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  1. Most Internet Meme Costumes Worn At A Party

    Most Internet Meme Costumes Worn At A Party

    Eighty people dressed up in Internet meme costumes at a party, a new world record. Costumes worn included Nyan cat, Hipster Ariel, Dancing Pumpkin and Fail Whale.

    More photos of internet folks dressed as memes on BuzzFeed.

  2. Longest URL Generated Using A URL Shortening Service

    Longest URL Generated Using A URL Shortening Service

  3. Largest Group To Check In At Same Venue On Foursquare At Once

    Largest Group To Check In At Same Venue On Foursquare At Once

    814 University of Nebraska students checked in on Foursquare to the Big Boi concert on October 14, 2010. More info here.

  4. Fastest Time To Register A Private Limited Company Via The Internet

    Fastest Time To Register A Private Limited Company Via The Internet

    Entrepreneur Raivo Keskra established the private limited enterprise Hankeabi OUuml; in 18 minutes, 3.05 seconds.

    Keskra performed the feat infront of participants at the InnoEstonia 2009[] conference. He registered the private limited company using Ettevotjaportaal.

    See more about the record here.

  5. Most Overfunded Kickstarter Project

    Most Overfunded Kickstarter Project

    Jerry Paffendorf posted a fundraising goal of one cent for Round 6 of his LOVELAND project on Kickstarter.com. The project ultimately received $100 in backing, making it 1,000,000% funded.

  6. Fastest Time To Publish A Document To A Website

    Fastest Time To Publish A Document To A Website

    Tim Kloske created, saved and published a document to a website in 4.38 seconds.

  7. Fastest Time To Log In To Gmail

    Fastest Time To Log In To Gmail

    Josh Cheney logged into his Gmail account in 1.30 seconds.

  8. Most Browser Windows Opened In One Minute

    Most Browser Windows Opened In One Minute

    Brett Walling from Citizen Effect opened 49 separate browser windows in one minute.

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  9. Largest Group To Check In At The Same Venue On Gowalla At Once

    Largest Group To Check In At The Same Venue On Gowalla At Once

    617 people checked in onGowalla atEvan Williams’keynote interview during the 2010SXSWFestival.

  10. Most Elevator Pitches Listened To In Five Minutes

    Most Elevator Pitches Listened To In Five Minutes

    Mac Lipscomb, Brian Cohen, and JB Lockhart listened to 24 elevator pitches[] in five minutes. This beat the previous record by three pitches.

    The record was set as part ofNew York Entrepreneur Week.

  11. Most Unread Emails In An Inbox

    Most Unread Emails In An Inbox

    Marco Araujo has 326,548 unread emails in his inbox.

    See full-sized image here.

  12. Fastest Time To Login In To Yahoo!

    Fastest Time To Login In To Yahoo!

    Carlos Riviera logged into his Yahoo!account in 3.40 seconds.

  13. Most Spam Emails In An Inbox

    Most Spam Emails In An Inbox

    Tamlyn Rhodes has 96,899 spam messages in his email inbox.

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  14. Most Contributions To The URDB Wikipedia Page

    Most Contributions To The URDB Wikipedia Page

    Peter Craig, who uses the pseudonym ‘Aussiepete’ on Wikipedia, has constructively contributed to the URDB Wikipedia page 12 times.

    See official edit tally board here.

  15. Longest Active Email Address

    Longest Active Email Address

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