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FARTHEST FLIGHT BY HOVERBOARD Who better to introduce our specially themed superhero edition of Guinness World Records than a real-life Silver Surfer? On 30 Apr 2016, French former jet-ski champion Franky Zapata travelled 2,252.4 m (7,389 ft 9 in) on a hoverboard in Sausset-les-Pins, France. His flying machine, the Flyboard Air, is propelled by a jet engine with a capacity of around 1,000 hp (745.7 kW), enabling Franky to fly more than eight times farther than the previous record. For more record-breaking vehicles, visit our Transport chapter, beginning on p.200. W? Contents NE “LRoooukn odu-tU fposr” WHAT’S 41,50,0000 0p hcolatiomgsra rpehses asrocuhrecde d• 3• ,6000 0e xnceluws iavned p uhpodtoastehdo ortesc oartdtesn pduebdlished reocncota hhtrstoda eoat spmdhma thndeeee yeiedrt l r iano –oepsfd nay ttt sh-ogoh mafuete ots’e il rn l,dat efipuhcognltehnuued ’sl t a fir t This year’s edition is divided into 12 sections, including a special feature GWR archive . chapter on superheroes, plus our free-to-download superlative posters . 100% These chapters cover a wide range of topics, from buccaneering adventures on oceans and mountaintops to blockbuster movies and TV streaming hits. There’s also a fascinating look at some of the finest Whenever you see the 100% specimens of the animal world – including majestic whales and adorable icon, you know you’re looking at a record holder in its actual size panda bears – plus cutting-edge science and technology, and record- – whether that’s a humongous breaking highlights from the past year of sports . beetle or an extra-long ear hair! The book is organized into colour- coded chapters, and each chapter kicks off with a dramatic double- page photograph illustrating one of the records from that section . Every edition of GWR features more than 1,000 photos – many unique to us and seen for the first time . Our dedicated picture team has travelled the world to capture the most visually striking record holders . Starting on p .88 is our 16-page section devoted to superheroes, from the Still hungry for more? Our bite-sized original comic-book characters via ANIMALS ............. 38 fact bubbles offer a unique mix TV shows and movies to videogamers of quirky trivia and extraordinary and cosplayers . And just for fun, we Beetles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 stats that will satisfy even the most ask which fictional heroes would be voracious of record addicts . record-breakers in the real world! Deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Eagles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 SUPERHEROES 88 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Pandas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Editor’s Letter . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Parrots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 ADVENTURES ........128 Superheroes Unite . . . . . . . 8 Pigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Comic Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Circumnavigation . . . . .130 Superlative Squad . . . . . . 10 Reptiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 On Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Mountaineering . . . . . . . 132 Reebok Turtles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Videogames . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 The Poles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Record-Breakers . . . . . .12 Whales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Cosplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Ocean Rowing . . . . . . . . . 136 GWR Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Pets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Kapow! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 FAI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Round-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Round-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Round-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . .140 EARTH ................16 FASTEST... ............62 HEAVIEST... ......... 104 HIGHEST... .......... 142 Swamps, Bogs & Mangroves . . . . . . . . . . . 18 SUPERHUMANS ...... 64 RECORDMANIA ...... 106 SOCIETY ............ 144 Hard Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Robert Wadlow . . . . . . . . . .66 Big Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Politics & Superpowers 146 Heavy Metal . . . . . . . . . . .22 Oldest People . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Money & Economics . . .148 Tectonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Big Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Crime & Punishment . . .150 Pollution Body Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Fun with Food . . . . . . . . . 114 . . 152 & Environment . . . . . . . 26 Transhumanism . . . . . . . . . 74 Mass Participation . . . . . 116 Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Wildfires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Fitness Fanatics . . . . . . . . . 76 Odd Talents . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Fashion Extremes . . . . . 156 Fungi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Feats of Strength . . . . . . . . 78 Rubik’s Cubes . . . . . . . . . 