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WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – Order of World Scouts: World's oldest international Scouting organisation
(Worldkings.org) The Order of World Scouts was formed by Sir Francis Vane upon the British Boy Scouts which had spread across the British Empire and the National Peace Scouts. The British Boy Scouts were formed in 1908 as the Battersea Boy Scouts.
28-02-2021
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Asia Records Institute (ASRI) – Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope: World's largest filled-aperture radio telescope
(Worldkings.org) FAST has a reflecting surface 500 meters in diameter located in a natural sinkhole in the landscape), focusing radio waves on a receiving antenna in a "feed cabin" suspended 140 m (460 ft) above it. The reflector is made of perforated aluminium panels supported by a mesh of steel cables hanging from the rim.
28-02-2021
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) – The Vagina Museum: World's first bricks and mortar museum about the gynaecological anatomy
(Worldkings.org) The museum hosts two temporary exhibitions per year which will explore a multitude of topics surrounding gynaecological health, social history, activism and discourse, as well as an events programme of talks, workshops, comedy, theatre and performance art.
28-02-2021
The impressive botanical gardens around the world (P.69) - Learn about the world's most dangerous plants at Alnwick poison garden (UK)
(WorldKings.org) The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."
27-02-2021
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[WORLDKINGS] The unique contests around the world – P14 - World Gurning Championship (United Kingdom): Competition of the world's funniest facial expression
(WorldKings.org) Gurning is a British word for pulling a grotesque face. An from the land of unusual sporting events, they have even...
01-03-2021
[WORLDKINGS] Top attractive culinary destinations in the world – P4 - Baobab Bar (South Africa): Enjoy a cocktail in the trunk of the baobab tree over 1000 years old
(WorldKings.org) In Modjadjiskloof, South Africa, a 72 feet tall, 155 wide, 1,700-year-old baobab tree sat in the middle of a field....
01-03-2021
Top 100 UNESCO World’s Cultural Heritages - P89. Mount Fuji, Japan
(Worldkings.org) According to UNESCO, Mount Fuji has "inspired artists and poets and been the object of pilgrimage for centuries"....
01-03-2021
[WorldKings – World Almanac Event 2021] 83rd anniversary of establishment of Samsung Group ( March 01, 1938 – March 01, 2021)
(WorldKings.org) Samsung, South Korean company that is one of the world’s largest producers of electronic devices. Samsung specializes...
01-03-2021
Vietnamese & Asian Record Holder Truong Han Minh hornored to received Golden Plate of Dedication for Record Values
(WorldKings.org) On the morning of January 14, 2021 in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, World Records Union (WorldKings) - World Record Content Academy...
14-01-2021
Golden Plate of Dedication for Record Values from World Record Content Academy (WRCA) has been awarded to Record Holder Bui Van Ngo
(worldkings.org) On 26th December, 2020 in Ho Chi Minh city – Vietnam, under the authorization from World Record Content Academy (WRCA) – WorldKings,
26-12-2020
Awarding 09 Golden Plates of Dedication for Record Values – Honoring the contributions to the Vietnamese record holders
(worldkings.org) On 20th December, 2020 in Ho Chi Minh city – Vietnam, World Record Content Academy (WRCA) - World Records Union (WorldKings) has...
22-12-2020
HONOURING INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR DEDICATION FOR RECORD VALUES
(WorldKings.org) On 6th December 2020 in Thai Nguyen province - Vietnam, World Record Content Academy (WRCA) - World Records Union (WorldKings) has...
08-12-2020
Top 20 People With The World’s Best Memory - P4.Wang Feng.
(Worldkings.org) On December 5, 2010 he won the 19th World Memory Championships in Guangzhou, China with a record score of 9486 points, taking him to...
13-10-2020
Top 20 People With The World’s Best Memory - P3.Joshua Foer.
(Worldkings.org) Foer has organized several websites and organizations based on his interests. He created the Athanasius Kircher Society, which had...
13-10-2020
Top 20 People With The World’s Best Memory - P2.Alex Mullen.
(Worldkings.org) Alex Mullen is the first American to win the World Memory Championships and the highest point-scorer in the 24-year history of the...
