great to publish a book that could be referred to in such disputes. In addition, it seemed to him that it was a good idea to publish this book under the leadership of the Guinness brewery, because then consumers would have a corresponding association with the brand of delicious beer. The work on the book was entrusted to twin brothers and owners of the fact research agency in London, Ross and Norris Mcwirter. They spent a whole year checking a large number of facts, communicating with various specialists, and collecting scientific evidence. And already on August 27, 1955, the world saw a book called "The Book of extraordinary Guinness", which very quickly gained popularity. And what is symbolic, it was the first ever bestseller not in the genre of a novel or detective story. Then the Mcwirter brothers continued to work on the book and came to the rules to publish a new revision every year in October.
In the first decades, there were no restrictions on setting Guinness World Records. Later, however, records related to dangerous tests were removed from the book to avoid lawsuits.
Ukraine in the Guinness Book of Records
AN-225 Mriya airplane
Destroyed at the beginning of a full-scale invasion, The an-255 Mriya aircraft was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest and most powerful transport aircraft in the world, thanks to its 240 records. It had a maximum take-off weight of 640 tons and wings with a span of 88 meters. The aircraft was created for the purpose of transporting objects of the space industry, but its main uniqueness was the ability to transport super-heavy loads.
Guinness Book of Records and the National University of Ostroh Academy
Ukrainians managed to break the record for the longest continuous reading of poetry. In 2014, three thousand students and teachers of the National University of Ostroh Academy read Taras Shevchenko's Kobzar 45 times in 19 days. In 456 hours, they read 11,250 poems.
In addition, five years later, the university was again included in the Guinness Book of World Records — for the most massive archaeological lecture from archaeologist Bogdan Prishchepa, which 299 students listened to for more than an hour.
longest hair
The record holder for the longest hair in the world is Ukrainian Aliya Nasirova. The length of her luxurious hair reached 257.7 cm, which is almost a meter longer than her height of 165 centimeters. Moreover, Aliya's record exceeds the height (257) of Sultan Xenon, the tallest man in the world.
Zaporizhzhya NPP
Zaporizhzhia NPP is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and the third largest in the world. It was included in the Guinness Book of Records because it has the largest total production unit of 6000 MW.
The Strongest Woman on the planet
The title of the world's strongest woman was also awarded to a Ukrainian woman. Olga Lyashchuk broke the record in 2016 by crushing three watermelons with her hips in 14 seconds. Two years later, the woman improved her result and crushed watermelons in 7 seconds.
Giant glass of sparkling wine
Even before the annexation of Crimea, Ukraine hosted a champagne festival. It was then that a record-breaking glass of sparkling wine was recorded, containing 55 liters of wine. The glass weighed 50 kg, was 1.5 meters high, and measured 40 cm in diameter at its widest part.
"Kulesh of the World"
In 2015, 3000 kg of millet porridge was prepared at the Terra fest festival in Pervomaisk. 2300 liters of water, 500 kg of millet, 150 kg of meat and 100 kg of lard, carrots, onions were spent on cooking the dish. All visitors of the festival managed to try "Kulesh Mira", because as a result of cooking, 12 thousand servings were obtained.
Maximum number of dead loops on a motorcycle
Ukrainian motorcyclist Oleksandr Turchanynov has set a record for performing a dangerous stunt called a "dead loop." He made the largest circle on a motorcycle in a metal sphere with a diameter of 10 meters. However, the achievement of this result was not without injuries - the man suffered a broken tibia.
Human chain of unity made of Ukrainian towels in the ATO zone
In 2016, the residents of Volnovakha created a man-made path - a human chain - to mark the 135th anniversary of the city. The record was set by 3,672 people using 2,227 towels. The length of this human chain of people with towels was 4,507 meters.
Giant soap
A woman from Kryvyi Rih, Hanna Tereshchenko, has set a record in soap making. She managed to make a bar of soap weighing 84 kg. The creation of this product was for charity: it was cut into smaller pieces and sold. The proceeds went to treat a girl with cancer.
Recall
Currently, there are 2,638 records in the Guinness Book of World Records, of which about 200 are set by Ukrainians or somehow connected with Ukraine.
