GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORD

By: Taylor Matthews

Highest Waterfall

Angel Falls› A height of 979 m (3,212 ft)› greatest single drop measures 807

m (2,648 ft)› Angel Falls is named after the

American aviator Jimmie Angel.

› In Spanish, it’s known as Salto Ángel.

› This waterfall rises up to 3230 feet above the Venezuelan jungle making it the tallest waterfall of the world.

› Angel Falls are about fifteen times higher than Niagara Falls with their longest and the continuous drop being over 800m. 

Largest Collection of Pokémon Memorabilia.

 Belongs to Lisa Courtney (UK) With 14,410 different items as of 14

October 2010. She has been collecting for over 14

years.

Her collection includes items from the UK, USA, France and of course Japan. 

Part of the collection (including her GWR certificate) has been displayed at the Museum of Hertford as part of an exhibition on popular culture.

 She has made several trips to Japan for the specific purpose of collecting Pokemon merchandise, each time sending between 8-12 boxes full back to the UK. 

Largest collection of videogame memorabilia.

o 31–year-old Brett Martin from Colorado.

o  He owns 8,030 pieces of merchandise.

o His collection is estimated to be worth $100K.

o He only started collecting 12 years ago when he "discovered eBay". 

o Brett is a web designer.

 Largest Ice Cream Cake

10.13 ton ice cream cake Containing more than 20,000

pounds of ice cream. Over 200 pounds of sponge cake. The previous Guinness world

record for the largest ice cream cake was set in Beijing, at 17,637 pounds.

 More than 300 pounds of icing and OREO crumble.

The World's Largest ice cream cake took 100 DQ experts 14 hours to complete.

The event was held to mark the 30th birthday of the chain's much-loved ice cream cake. 

Fastest Rollercoaster

Formula Rossa At Ferrari World on Yas Island in Abu

Dhabi. Reaches an astonishing top speed of

149 mph. Accelerates from 0 to 100 km (62

miles) in 2 seconds.

Climbs 52m (171 feet). Acceleration of 240km/h in under 5

seconds.

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