The World Record of the ‘largest collection of coffee mugs’ has been achieved by Melisa Arthur from Des Moines Iowa, U.S.A.
As on October 28, 2011; the total number of coffee mugs which she has in her collection is Nineteen Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Six (19,576).She has been collecting coffee- mugs since she was 12 and after 40 years, her total collection has set a world record. Her collection includes mugs from 88 different countries.
The World Record of ‘largest number of Compact Disks and Digital Video Disks’ has been achieved by Mr. Mickey Lewienstien from Berlin, Germany
Mickey owns the collection of the largest number of Compact Disks and Digital Video Disks. His collection ranges from rock-albums to video-game disks to Movies. Starting this collection in the early nineties when CDs first came into existence, he currently owns Fifty Three Thousand Five Hundred Forty One (53,541) CDs and DVDs combined. He also gives these CDs and DVDs for rent and makes a good living out of it.
The World Record of ‘largest collection of bus tickets’ has been achieved by Mr. Ray McCormick from Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
McCormick has Forty Three Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Six (43, 356) bus tickets which he has used or has taken from other fellow passengers after use. McCormick developed this unusual habit of collecting bus tickets at the age of 9 when he used to commute to the local recreation center. The collection also includes seasonal and city passes of various places in the United Kingdom.
The World Record of ‘largest collection of bags’ has been achieved by Ms. Susan Rowe from Sydney, Australia.
Susan has the largest collection of bags. . The total collection of her bags is Fourteen Thousand Five Hundred Twenty One (14,521). The range of the bags found in her collection include party bags, shopping bags, school bags, laundry bags, accessory bags, travel bags and multi-purpose bags. She has bought most of the bags herself. Also, she gets frequent gifts in the form of bags because she only accepts bags as gifts
The World record of “Largest Collection of Label Pins” has been achieved by Arvind Sinha from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Arvind Sinha, 57 from Mumbai (India) has a collection of more than 30,000 pins. He is a business consultant and a Lion’s Club member, and has collected these pins from 80 countries. As a business consultant, Sinha travelled extensively all over the world and began collecting pins from hotels and airports.
Sinha explains that “Label pins are a symbol of the times and you can learn a lot through them. They are markers of world history events such as the American Civil War, the history of guns and American Presidents.”
The World Record of ‘longest time to hold breath under water’ was achieved by Tom Sietas from Germany.
Tom Sietas set this record by holding his breath under water for 22.22 minutes. Sietas has a lung capacity 20 percent larger than an average person his size. Sietas was dropped into a clear tank containing water cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit to help him relax and calm his body. He normally preps for an event by not eating for at least five hours prior in an effort to slow his metabolism and then filling his lungs with pure oxygen.
