The World Record of ‘most black sesame seeds counted by an individual’ has been achieved by Sandhyashree H. K. from Channapatna, Karnataka, India.
On May 30, 2020; Sandhyashree asserted the counting of Three Hundred Seventy Eight Thousand Six Hundred Fifteen (378615) seeds from one kilogram black sesame seeds pack.
The World Record of ‘youngest author (fiction)’ has been achieved by Panuthula Sucharita (12 years 03 months 17 days) from Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
On Sep 14, 2020; Sucharita (daughter of Ms. Panuthula Leela Rama Mani and Mr. Panuthula Chandra Sekhar) exhibited the book ‘Unforgettable Audacious Adventures of My School Life’. The sixty four pages fiction book comprising humor, action and adventure was authored during lockdown period of corona pandemic.
The world record of ‘smallest mammal’ has been achieved by Etruscan shrew (Suncus estruscus) from North America.
Also known as the Etruscan Pygmy shrew or the white toothed Pygmy shrew is the smallest known mammal by mass. It weighs only 1.2 to 2.7 g(about 1.8 grams on average) and considered as world’s smallest mammal. The Etruscan shrew has a body length of about 4 centimeters (1.6 in) excluding the tail. These shrews prefer warm and damp climates and are widely distributed in the belt between 10 degree and 30 degree N latitude stretching from Europe and North Africa up to Malaysia. It is also found in the Maltese islands, which is situated in the middle of the Mediterranean sea.