World Record of scoring 100% marks in SAT & TOEFL has been achieved by Shreya Vardhan (15-years), from Delhi, India.
Shreya; a Class XII student of Delhi Public School, RK Puram, has scored full marks (2400) in SAT test, TOEFL test and Advanced Placement tests which give students an edge during college admissions and scholarship applications in various top universities.
The World Record of being world’s richest woman has been achieved by Liliane Bettencourt from Paris, France.
Mrs Bettencourt is the principal share holder of L’Oréal; one of the world’s largest cosmetics and beauty companies. Bettencourt owned around 31% of the outstanding shares of L’Oréal.
The World Record for the Biggest ‘live music concert’ was achieved by British artist Rod Stewart at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
This record was made at the Coca cabana beach in on New Year’s Night. The live music concert was televised by the MTV network. The live concert was attended by 3,500,000 (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand) people.
World Record of Biggest Ring has been achieved by The ‘Najmat Taiba’ manufactured by Taiba for Gold and Jewellery Company Ltd Saudi Arabia.
The world’s largest gold ring has 2,200 mm perimeter, 700 mm outer perimeter, 490 mm inside diameter, 500 mm back width and 250 mm width of the ring bottom. It is studded with 615 pieces of Swarovski stones. The 21-carat ring weighs 63.856 kg (around 141 pounds).
The World Record of the ‘largest sea vessel’ in the world has been achieved by the container ship Eugen Mærsk of Maersk Line from Denmark.
Maersk Line is the container division of A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, Denmark. It is the lead ship of a fleet of eight ships of the Mærsk E-class container ships. The newest of this ship series was launched in 2013. The total length of this ship is 399 meters (1,309 ft) in and a cargo capacity of 18,270 TEU containers. The length of the beam of the above mentioned ship is 183 feet (56 m) and the dead-weight tonnage is 156,907. The ship has a maximum speed of 23 knots and the total crew in routine operations is 19.
