Author: ABR Team

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.

Eight-year-old Maddock Lipp of Golden, Colorado, USA, set a record for being the youngest to ski 7 continents. He began his journey at the tender age of four and has travelled to nearly every corner of the globe. His latest trips saw him skiing in Antarctica. Apart from Antarctica, his ski trips have included stops in Morocco, Chile, Italy, South Korea, Australia, and his home base of Colorado, as confirmed on November 24, 2023.

Geoscientists at New Zealand set a record for the discovery of the eighth continent of the world – Zealandia. It is a vast continent, about six times the size of Madagascar, covering 1.89 million square miles or 4.9 million square kilometres. It is mostly underwater but consists of a group of islands, similar to New Zealand, as confirmed on November 24, 2023.

People of Australia set a record for forming the largest human image of a country at the Big Red Bash, Birdsville, Queensland, Australia. A whopping number of 5,467 people gathered and formed the image of Australia in aid of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, as confirmed on November 24, 2023.

A pumpkin in California, USA, holds a record for being the heaviest pumpkin in the world. It weighed a whopping 1,246.9 kg (2,749 lb), as confirmed on November 24, 2023.

Gunther VI, a German shepherd dog, of Italy, holds the record for being the richest dog of the world. He has his paws on $400 million in wealth. The propertied pooch has his Netflix series “Gunther’s Millions” too. A German countess, Karlotta Leibenstein, left her $80 million estate to Gunther III. Now Gunther III’s grandson, Gunther VI owns the incredible wealth, as confirmed on November 24, 2023.