GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORD

THE BEST OF EXTRA ORDINARY RECORDS 1. The longest distance keeping a table lifted with the teeth is 11.80 m (38 ft 8 in) and was achieved by Georges Christen (Luxembourg) who ran this distance holding a 12 kg (26 lb 7 oz) heavy table with a person weighing 50 kg (110 lb 3 oz) sitting on it, on the set of 'Lo show dei record', in Madrid, Spain. 2. The longest fingernails belonged to Lee Redmond (USA), who started to grow them in 1979 and carefully manicured them to reach a total length of 8.65 m (28 ft 4.5 in) as measured on the set of Lo show dei record in Madrid, Spain. 3. The fastest time to burst three balloons with the back is 12 seconds, set by Julia Gunthel, aka 'Zlata' (Germany) on the set of Guinness World Records - Die Grossten Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany. 4. The heaviest object sword-swallowed is a Dewalt D25980 demolition hammer weighing 38kg (83lb 12 oz). Thomas Blackthorne (UK) swallowed the 24mm (.94 inch) thick drill bit, then held the full weight of the hammer and bit for over 3 seconds, on the set of "Guinness World Records - Die Größten Weltrekorde", in Cologne, Germany.The hammer was switched on. 5. The record for the longest distance walking over hot plates is 22.90 m (75 ft 1 in) and was achieved by Rolf Iven (Germany) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy. 6. The longest fingernails on a pair of male hands belonged to Melvin Boothe (USA) whose nails had a combined length of 9.85 m (32 ft 3.8 in), when measured in Troy, Michigan, USA. THE BEST OF SIZE RECORDS 1. Chad Fell (USA) blew a bubblegum bubble with a diameter of 50.8 cm (20 in) without using his hands at the Double Springs High School, Winston County, Alabama, USA. 2. The largest egg on record weighed 2.589 kg (5 lb 11.36 oz) and was laid by an ostrich (Struthio camelus) at a farm owned by Kerstin and Gunnar Sahlin (Sweden) in Borlänge, Sweden. 3. The largest horn circumference on a steer measured 95.25 cm (37.5 in) 4. The largest playing card structure was a replica of The Venetian® Macao, The Plaza® Macao and Sands Macao. It measured 10.39 m (34 ft 1.05 in) long, 2.88 m (9 ft 5.39 in) tall and 3.54 m (11 ft 7.37 in) wide, and was created by Bryan Berg (USA) in Macau, China. 5. The largest hiking boot measures 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in) long, 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in) wide and 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) tall and was made by Schuh Marke (Germany). It was presented  in Hauenstein, Germany. 6. The highest height a human was catapulted using a reverse bungee system is 54.25 m (178 ft) and was achieved by Ben Shephard (UK) on the set of Guinness World Records - Smashed, in London, UK. THE BEST OF DEDICATION RECORDS 1. Charlotte Lee (USA) has 5,631 different rubber ducks, which she has been collecting since 1996. 2. Kevin Fast (Canada) pulled a CC-177 Globemaster III, weighing 188.83 tonnes (416,299 lb), a distance of 8.8 m (28 ft 10.46 in) at Canadian Forces Base in Trenton, Ontario, Canada 3. The greatest distance travelled with a pool cue on the chin is 1,668 m (5,472 ft 9 in) set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Joe Austin Playground in Jamaica, New York, USA 4. Jake Lonsway of Bay City, Michigan, USA, created the largest ball of cling film, which measured 351 cm (138 in) in circumference and weighed 127.7 kg (281 lb 8 oz). 5. The highest bunny hop on a bicycle is 1.42 m (4 ft 8 in) and was achieved by Benito Ros (Spain) at the  2009 "bike the rock" festival, Heubach, Germany. 6. The only male gurner to win the world title an amazing 12 times is Tommy Mattinson (UK), whose flexible face took the top prize at the annual Gurning World Championship at Egremont Crab Fair, Cumbria, UK, in 1986-87 and then 10 times between 1999 and 2010.

List of Abbreviations of the month of February 2014

AAP : Aam Admi Party
ANC : African National Congress
EDI : Education Development Index
HPCL : Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
LGBT : Lesbian Gay Bi-Sexual Transgender
RTE : Right to Education
ANU : Association of Indian Universities
ASEM : Asia-Europe Meeting
AWBMB : All Woman Bhartiya Mahila Bank
BAC : Border Action Team
BCAS : Bureau of Civil Aviation Security
BRICS : Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
CAI : Cotton Association of India
CAPFILMS : Central Armed Police Force Institute of Medical Science
CCEA : Cabinet Committee of Economics Affairs
CHOGM : Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
CII : Confederation of Indian Industry
CIS : Collective Investment Schemes
DBJ : Democratic Party of Japan
DBT : Direct Benefit Transfer
DGCA : Director General of Civil Aviation
DGCX : Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange
EWS : Economically Weaker Section
FEP : Foreign Education Provider
GPA : General Power of Attorney
IFPRI : Indian Food Policy Research Institute
IGIA : Indira Gandhi International Airport
IHMC : International Heavy Minerals Conference
LOC : Line of Control
MSDP : Multi Sector Development Programme
NGT : National Green Tribunal
NIB : National Investment Board
NPT : Non Proliferation Treaty
OIC : Organisation of Islamic Conference
OPCW : Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPEC : Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PERDA : Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
PRRS : Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome
PVC EPIC : Poly Vinyl Chloride Electoral Photo Identity Card
RTI : Right to Information
SFAQFR : System for Air Quality Forecasting and Research
SFMIR : Shaped Magnetic Field in Resonance
TWG : Technical Working Group
UHNW : Ultra High Net Worth
UNICEF : United Children Educational Fund
VVPAT : Voter : Verified Paper Audit Trail
WEP : World Food Program
WIPO : World Intellectual Property Organisation

Books and Authors: February 2014

Book Name	Authors
Maimaar-E-Quan	Dr.A.R. Kidwai
Birth of Cinema authored	N. Gopal Krishna
An Introduction to Urdu Poetry	Anees Ayesha
Indian Painting	Prof. B. N. Goswami
1283 Golas	Pele
The Third Curve: a Book Written	Mansoor Khan
I am Malala: Autobiography of Malala Yousufzai	Malala Yousufzai
Haunted by Fire Essays On Caste, Class, Exploitation And Emancipation	Mythily Sivaraman
Gandhi Before India	Ramchandra Guha
How Not to Make Money	Raj Kundra
Selected Works of Jawarharlal Nehru Second Series, Edited	Prof. Madhavan Palat
My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions	Dr. APJ Kalam
Gitanjali the Collection of Poems	Tagore
The Moonballer book	Nirupama Vaidyanathan
Agenda for India’s Growth:	P. Chidambaram
The Lowland	Jhumpa Lahiri
Shahar Sone Chala a Collection of Poems authored	Sat Pal
Smritiyan authored	Garima Sanjay
Unbeautifully	Madeline Sheehan
Going Clear: Scientology	Lawrence Wright
Hot Ticket (Sinners on Tour)	Olivia Cunning
Beauty from Surrender	Georgia Cates
The Republic of Thieves	Scott Lynch
Second Chance Boyfriend	Monica Murphy
And the Mountains Echoed	Khaled Hosseini
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Harry Potter Companion Books)	J. K. Rowling