120 Toilets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 The Deep . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Fastest 100 m . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Great Balls of . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Round-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 Round-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Circus Performers . . . . . . . 82 Round-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Round-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 HIGHEST-EARNING... .162 TALLEST... ............36 YOUNGEST... .........126 LONGEST... ............86 2 ? Put your general W knowledge to the E test with our quiz N questions . See S hgmfreoiaetws,n t tmdehsrae fannony trd uyy rfoonauu m qrc uialyinz . Opruorv fiadcet -ypoauc wkeitdh teavbelnes m woirlle HAT’ information . From musical chart- W toppers to fitness fanatics and incredible strongmen and women, you will have all the raw data you need at your fingertips. Our infographic columns provide a fun and snappy way of delivering Keep an eye out for even more pull-out you instantaneous facts in the oval boxes, getting you closer information . to the extraordinary record-breakers who populate the book and the truth behind their Officially Amazing feats! ARTS & MEDIA ...... 164 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 TRANSPORT ........200 Blockbusters . . . . . . . . . . 170 Trains & Railways . . . . . .202 Movie Stars . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Urban Transport . . . . . . .204 Star Wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Customized Cars . . . . . .206 Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Monster Trucks . . . . . . . .208 Chart-Toppers . . . . . . . . . 178 Military Vehicles . . . . . . .210 SUPERLATIVE POSTERS Round-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . .180 Round-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Designed specially for GWR 2018, our exciting new superlative spreads bring records to life in OLDEST... ........... 182 SMALLEST... ........ 214 Cycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233 all their infographic glory . These Target Sports . . . . . . . . .234 two-page poster features appear SCI-TECH SPORTS ............. 216 Weightlifting . . . . . . . . . .235 throughout the book between & ENGINEERING .... 184 FIFA World Cup Preview 218 Track & Field . . . . . . . . . .236 each chapter, and each one is based on a single superlative Edge of Space . . . . . . . . . 186 Club Soccer . . . . . . . . . . .220 Marathons . . . . . . . . . . . .238 – such as Tallest, Longest, Comets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 International Soccer . . . 221 Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . .240 Highest and Heaviest . 3D Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 American Football . . . . .222 Water Sports . . . . . . . . . . 241 The records that you’ll find on these pages are presented Photography & Imaging 192 Baseball . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 Winter Sports . . . . . . . . .242 in increasing (or decreasing) Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . .224 Winter Olympics order, allowing you to compare Round-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Ice Hockey . . . . . . . . . . . .225 Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 holders side by side . What’s Rugby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226 Extreme Sports . . . . . . .244 faster: Usain Bolt or a cheetah? Does the tallest Christmas tree MOST EXPENSIVE... ..198 Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227 X Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245 outstretch the tallest snowman? Boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228 Round-Up . . . . . . . . . . . .246 And what would cost you more: Martial Arts . . . . . . . . . . .229 the most expensive guitar or the most expensive sandwich? Cricket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248 To download your free posters, Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Acknowledgements . . .252 visit guinnessworldrecords. Auto Sports . . . . . . . . . . .232 Round-Up . . . . . . . . . . . .254 com/2018 . 3 N Editor’s Letter O I T C U D O Between them, North Americans were responsible for making more than a quarter of all R applications to Guinness World Records in the past 12 months. T N I Welcome to this superpowered, superlative edition of the record-breaking record book. We believe that anyone can unleash their inner superhero, and this edition is proof of that. It’s packed with thousands of incredible tales of everyday heroes overcoming the odds to become the best in the world. As ever, you’ll find five – they’re certainly the thousands of new and closest thing you’ll find to updated world records – Superman, Wonder Woman plus some favourite classics and Iron Man in the real from the archives – but world. If we had to assemble this year we’ve put an a team of superheroes, exciting new spin on things. we’ve certainly got plenty We’ve taken our inspiration of people to choose from! for this edition from the In fact, you’ll find my fantastical world of the suggestion for this very superhero, both fictional thing on pp.10–11: the and real life. Superlative Squad – a team MOST MEDICATION DONATED