What is the Biggest Fashion Retail Chain Ever Recorded?

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As of May 2001, the Gap Inc. operated 3,676 stores in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan. Founded in 169 in San Francisco, California, USA, Gap is orginaly known for turning classic clothing into must-have fashion. The company's net sales for the year 2000 totaled more than $13.67 billion -- this includes revenues from GAP, Banana Republic and Old Navy.

What is the Fastest Dive By A Bird Ever Recorded?

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The fastest dive by a bird was recorded in a series of German experiments, when a peregrine falcon reached a velocity of 270 km/h (168 mph) at a 30-degree angle of stoop, rising to a maximum of 350 km/h (217 mph) at an angle of 45 degrees. This falcon, also known as a duck hawk, ‘stoops’ by circling high up and then folds its wings back to dive at prey with their talons.

Who was the Oldest Man Ever Recorded?

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The greatest age to which any man has ever lived is 120 years 237 days in the case of Shigechiyo Izumi (Japan) of Isen on Tokunoshima, an island 1,320 km (820 miles) south-west of Tokyo, Japan. He was born at Isen on 29 June 1865 and was recorded as a 6-year-old in Japan's first census of 1871. He died at 12:15 GMT on 21 February 1986 after developing pneumonia.

Who was the Oldest Man - Living in the World?

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Emiliano Mercado Del Toro (Puerto Rico), born in Cabo Rojo on August 21, 1891, became the oldest fully authenticated man residing in the world on 17 January 2005 at the age of 113 years 149 days.

Who has the Most Body Piercings in One Session?

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The world record for most body piercings in one session is 1015 piercings in 7 hours and 55 minutes achieved by Charlie Wilson (UK) and Kam Ma (UK) at the Sunderland Body Art, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, UK, on March 4, 2006.

Who is the Most Tattooed Man in the World?

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Tom Leppard, a retired soldier who lives on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, has had 99.9% of his body tattooed with a leopard-skin design. The only parts of his body that remain free of tattoos are the insides of his ears and the skin between his toes. Tom reckons he spent a total of about $7,000 on the tattoos, and says having the bony bits of the body tattooed, like the elbows, ankles and knees, were the most painful.

Who is the Youngest Person to Travel to All Seven Continents?

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On 29 November 2004 at the age of 1 year 303 days Giorgio Barbieri (Italy, b. 31 January 2003) visited King George Island off Antarctica, thereby completing his journey to all seven of the world's continents. Giorgio travels with his parents Giò and Rosy Barbieri (both Italy).

What is the Highest Taxed Country?

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Denmark is the county with the highest income tax. The top rate of tax is 68%, with the basic rate starting at 42%. The tax code in Denmark is very complicated, with income taxes, work taxes, sales taxes, taxes on "luxury items" and various taxes that businesses must pay as a percentage of their salaries. In return for these high taxes, the Danes receive a wide range of governmental benefits, including free health care, free higher education and an extensive social services.

What is the Most Expensive House Built in the World?

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The Most Expensive House Built in the World is the Hearst Castle at San Simeon, California, USA and was built for William Randolph Hearst between 1922-39 for a total cost of more than US$30 million, equivalent today to US$276,883,320.

What is the Biggest Book Of Signatures in the World?

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In 1998, Amnesty International gathered over 10 million signatures from 125 countries in its year-long Get Up Sign Up campaign, pledging support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The signatures were compiled into a book and presented to Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary General, in Paris on the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1998.

Who is the First Person To Walk Around The World?

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The first person reputed to have walked around the world is George Schilling (USA), in 1904. The first verified walker was David Kunst who, from June 20, 1970, to October 5, 1974, walked 23,250 km (14,450 miles) over four continents. Since completing the first verified walk around the earth Dave has been telling his World Walk Adventure Story at schools and clubs across the USA and Australia.

What is the Largest Worldwide TV Network?

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CNN International can be seen in 212 countries and territories through a network of 23 satellites. Around 149 million households across the planet can tune in, making it the world's largest TV network. CNN made its name as an important news source when it covered the 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan. Turner's television operations were acquired in 1996 by Time Warner Inc and Turner became the company's vice-chairman.

Who Has the Largest Hornet Nest Sculpture in the World?

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Yoshikuni Shiozawa of Nagano, Japan made a Mount Fuji model measuring 3.766 m (12.25 ft) high and 4.8 m (15.6 ft) wide at the base by joining together 160 hornet nests, containing an estimated 160,000 yellow hornets. Shiozawa is the owner of a hornet museum named Hachi-Tengoku, meaning "Paradise for Hornets", and has created three previous hornet sculptures. All the hornets inside the combined nests live together without conflict as one giant hive.

What is the Shortest TV Commercial in the World?