13-10-2020
Top 20 People With The World’s Best Memory - P1.Dominic O’Brien.
(Worldkings.org) Dominic O'Brien (10 August 1957) is a British mnemonist and an author of memory-related books. He is the eight time World Memory...
13-10-2020
[WORLDKINGS] World Best Academy – Jif (United States) : The best-selling peanut butter in the United States
(WorldKings.org) According to Statista, Jif is the best-selling peanut butter in the United States, with an estimated 117.31 million consumers in...
20-11-2020
[WORLDKINGS] World Best Academy – Ecco (Denmark) : The most popular high-priced footwear brand in Russia
(WorldKings.org) According to Statista, Ecco was the leading high-priced footwear brand, with 223 stores when considering partner brand outlets as...
19-11-2020
[WORLDKINGS] World Best Academy – Yandex (Russia) : The most popular search engine in Russia
(WorldKings.org) According to Statista, Yandex is the most popular search engine in Russia, accounting for 59.3 percent of total user visits from July
17-11-2020
[WORLDKINGS] World Best Academy - Frito-Lay (United States) : The best – selling potato chip brand in the United States
(WorldKings.org) According to Statista, Frito – Lay is the best – selling potato chip brand in the US, with sales of about 4.81 billion U.S. dollars...
16-11-2020
Auction Market around the world - P210. World's most expensive whiskies go up for sale
Some of the world's rarest and most expensive whiskies went on sale on Friday (Feb 7) in an online auction of a private collection amassed by a late...
10-02-2020
Auction Market around the world - P209. Rare wine bottles belonging to the 17th century are set to fetch £20,000 at auction after being unearthed by a builder in a digger
A hoard of gold-encrusted 17th century wine bottles are set to go to auction with a guide price of £20,000 after being dug up by accident at a...
10-02-2020
Auction Market around the world - P208. Rare portrait of teenage Mozart sells for $4.4 million at auction
A Rare portrait of teenage Mozart sells for $4.4 million at auction
05-02-2020
Auction Market Around the World - P204. A man bought a Rolex for $345 in 1974. Its current value knocked him off his feet
A man brought a Rolex watch he purchased in 1974 for $345.97 to an antiques show to find out its current value. His reaction: priceless.
03-02-2020
[WORLDKINGS] First World Records Seeking Journey- Hippocrates, the Father of modern medicine
(Worldkings.org) Hippocrates embodied the perfect doctor: kind, wise, old, knowledgeable, with a long beard and profound wrinkles around perceptive...
17-08-2020
[WORLDKINGS] First World Records Seeking Journey- Who Invented the Internet?
(Worldkings.org) As you might expect for a technology so expansive and ever-changing, it is impossible to credit the invention of the internet to a...
10-08-2020
[WORLDKINGS] First World Records Seeking Journey- First Music Video In Space
(Worldking.org) The first music video filmed entirely in space was by Canadian Commander Chris Hadfield in May 2012.
03-08-2020
[WORLDKINGS] First World Records Seeking Journey- First Theme Park Of The World
(Worldkings.org) Did you know the first theme park of the world comes from America? And it’s not Disneyland!
07-07-2020
Top 100 Best Tech Companies In The World – P.48 - Pixar (United States): The studio that paved the way for the era of fully computer-generated animation
(WorldfKings.org) Pixar Animation Studios, a motion-picture studio, from 2006 a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Disney Company, that was instrumental...
27-02-2021
Top 100 Best Tech Companies In The World – P.47 - Nintendo (Japan): One of the best-selling video game companies in the world
(WorldKings.org) Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto.
26-02-2021
Top 100 Best Tech Companies In The World – P.46 - Netflix, Inc. (United States): A journey of growth from a video rental company to the largest online movie service in the world
(WorldKings.org) Netflix, Inc. is an American media-services provider and production company headquartered in Los Gatos, California, founded in 1997...
25-02-2021
Top 100 Best Tech Companies In The World – P.45 - Tesla (USA): A star in the field of applying technology to produce eco-friendly electric cars
(WorldKings.org) Tesla, Inc. is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company based in Palo Alto, California. Tesla's current products include
24-02-2021