Author: ABR Team

Mohd Fraaz Alam (born on August 4, 2003) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for performing the maximum number of repetitions of push-up to plank in one minute. He performed 70 repetitions of push-up to plank in one minute, as confirmed on April 11, 2024.

The students and staff of Temasek Secondary School of Singapore set a record for creating the largest human formation of a superhero logo. A total of 792 students and staff created a human formation of a logo resembling Superman’s but with a ‘T’ instead, on the Teachers’ Day. They also wrote messages on 10 cm square pieces of thick PVC sheets to form the similar logo, creating a size of 3.8 m x 4.2 m, as confirmed on November 20, 2023.

Students, staff and guests of APSN Chaoyang School of Singapore set a record for creating the largest thumbprint painting. They created a 2.45 m x 1.46 m artwork with their thumbprints on the Teachers’ Day celebration, as confirmed on November 20, 2023.

West Coast GRC of Singapore set a record for organising the largest ‘Dance of the Nations’ workout at Grace Orchard School, Singapore. A whopping number of 1,243 people participated in the mass workout event led by ActiveSG Clementi Sport Centre and choreographed by Sport Singapore, as confirmed on November 20, 2023.

Vijayalakshmi Mohan, with the help of her primary class art students, of St Andrew’s Junior School, Singapore, set a record for the largest national flag made of ice-cream sticks. They pasted and painted ice-cream sticks to form the Singapore flag of size 1.2 m x 2.5 m, as confirmed November 20, 2023.

Bridging Generations Pte Ltd of Singapore, with the help of its volunteers, set a record for organising the largest exhibition of crocheted magpie plushies at the Smith Street event area of Singapore. They crocheted 471 magpie plushes to be displayed at the exhibition, as confirmed on November 21, 2023.

The students at Innova Primary School of Singapore set a record for making the maximum bags from t-shirts.  They brought used T-shirts to school and upcycled them into bags by cutting the bottom of the shirts into strips and tying them up. A total of 1,022 bags were made to celebrate the National Day, as confirmed on November 21, 2023.

Makoolam Arts Ltd of Singapore set a record for organising the largest mass Bharathanatyam dance at Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Singapore. A total of 100 dancers presented the Bharathanatyam performance to celebrate the National Day, as confirmed on November 21, 2023.

A team from MIT, Harvard University, and Caltech have set a record for being the first to spot a star swallowing a planet. They spotted a planet being consumed by a dying star. The incident occurred in the Milky Way galaxy approximately 12,000 light-years away near the Aquila constellation. Over the course of 10 days, scientists watched a star get 100 times brighter than usual and then disappear. The white-hot flash preceded a cold, long-lasting signal, as confirmed on November 24, 2023.

Joseph Dituri of the USA set a record for the longest duration living in an underwater fixed habitat. He entered Jules’ Undersea Lodge, a steel-and-glass facility anchored at a depth of 9.14 m (30 ft) just off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, USA, and lived in it for 100 days as part of Project Neptune 100 organized by the Marine Resources Development Foundation, as confirmed on November 24, 2023.