GUINNESSS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS - 1977 Edition
By - NORRIS McWHIRTER & ROSS McWHIRTER
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| FIRST PLATINUM DISC awarded to Bing Crosby to commemorate the sale of 200,000,000 of his records in 1960. He received a second platinum disc in 1970 after 300,650,000 of his records had been sold. |
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| LARGEST CAT : The 857-lb.Siberian tiger, brought down in India in 1957, was the largest specimen ever recorded. |
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| OLDEST WOMAN : Delina Filkins of Herkimer country, New York, lived to the age of 113 years 214 days. |
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| UNBEATEN HORSE : The Hungarian mare foaled in 1874. “Kincsem”, was the only horse to remain unbeaten in all her 54 races. |
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| HOCKEY originated in Holland in the 17th century, as this picture proves |
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| TALLEST HORSE : “Firpon” stood 7 feet 1 inches high and weighed 2,976 lbs. The same height was also claimed for a Clydesdale, “Big Jim”. |
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| LARGEST BANK : The U.N. “World Bank” in Washington, D.C., has an authorized share capital of $27,000,000,000. |
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| HEAVIEST HUMAN F ALL TIME : This is Robert Earl Hughes when he weighed only 700 lbs. He was buried in a coffin the size of a piano case. |
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| BUSIEST STOCK EXCHANGE : On February 20,1976,moe than 44 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange. A seat on the Exchange sold for a high of $625,000 in 1929. |
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| LARGEST AMUSEMENT RESORT : Cinderella’s Castle is one of the many attractions at Disney World, on 27,443 acres near Orlando, Florida. |