IN 24 HOURS I’ve always thought of of real-life record holders (MULTIPLE VENUES) our record holders as living, that epitomizes the range On 30 Jan 2017, Uniting to Combat NTDs (UK) oversaw the breathing superheroes. and diversity of record- donation of 207,169,292 doses of medication at various With their heightened breaking. venues in India, South Africa, Portugal, Mexico, France and powers – be it strength, As this line-up shows, Belgium. On 18 Apr 2017, a GWR certificate acknowledging this incredible achievement was stamina, intelligence, you don’t have to wear presented to Thoko Elphick-Pooley, Director of the Uniting to Combat NTDs Support Centre persistence, determination your underpants on the in Geneva, Switzerland. She is shown above next to Bill Gates, in a line-up of individuals who play pivotal roles in the fight against NTDs (neglected tropical diseases). or a combination of all outside of your trousers LARGEST HUMAN LETTER AS SEEN ON THE TODAY SHOW… Over the years, NBC’s Today show has witnessed a wealth Title Record Holder (all USA) Date of record-breaking (see table). On 29 Mar 2017, The University Most skips with a leg 35 Bria Roberts 8 Sep 2016 of Tennessee (USA) assembled 4,223 students in the shape of behind the head in the letter “T” in Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee. It took one minute place during Rokerthon 3, a series of record attempts hosted Largest street dance 253 PMT Dance Studio 9 Sep 2016 by Today’s weatherman Al Roker. Two days later, Rokerthon 3 dancers claimed another GWR record with the longest conga on ice (top right), by 593 students from the State University of New Largest human image 490 The University of 27 Mar 2017 York at Oswego in New York, USA. of a cloud people Oklahoma The most balloons burst with the mouth in 30 seconds Largest human image 280 The University of 27 Mar 2017 is 19, by Ashrita Furman (USA) on the set of Today in New of a lightning bolt people Oklahoma York City, USA, on 7 Sep 2016. And Raymond Butler (USA) Largest game of 634 Northern Michigan 28 Mar 2017 performed the longest backflip into a pair of trousers freeze tag people University (259 cm; 8 ft 6 in) two days beforehand, also on Today’s Most people 494 Loyola University 30 Mar 2017 set. Butler achieved the record on his second attempt. crab walking people Maryland 4 N You could WIN A DREAM VACATION to O I T Universal Orlando Resort™ C U D Visit www.GWRDreamVacation.com to enter! O R T N I This three-night trip for four includes: • Roundtrip airfare to Orlando, Florida MOST PEOPLE USING VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAYS • Ground transportation between the airport SIMULTANEOUSLY and hotel in Orlando On 3 Mar 2017, Israeli technology company Mobileye brought together 1,867 people to don virtual reality displays during • Admission to Universal Studios Florida™ the 2017 YPO EDGE event in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Universal’s Islands of Adventure™ Canada. The participants viewed a video that placed them theme parks, plus Universal’s Volcano Bay™ inside a virtual car, highlighting Mobileye’s cutting-edge water theme park (now open!) technology in advanced collision-avoidance systems. • Accommodation on-site at The attempt took place during the keynote presentation Loews Sapphire Falls Resort by Ziv Aviram, CEO of Mobileye. • Tickets to Blue Man Group at Universal Orlando Resort™ to be a record-breaker. you the chance to be a hero • The opportunity to break an official (On saying that, it worked in any field of endeavour. Guinness World Records® title for Morgan Reardon and I hope the heroes you meet Natalie Edwards, holders in this year’s book will NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Purchasing will not improve your chance of winning. Open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous U.S. and D.C., aged 21 or older. Void in Alaska, Hawaii, outside the U.S. and where prohibited. Sweepstake of the record for most inspire you to become the begins at 12:00:01 AM ET on 8/29/17 and ends 11:59:59 PM ET on 1/15/18. For official rules and how to enter, visit underpants pulled on best you can be, whatever www.GWRDreamVacation.com. Sponsor: Guinness World Records North America, Inc., 45 W 45th St, New York NY 10036. in one minute (team of it is you want to achieve. two), with 18 pairs!) We In the past 12 months, believe that everyone has we’ve had more than the potential to be the very 45,000 applications for best at something, and world records, from all that’s what Guinness World around the planet. The Records is here for: to give majority of claimants, however, won’t find their names in the book – our rigorous adjudication procedures mean that only a very small percentage Neff of applicants, about 5%, 11p-musohnetdh -hoisld actually make it all the daughter Holland way through to record- in a pram during the bmunraesdauekc ianc egcs lsasuifmcucl ,te hdsaostn.’ s’Itf b byeeoe utno’v oe aaltlt lorimvavecea-trras etttdhrh eeao atwntm.eo Tenrhldtdie o ta hdnseu ftiorrho emy disheartened – just give record attempt via it another go and try your Periscope. very best to prove how amazing you are. If you have received that official MOST AMERICAN Guinness World Records FOOTBALL FIELD GOALS SCOTIABANK TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON MADE IN ONE MINUTE certificate, congratulations Inaugurated in 2000, this annual event is held in Toronto, On 3 Feb 2017, Adam - you’re part of a very small Canada. On 16 Oct 2016, it was the stage for Calum Neff Vinatieri (USA) kicked 28 elite of record-breakers. (CAN) to run the fastest marathon while pushing a pram: field goals in 60 sec for NFL You’re Officially Amazing! 