World Longest Letter to Santa Clause

It's official, a group of Central Romanian school children have written the world's longest letter to Santa Claus.

A group of over 2,000 kids wrote the letter to Santa.

It measures an astounding 1,355 feet long, weighs 220 pounds, and took nine days to finish.

The kids did ask Santa for something other than video games or toys.

They want Saint Nick to get grown-ups to protect the environment, to stop pollution, and to save the planet's rainforests and oceans.

The Romanian post office paid for postage to deliver the letter to Santa's official residence in Finland.

It will then go back to Romania as part of a local world record exhibition, and will eventually be recycled into exercise books for the children.

More Christmas 2008 World Records

World's Largest Crayon Record set by Hinesville, Georgia Student

Hinesville, GA This week townsfolk and students in Hinesville, Georgia unveiled the world's largest crayon at the city’s Lyman Hall Elementary School.

Student spent the past six months collecting more than 100,000 crayons and in the end hundreds of these little tykes were rather amazed just how big their little experiment turned out. students like 5th grader Tanner Middleton.

The massive wax creation stands 9'8" inches tall and weighs 605.5 pounds.

Organizer Leah Poole came up with this project and knew she could best the previous record. Ms Poole reached out to the community and received donations from the area’s Solid Waste Department, nearby businesses and school kids.

She eventually melted down the crayons and poured them into a PVC pipe.

To make the crowing glory Poole’s super large crayon tip turns out to be a traffic cone.

Polle says creating this crayon wasn't just about achieving a world record. It was also about saving the earth.

Guinness Book of World Records judge Danny Girton traveled to coastal Georgia to confirm the new record.

And that's what organizers are most proud of.

The crayon will be on display at schools and businesses all over Liberty County and it will be in the Hinesville Christmas parade in December.

By the way the previous record, a seven foot 322 pound monstrosity, was held by a Florida - based crayon company.

Largest serving of fried chicken Guinness World Records

Largest serving of fried chicken Guinness World Records 2008 Doha, Qata UAE

The Qatar Food Company (Americana) walked into the Guinness World Records yesterday by serving 300kg of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in a single barrel, specially made for the event.
The new world record was born at a crowd-pulling event at the KFC outlet in Villagio Mall yesterday morning.

The entire 300kg fried chicken was distributed to the onlookers free of cost.
Hundreds of people watched the organisers filling the huge barrel with fried chicken. The bowl was exactly similar to the popular KFC bucket, carrying its brand name and logo. There was a scramble to snatch pieces of fried chicken served to the public at the end of the show.

A representative from the Guinness World Records, who judged the contest, later presented a certificate to Americana for "largest serving of fried chicken," in the world.

“This was the fist event of its kind in Doha and in the world," said a spokesman yesterday.

Guinness Book of World 2008 for Indian Bollywood Movie Producer

Hyderabad-based filmmaker D Rama Naidu has made it to the 2008 Guinness Book of World Records for having produced movies in nine languages.

Besides Telugu, his mother tongue, Naidu has made films in all other south Indian languages - Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada - plus in Hindi, English, Bengali, Oriya and Assamese, all under his banner Suresh Productions.

Naidu prefers to make his movies with artistes and technicians from different parts of India, rather than 'dubbing' in different languages.

He is not familiar with most of the languages in which he makes his movies. He believes that the language of the movie is universal.

Now Naidu has made a foray into the Marathi film industry with a new production, Majhi Aai.

It is being directed by veteran Marathi filmmaker Kanchan Nayak, who last made a movie in Bhojpuri, Pinjre Ki Maina.

In the 1990s, Naidu produced Hindi films on a regular basis. Of late, however, he is not as prolific in Bollywood. His last Hindi release was Kuch Tum Kaho, Kuch Hum Kahein in 2002.

Besides making movies, the veteran producer is also an active politician affiliated to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He represented the TDP in the Lok Sabha between 1999 and 2004.

Year 2007 Guinness World Records Review

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* Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, of San Jose, California, won this year's World Hot Dog Eating Championship at Coney Island, New York, having consumed 66 in 12 minutes – a world record, but disgusting. More

* Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell broke the world 100 metres record in September, running 9.74sec in Rieti, Italy. More

* And let's hear it for Paul Collins of Seaton and Sonia Feukes of Poole, men's and women's winners of the 11th World Nettle Eating Championships in June at The Bottle Inn, Bridport, Devon. More

* The American-built SSC Ultimate Aero TT succeeded the Bugatti Veyron as the world's fastest production car, with a top speed of 256.15mph. More

* Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk toppled Bao Xishun as the world's tallest man. He stands at 8ft 6in. Earlier this year, Neil Fingleton was recognised as the UK's tallest man. Fingleton, 27, topped seven feet by the age of 11, and is now 7ft 7.56in tall. More

* British adventurer Bear Grylls claimed to be the first man to have flown a motorised paraglider over Mount Everest. He reached an altitude of 29,500ft, enduring temperatures of -60C. More

* The heaviest baby of the year was born in September to a Siberian woman, aged 43. Nadia Barabanova's 12th child weighed in at 17.1lbs (7.75kg) and was delivered by caesarean section. More

* Russell "Rock Bottom" Byars, 43, broke the world stone-skimming record at a lake in Pennsylvania. His pebble travelled 76 metres, bouncing 51 times. More

* Legendary Texan snake-handler Jackie Bibby shared a transparent bath tub with 87 rattlesnakes, breaking his previous record by 12 snakes. More

* German fisherman Emir Caro broke the record for the largest common carp, catching a fish that weighed in at 84lb 12oz (38.45kg). He had been angling for it for three years. More

* More than 1,000 bikini-clad women gathered on Bondi Beach, Sydney, in September to set the world record for the largest swimsuit photoshoot. More

* The American student Joey Chestnut set a new world record for in October. Chestnut, who is 23, ate an impressive103 burgers in eight minutes. He also holds the world records for eating hot dogs, chicken wings – and asparagus. More

* Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan broke the record for the greatest number of Test wickets taken, beating the previous record of 708 held by Shane Warne, in a match against England. More

* On "Mega Monday" (10 December), UK consumers spent more than £750,000 online in a single minute, breaking all previous records. More

* Leona Lewis's album, "Spirit", became the fastest-selling debut record of all time, beating the previous holder, the Arctic Monkeys' " Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" More

* Allan Stewart, 91, became the oldest new graduate in the world after received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of New England. More

* The skyscraper Burj Dubai became the world's tallest building after reaching 141 storeys, 512m. The Dubai skyscraper is expected to stand at more than 690m when it is completed next year. More

* Scientists in Germany unearthed the fossilised claw of a 390-million-year-old sea scorpion, which, at an estimated eight metres long, is the largest sea scorpion ever discovered. More