GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS

By Austin Angell

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Longest Basketball Shot

Largest Walking Robot

Shortest Living Domestic Cat

Largest Collection ofVideo Game Memorabilia

Largest Career as an Ice Cream Man

Longest Basketball Shot

WHO:COREY "THUNDER" LAW WHAT:LONGEST BASKETBALL SHOT WHERE:PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA

The longest successful basketball shot measured 33.45 m (109 ft 9 in) by Thunder Law (USA) of the Harlem Globetrotters

Largest Walking Robot

ZOLLNER ELEKTRONIK AG WHAT:LARGEST WALKING ROBOT WHERE:BERLIN, GERMANY

The largest walking robot measures 15.72 m (51 ft 6 in) in length, 12.33 m (40 ft 5 in) in width, and 8.20 m (26 ft 10 in) in height. It was created by Zollner Elektronik 

Shortest Living Domestic Cat

LILIEPUT WHAT:SHORTEST LIVING DOMESTIC

CAT (HEIGHT) WHERE:CALIFORNIA, USA

The shortest cat is Lilieput, a nine-year-old female munchkin cat, who measured 13.34 cm (5.25 in) from the floor to the shoulders on 19 July 2013, and is owned by Christel Young

LARGEST COLLECTION OF VIDEOGAME MEMORABILIA

BRETT MARTIN WHAT:LARGEST COLLECTION OF

VIDEOGAME MEMORABILIA WHERE:USA

In 1989, eight-year-old Brett Martin’s (USA) parents gave him a 4-cm (1.6-in) Mario holding a mushroom. As of October 2012, Brett has amassed a treasure trove of 8,030 items, many of which you can see atvideogamemm.com

LONGEST CAREER AS AN ICE CREAM MAN

ALAN GANZ WHAT: LONGEST CAREER AS AN

ICECREAM MAN WHERE: GREATER BOSTON AREA

For 67 years, the ice cream man in the greater Boston area has been Allan Ganz. Now, he can lay claim to being the most unique of his kind in the world, having broken the record for the longest career as an ice cream man.