2 hr 31 min 22 sec. The previous year, Neff ran the fastest Extra Points Credit Card half marathon pushing a pram: 1 hr 11 min 27 sec at the (issued by Barclaycard) MEET THE EXPERTS Katy Half Marathon in Katy, Texas, USA, on 6 Feb 2016. at the NFL Experience The fastest half marathon in motocross gear (female) in Houston, Texas, USA. Not all records are sourced took 2 hr 14 min 34 sec and was achieved by Bridget Burns Upon completion of the from the general public, (CAN, right) during the Toronto marathon on 16 Oct 2016. attempt, Barclaycard however. We’re supported On the same day, Daniel Janetos and Jasper Moester (both made a donation to the by an invaluable team of CAN) set new records for the fastest marathon dressed Pat Tillman Foundation experts and advisors who as a chef and fastest half marathon dressed as a chef, for military veterans. are constantly on the look- although both have now been broken. For more speedy Vinatieri is placekicker runs in fancy dress set at the same event, see below. out for the latest record- for the Indianapolis Colts. breaking happenings. FASTEST HALF MARATHONS His GWR records include most consecutive field This international panel DRESSED… Time Holder Date goals by an NFL kicker allows us to cover the In a suit (female) 1 hr 42 min 42 sec Jennifer 16 Oct (44) and most field goals vast spectrum of topics Wilson (CAN) 2016 by an individual in a that you’ll find in the book. As a swimmer (male) 1 hr 47 min 51 sec Robert 16 Oct Super Bowl career (48). We call this “extracting Winckler (CAN) 2016 5 N Editor’s Letter O I T C U D O There were a total of 8,196 applications from North America this year: R 7,488 from the USA and 708 from Canada. T N I us with records about superpowers – political ones, that is! – on p.146, and comic-book experts Rob Cave and TQ Jefferson supplied superlatives regarding the other kind of superpowers – those possessed by fictional superheroes, which you’ll find throughout the feature chapter starting on p.88. Also joining the team this year is Star Wars historian James Burns – you’ll find his records not too far, far away on p.174 – and James Proud, who has unearthed some incredible SKECHERS PERFORMANCE LOS ANGELES MARATHON records associated The LA Marathon was set up in 1986, prompted by the with transhumanism success of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, which were and cyborgs (p.74). held in the city. On 19 Mar 2017, Kevin Odle (USA) ran the Thanks are also fastest marathon dressed as a tennis player (male) in 3 hr 44 min 52 sec. Jerry Knox (USA) took just over five due to the Fédération minutes longer to complete the fastest marathon wearing Aéronautique Internationale lederhosen: 3 hr 50 min. (FAI) for providing us with On the day, Craig Handy and Lawrence Pitkin (both USA) set air sports records (p.138), new records for the fastest marathons as a swimmer and as and to box-office analyst a fast-food item respectively, although both these records Bruce Nash at The Numbers have since been broken. All four are shown above, while below we list three more records set at the marathon. for all the statistical records TALLEST STACK OF TORTILLAS from the movie industry. FASTEST MARATHON On 10 Mar 2017, Ben Leventhal – with the support of multi- Other new topics this Dressed… Time Holder platform media company Mashable (both USA) – created year include wildfires (p.28), In pyjamas 3 hr 44 min 55 sec Fred Perez (USA) a 58.03-cm (22.85-in) pile of Freeb!rds World tortillas. The Rubik’s Cubes (p.120), emojis (male) record attempt took place at Mashable House at the SXSW (p.152) and fireworks (p.194) festival in Austin, Texas, USA, and was performed live during As a three- 5 hr 31 min 5 sec Jean-Baptiste Mashable’s Twitter show. Leventhal is a co-founder of Resy, – proof, if it were needed, dimensional bird Bourdu (FRA) a mobile app for making restaurant reservations, and the that Guinness World Records As a boxer 3 hr 4 min 57 sec Christian Aarstad Odgaard food blog network Eater. covers a wider range of (NOR) the -ests from the -ists” – that is, sourcing the fastest, tallest, oldest and longest from the archaeologists, gerontologists, meteorologists and zoologists. I’d like to say a personal thank you to all of our experts – we couldn’t do it without you. For this edition, we welcome on board some new consultants for topics we’ve never covered before, or at least never in such detail. 