Records of the week: 25th – 29th February 2008
Largest Christmas tree structure
The tallest Christmas tree made of lights measured 110.11 m (361 ft 3 in) high and consisted of 37,000 red-hot lights and 2,000 strobe lights. The tree was created by Energipe - Empresa Energética de Sergipe S.A, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil on 26 December 2007.
Largest parade of Smart cars
A total of 369 Smart cars participated in a parade on the Theresienwiese, Munich, Germany on 6 May 2007.
Largest tea party
The record for the largest tea party is 32,681 participants and it was achieved by Dainik Bhaskar for the City of Indore, at the Nehru Stadium, in Indore, India, on 24 February 2008. The official brew for the event was Brooke Bond Red Label and the event was supported by Tea Board of India.
Lightest hand-held mobile phone
The lightest mobile (cell) phone is the modu, which weighs 40.1 g (1.41 oz). It is manufactured by modu ltd. (Israel) and was launched at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on 11 February 2008.
Longest fingernails on a pair of hands (female)
Lee Redmond (USA), who hasn't cut her nails since 1979, has grown and carefully manicured them to reach a total length of 8.65 m (28 ft 4.5 in) as measured on the set of Lo show dei record in Madrid, Spain, on 23 February 2008.
Longest time breath held voluntarily
The longest time that someone has held their breath voluntarily is 16 min 13 sec, and was achieved by Tom Sietas (Germany) in a swimming pool on the set of Lo show dei record in Madrid, Spain, on 23 February 2008.
Longest time to spin a basketball on one finger (using one hand)
The Guinness World Record for the longest time to spin a basketball on one finger using one hand is 37.46 seconds by Joseph Odhiambo (USA) at the NBA All-Star Jam Session, New Orleans, USA on 13 February 2008.
Most football touches in 30 seconds (female)
The most touches of a football in 30 seconds, by a female, whilst keeping the ball in the air is 163 by Chloe Hegland (Canada) on the set of Lo show dei record in Madrid, Spain, on 23 February 2008.
Most people collecting litter
The most volunteers involved in collecting litter in one location in one day is 146,679 arranged by Oita City, Oita, Japan on 7 August 2005.
Treadmill, Greatest distance covered in 48 hours (team)
The greatest distance run by a team of twelve in 48 hours on a treadmill is 670.32 km (416.52 miles) and was set by the Devonshire 48 Hour Treadmill Team (UK) at the Devonshire Health & Racquets Club in Plymouth, Devon, UK, from 16 to 18 November 2007.
29 February 2008