Book World Records

Jared S. named all of the titles in the “[The 39 Clues][1]” series in 27.53 seconds during a stop on the [RecordSetter book][2] tour. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The39Clues [2]: http://recordsetter.com/book

Andrea and her friend stacked 42 open hardcover books.

Sathar Adhoor wrote a poetry book measuring one centimeter in length and width. The book weighs 300 mg and contains poems translated in 66 different languages.

Pete Moyer put one 500 Euro bill, seven 50 Euro bills, four 20 Euro bills and one 5 Euro bill on a RecordSetter Book Of World Records. The total dollar amount came to 935 Euros.

Tai Star recited a 265-word quote from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life while driving with a RecordSetter Book of World Records balanced on his head.

Tai Star drove 84.4 miles while balancing a RecordSetter Book of World Records on his head.

Doug McManaman balanced the RecordSetter Book of World Records on top of a pole on his thumb for four minutes, 41.34 seconds while sitting.

Dr. Venkata Chary Chintapatla made an 80-page Line Script Art[] biography. The style of art, which Chintapatla claims to have invented himself, appears upon first glance to be nothing more than a picture made of random vertical lines. When the artworks are viewed from 45 degrees, however, specific words and letters from various languages become visible. Read more aboutChintapatla’s projecthere.

Piyushdadriwala Goel created 700 verses in a mirror image book, “Shreemadbhagvadgita”.[] The verses are in Hindi and English.

Brian Pankey balanced "The Book of Extereme Facts" vertically on his forehead for 34.71 seconds.

Piyushdadriwala Goel created a needle book with 20,000,000,000 holes in it.

Noah RIffe tapped a pencil on a flute book 262 times.

This record was set as part of Toyota Prius Records, a two-day event streamed live on the Internet. In a 48-hour period, URDB officials adjudicated 200 Prius-related world records. This was the most records ever documented in a 48-hour window, a world record in and of itself. The event took place in Los Angeles, California on March 30th and 31st, 2011. See all the records set at the event here.

This record was set as part of Prius Records, a two-day event streamed live on the Internet. In a 48-hour period, URDB officials adjudicated 200 Prius-related world records. This was the most records ever documented in a 48-hour window, a world record in and of itself. The event took place in Los Angeles, California on March 30th and 31st, 2011. See all the records set at the event here.

Heidi Beazley held 20 paperback romance novels in one hand at the Thomas Ford Memorial Library. [#TFML01][]

Library page Mary Baker shelved a book weighing 9.6 pounds on the top shelf at the Thomas Ford Memorial Library. [#TFML01][]