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LONGEST 50-50 AND O February 2018 marks the MOST FAKIE KICKFLIPS I T 100th anniversary of his Jagger Eaton (USA) C birth, and our feature performed a 204-ft DU on p.66 celebrates his (62.1-m) 50-50 rail grind O on a skateboard on 17 Oct R remarkable – and tragically 2016. The record took place T short – life. Wadlow is on the set of Nickelodeon’s N I probably the most famous Jagger Eaton’s Mega Life record-breaker of them in Los Angeles, California, USA. The rail used had all – a true superhuman a number of kinks and who continues to amaze curves – Jagger had the everyone who discovers choice to use a straight his extraordinary story. rail, but wanted to make If you think you’ve got the record look as extreme LARGEST LEGO® MOSAIC OF A LEGO MINIFIGURE what it takes to become as possible. On 17 Sep 2016, Brick Fest Live! (USA) presented a 37.62-m2 a record holder, let us The most fakie (404.93-sq-ft) mosaic of a Darth Vader LEGO Minifigure in know about it by visiting kickflips on a skateboard Richmond, Virginia, USA. It included 59,176 bricks and was in one minute is 24, by completed during the course of a day’s record attempts for guinnessworldrecords.com Chris Cole (USA) at the GWR Live! Various families entered the record area to put and making an application. same location and on the individual parts of the mosaic together. These were then You’ll find out more about same date. He broke the placed together to form the final artwork. the process on p.12, and record at the first attempt. topics than most annuals! on p.14 you can read And if you’re reading this about Guinness World on the toilet, pop over to Records Day – our annual p.158 to find an exploration international celebration of all things lavatorial – a of the superlative. Why not surprising and important choose that day to try your topic, given the fact that hand at a world record? more people on the planet Perhaps you could be one have access to mobile of the 5% to have your phones than clean water… achievement recognized In addition to the by our Records Managers. many new topics – and a And if you want to attempt fresh new look from our your record with your designers at 55 Design – underpants on the outside, LONGEST PINEWOOD DERBY TRACK we’ve introduced a range that’s fine by us too… The Boy Scouts of America Mid-America Council (USA) put of features unique to this together a 554.53-m (1,819-ft 3.84-in) pinewood derby edition. The first is a series track at Eugene T Mahoney State Park in Ashland, Nebraska, of poster pages, each based USA, on 15 Oct 2016. The winning car was provided by Glenn on a single superlative, Jewkes of Jewkes Engineering. It weighed 137 g (4.83 oz) Craig Glenday such as Tallest, Longest, and completed the run in 1 min 16.7 sec. Editor-in-Chief Heaviest and Oldest. These infographic-style pages of the chapters – can be – found between each downloaded and printed off at home. At the end of each chapter, you’ll see Round- Up pages. These features allow us to include records that would otherwise not fit into the regular themed pages, and give us the chance to include some late additions to the records archive. The Round-Up at MOST SUBSCRIBERS FOR A STUNT/TRICK-SHOT CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE the end of the book (p.254) Videos of people doing amazing stunts and trick shots – aka “sports entertainment” – rack up also includes the very latest millions of views on YouTube. No other channel in this genre is more popular than “Dude Perfect” CARLI LLOYD records approved after (USA), with 18,125,930 subscribers as of 5 May 2017. Dude Perfect consists of Cody Jones, Above, US soccer legend the official closing date Tyler Toney, Garrett Hilbert, and Coby and Cory Cotton (all USA). Here’s a selection of their Carli Lloyd (b. 16 Jul 1982) GWR records, all achieved at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. for submissions. shows off the certificates for her three GWR titles. This year’s Sports chapter DUDE PERFECT AND AMERICAN FOOTBALL From left to right: – which starts on p.216 – Record title Feat Holder (all USA) Date · fastest goal scored in features exclusively world Most consecutive punt return catches caught and held 5 Cody Jones 23 Jan 2017 the FIFA Women’s World records set in the past year. Cup final: 3 min, for the Most one-handed American football catches 42 Stephen Baca 23 Jan 2017 And the Animals chapter USA vs Japan in the 2015 in one minute and Tyler Toney (pp.38–61), curated by Women’s World Cup final Farthest behind-the-back catch 41.3 yd Garrett Hilbert 23 Jan 2017 at BC Place, Vancouver, consultant Dr Karl Shuker, of an American football Canada, on 5 Jul 2015. focuses on a handful of Farthest blindfold catch of an American football 22.3 yd Cory Cotton 23 Jan 2017 · most goals scored in the superlative creatures rather (in motion) FIFA Women’s World Cup than covering the entire Farthest American football throw into a target 50 yd Tyler Toney 23 Jan 2017 final by an individual: 3, animal kingdom; the idea at the same event. Most American football snaps 61 Coby and Cory 23 Jan 2017 · oldest goalscorer is to explore each animal in one minute (pair) Cotton in the FIFA Women’s in greater depth. Farthest American football field goal kick 30 yd Garrett Hilbert 24 Jan 2017 World Cup final: aged Finally, we say happy into a target (above) 32 years 354 days, at birthday to Robert Greatest height from which an American football 171.6 m Tyler Toney 24 Jan 2017 the same event. 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The idea of a crimefighting It’s not uncommon to hero hiding behind a see athletes racing mask and secret identity speeding bullet or be bitten in superhero outfits, emerged in the 1930s, by a radioactive spider to especially when running inspired by folkloric and become a superhero. We for charity. 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