It is very difficult that there is anyone who has never heard of “Guinness World Records”, known as record book. Among crazy things, eccentricities and important brands, there are also several Brazilians included in the compilation of international trademarks registered in the book that has been released annually since 1955.
Greater number of amphibians
If you think that amphibians are basically toads and frogs, know that in the world more than 7,930 species have been cataloged. And of these, 1,080 are found in Brazil, in a report published in July 2016.
10 tons of chocolate
Do we like chocolate? Much. And the definitive proof of this took place in Uberaba, on April 1, 2018 (not a lie). A house measuring 15 square meters and 2.4 meters high was built, with a total weight of 10,488 tons.
How much money, Gisele!
Retired since 2015, the gaucho Gisele Bündchen remains the top model who earned the most money during her career. Over her two-decade career, she has amassed $400 million and topped Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s highest-paid models since 2002.
Scientists and record holders Youtubers
Mariana and Iberê were among the first youtubers to gain fame in Brazil. The “Manual do Mundo”, which the duo runs, shows curious and fun experiences and has become the science and technology channel with the highest number of subscribers: there are more than 10 million fans!
giant graphite
Eduardo Kobra from São Paulo is one of the most celebrated graffiti artists in the world, with works carried out in cities such as New York and London. On the Castello Branco highway, in the interior of São Paulo, the artist produced with his team a giant mural of no less than 5,700 square meters at the headquarters of a chocolate factory.
When your resume doesn’t need a lot of space
Walter Orthmann entered the record books as the professional who spent the most time in the same company. The sales manager born in 1922 started working at the RenauxView fabric factory in 1938 and joined the “Guinness” in 2018, after 80 years with the company.
How many piercings are on this face?
Elaine Davidson was a restaurant owner who, in 1997, decided to get her first piercing. She liked it so much she made another one. And another. And another. There were 4,225 registered until 2006, most of them on the face, when his record was registered by “Guinness”.
And you, what did you think of these records?
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