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The world's shortest TV commercial is half a frame (one field) and lasts for 1/60 of a second. Canadian producer Tharanga Ramanayake created 12 different versions of the commercial, all advertising MuchMusic, a Canadian music and video TV channel. It was first aired on January 2, 2002. The previous record – a subliminal ad for Bon Marche's Frango sweets – was relatively lengthy at four frames long when it was aired on KING-TV's Evening Magazine (USA) on November 29, 1993.

Who has the Longest Tongue in the World?

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Stephen Taylor (UK) has a tongue that measures 9.5 cm (3.74 in) from the tip to the centre of his closed top lip. It was measured on the set of 'Lo Show dei Record' in Milan, Italy on January 5, 2006.

What is the Biggest Monster Truck in the World?

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Bigfoot 5 is 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) tall with 3 m (10 ft) high tires, and weighs 17,236 kg (38,000 lb). The truck is one of three big trucks out of a fleet of 17 created by Bob Chandler of St. Louis, USA. Bigfoot 5 was built in 1986 to run on a set of 3-m (10-ft) tall Firestone Tundra tires on aluminum wheels, weighing around (1,088 kg) 2,400 lb. Although Bigfoot 5 is too big to race Bob's other trucks have competed very successfully in the popular sport of monster truck racing, and by 1999 team bigfoot had won its sixth racing series championship in seven years.

What is the Most Valuable Mickey Mouse Toy?

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The most valuable Mickey Mouse toy is a rare clockwork Mickey Mouse motorcycle (circa 1939) in its original box. It sold at Christie's, London in June 1997 for $83,650. Mickey Mouse could well be regarded as the most recognizable cartoon character in the world. This particular toy was bought in a British Woolworth's store, as a 9th birthday present for the seller's uncle in June 1930. Taking into account that the famous cartoon rodent first appeared in April 1928, the toy is considered one of the earliest examples of a Mickey Mouse in existence. Made of lithographed and colored tin plate, it represents "ratty" Mickey - the early form of the cartoon character, who had a longer nose and leaner body than he does today.

What is the Largest Puppet in the World?

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The largest puppet is a giant bunny measuring 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) in height. The puppet was made by students at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Sino Estates Ltd and was displayed in the Olympian City Shopping Mall, Hong Kong from June 14 to 22, 2003.

What is the Largest Glass Sculpture Ever Made?

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The largest glass sculpture ever made - is housed in the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The ceiling chandelier measures 20 x 9 m (65 ft 7 in x 29 ft 6 in) and was created by Dale Chihuly of the USA. Entitled Fiori di Como, the artwork consists of 4,535 kg (10,000 lb) of steel and 18,143 kg (40,000 lb) of hand-blown glass in about 40 colours.

Who is the Best-Selling Fiction Author in the World?

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The world's best-selling fiction writer is Dame Agatha Christie (née Miller, later Lady Mallowan, 1890–1976), whose 78 crime novels have sold an estimated 2 billion copies in 44 languages. Agatha Christie also wrote 19 plays and, under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and six romantic novels. Royalty earnings from her works are estimated to be worth $3.7 million per year.

What is the Largest Ancient Castle in the World?

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The largest ancient castle in the world is Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, built in the 9th century. It is an oblong irregular polygon with an average diameter of 128 m (420 ft), giving a total surface area of 7.28 hectares (18 acres).

What is the Most Valuable Atlas in the World?

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A version of Ptolemy's Cosmographia, dating from 1492, was sold for $1,925,000 at Sotheby's, New York City, USA, on January 31, 1990. Ptolemy not only envisioned the world as round but invented and set upon it lines of longitude and latitude. Every site was then given identifying coordinates. This single treatise remained the standard work on geographical theory throughout the Middle Ages.

Who Has the World's Biggest Private Jet Fighter Collection?

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The world's biggest private jet fighter collection numbers 110, and belongs to French winemaker Michel Pont, of Savigny-Les-Beaune, in the Burgundy region. His hobby started in 1985, and includes Russian MiGs, British Jaguars and French Mirages. He buys them from governments although they cannot be flown over French airspace. Michel's 40-acre vineyard and 14th century castle not only holds his amazing jet-fighter and helicopter collection, it also houses 500 motorbikes of a range of brands, from Norton to Terrot, with models going back from 1902 (with some of them having belonged to famous people from around the world). Not only that, he's also collected 24 Abarth Fiat racing cars, which he keeps in his barn loft.

What is the Largest Production Budget Given to a Movie?

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The largest production budget given to a movie before filming started is US$170 million (£118 million) for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (USA 2003), which began shooting on April 8, 2002. The record was previously held by World War II drama Pearl Harbour. In the third installment of the sci-fi action series, Arnold Swarzenegger – who received the world's highest salary for an actor – reprises his role as a futuristic cyborg, this time sent from the future to protect hero John Conner (Nick Stahl) from the T-X Terminatrix, a female Terminator played by Kristanna Loken.