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🧟‍��️🧟‍♀️ The largest zombie gathering had 15,458 participants,

organized by Zombie Pub Crawl (USA) in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Oct 11, 2014.

#Halloween #Zombies #WorldRecord #WWR #GWR

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🎃💥 The most pumpkins smashed in 1 minute is 52,

set by Ronald Sarchian (USA) in California on Oct 31, 2020,
matched same day by Ashrita Furman (USA) in New York.

#Halloween #Pumpkin #Record #WWR #GWR

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⚽️ Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d'Or for a record 8th time!

He was voted best player in the world in
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021 & 2023

#ballondor #ballondor2023 #francefootball #football #record #Messi #WWR

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🎃👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 The largest Halloween gathering ever had 17,777 participants at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2010.

It was hosted by the New Orleans Saints & NBC Sports.

#Halloween #NFL #NewOrleans #Saints #WWR #GWR

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🌎🎸 @Metallica is the first band to perform on all continents!

They achieved this in Dec 2013, playing in Antarctica for ~120 scientists & contest winners.

#music #rock #hardrock #metal #heavymetal #antarctica #WWR

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🏉🇿🇦 South Africa is now the most successful nation in Rugby World Cup history, with 4 titles!

🏆 1995 Johannesburg, South Africa
🏆 2007 Saint-Denis, France
🏆 2019 Yokohama, Japan
🏆 2023 Saint-Denis, France

#RugbyWorldCup #SouthAfrica #Springboks #RWC2023 #RWC #RWC23 #WWR

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🪩 The world's largest disco ball is 10.33 meters (33.9 feet) in diameter.

It has 2,500 facets and weighs 3.5 tons (7,716 pounds). It was built for Bestival festival (UK) in 2014.

#disco #discoball #festival #WWR #GWR

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🥋🏅 Ryoko Tani (Japan)

is the most decorated judoka in history with 7 world titles and 2 Olympic gold medals.

#WorldJudoDay #judo #judoka #judowoman #judowomen #womeninsport #history #legend #worldrecord #WWR

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🍦🕶 Ameepy (Japan) holds the world record for most ice cream flavors identified blindfolded in one minute:

18, traditional Japanese and international ice cream flavors.

#worldrecord #icecream #ameepy #Japan #food #WWR

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🔮📺 The world's largest spherical screen is in Las Vegas (USA)!

The Sphere at The Venetian measures 157m (515.09 ft) wide and 111m (364.21 ft) tall and is covered in 54,000 square meters (581,695 square feet) of 16K resolution LED screens!

#LasVegas #Cinema #Audiovisual #WWR

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🍝 The longest noodle measures 3,084 m (10,119 ft 1.92 in)

and was achieved by Xiangnian Food (China) on 2017.

#PastaLove #Food #FoodRecords #noodle #WorldPastaDay #WWR #GWR

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🍝 Top 3 pasta consumers worldwide*

🇮🇹 Italy 24 kg (52,911 lb)
🇹🇳 Tunisia 16 kg (35,274 lb)
🇻🇪 Venezuela 12 kg (26,455 lb)

(* per year and per capita, approximately, according to a 2022 survey)

#PastaLove #Food #FoodRecords #WorldPastaDay #WWR

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🍝 The world's largest box of pasta

is 1.54m (5ft) tall and 1.30m (4ft3) wide, created by Barilla in Istanbul on May 8, 2012.

The 500kg (1.102 lbs) box of penne sold for 999 Turkish lira ($560) for charity.

#PastaLove #Food #Charity #WorldPastaDay #WWR #GWR

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⚽️👀 Yuuki Yoshinaga (Japan)

▶️ https://t.co/AXgcbN8IhO

has set the world record for the most football "rolls from eye to eye" in 30 seconds, with 137!

#football #freestyle #WWR #GWR

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👶 María del Carmen Bousada de Lara (Spain) became the world's oldest mother

by giving birth to twins through IVF at age 66 in 2006.

#Motherhood #WWR

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🎶 With his album "Honestly, Nevermind",

@Drake broke Michael Jackson's record of 7 top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 from 1982's "Thriller" by charting 9 top 10s.

He also has the most solo #1 hits in Hot 100 history.

#Drake #Records #Music #WWR

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🍺💥 Snake Venom is the world's strongest beer at 67.5% alcohol (or 135 proof)!

Stronger than most liquors, it comes with a warning not to drink more than 35mL at once.

#Beer #Alcohol #WWR

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🕳⛏ The Palabora copper mine in South Africa is the world's largest open-pit mine!

It measures 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) in diameter and 762 meters (2,500 feet) in depth.

#mine #copper #SouthAfrica #WWR

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👠 German Julia Plecher holds the world record for 100m in heels

in 14 sec 531!

▶️ https://t.co/74duMEFg6n

achieved in evening dress on July 13, 2012!

#Athletics #Heels #WorldRecord #WWR #GWR

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🥔💰 The Bonnotte holds the record for most expensive potato per kg!

A specialty of Noirmoutier (France), early harvests are auctioned.

In 1996, 5 kg sold for 15,000 francs, or €500 ($600) /kg!

#Potato #Noirmoutier(France) #WWR