Guinness-World-Records-2017

INDEX

M Monopoly boards 143 VJGOG UQPIU UKPINGU paper money 92 possums 66–67 Robin Hood 96
OQPQYJGGNU UKPINGU EJCTVU parachute jumps 164; posters 99 Robots 198–199; 3D-printed
M&Ms 120 OQPUVGT VTWEMU UVTGCOKPI RQVCVQGU
macroscopic organisms 21 179; videos 12, 13, 179, freefall 227 pottery kilns 45 194; androids 109, 193;
OCIC\KPGU 130, 212 RCTCINKFKPI RQYGT UVCVKQPU CTTGUVGF EJGHU
magic 95 monuments 169 OWUKE XKFGQU parallel parking 9 RQYGT VQQNU industrial production
mailboxes 101 The Moon 16–17; landings in space 12, 13 Paralympics 226 prayer mazes 164 TQDQVU Ť MKNNGT
mammals 46 musical instruments: parliaments 91 predators 52 robots 192; quadrupeds
mammoths 153 10, 77, 109, 196 prehistoric 39, 44; parrots 67 RTGFCVQT[ UVTKMGU 4WDKMŨU %WDG
man-killing animals: big moons 20, 24, 25 WMWNGNGU RCTUNG[ prehistoric life: art 40; birds solving by 142, 199;
moonscape paintings 174 OWUKECNU RCTUPKRU UPCMGU UQEKCN KP
cats 52–53; crocodiles mortar and pestle 99 mustard 121 particle colliders 205 FKPQUCWTU URCEG YCNMKPI
54 OQUCKEU EWRECMGU passes: American football 62–63; food crops 42; rockets 16, 95; 3D-printed
man-made objects in space N footprints 36; hominids parts 195; landings 204
112, 177 M&Ms 120 UQEEGT 5YKUU 33, 36, 37; musical rocking chairs 100
manatees 66 MotoGP 220 NASCAR 220 ball 127 instruments 39, 44 rocking horses 143
OCPIQGU motorcycles: 3D-printed National Baseball Hall of pasta 121 Premier League 224 Rodin, Auguste (sculptor)
mangrove forests 40 patents 153 Presidents Cup 217 175
mantles 50 195; long-distance Fame 211 RC[ RGT XKGY primates 59 4QOCP YCNNU
maps: 3D Earth map 201; journeys 111; natural disasters 226 peace treaties 62, 102 prime numbers 204 TQUGU
extrasolar planets 19 OQPQYJGGNU PCXCN DCVVNGU RGCEJGU prosthetics 74–75 Rosie the Riveter 96
marathons: chess 144; quarterpipes 130; riding necks, dinosaurs 62 RGCTU RWDNKECVKQPU OCIC\KPGU rotations, hula hoops 122
exercise bikes 127; DCEMYCTFU VKIJVTQRG netball 230, 231; marathons peas 121 PGYURCRGT RTKPV TWPU TQYKPI EKTEWOPCXKICVKQP
HCOKNKGU (+(# 154; crossing 136; tunnels pedal boats 112 150; periodicals 119, 109; competitive 229,
RWPEJDCIU TQYKPI QH ƒTG YJGGNKGU 241 peeling: bananas 120; UGGǡCNUQ books 236; mother-daughter
machines 126; running 130, 131 PGVYQTMKPI EJGUU lemons 121; onions 121 pull-ups 9 team 113; ocean
234; sports 233, 234, motorsport 220; earnings RGPFWNWO ENQEMU RWNNGF RQTM crossings 76, 109, 112,
241; table football 143; 209; motor-racing computers 144; social penguins 9, 93 pumas 52, 53 113, 115, 117
YCNMKPI circuits 9; sibling PGVYQTMU see 6YKVEJ pentathlon 234 RWORMKPU TQYKPI OCEJKPGU
margin of victory (soccer) competitors 79 6YKVVGT 8KPG 9GKDQ RGRRGTU punchbags 127 Rube Goldberg machines
224 Mount Everest 30, 76, neutral buoyancy pools 23 periodicals 119 RWRRGV OQXKGU 147
marine reserves 39 106–107, 109, 110, 112, 0GY 9QTNF EKXKNK\CVKQPU pétanque 241 push-ups 127 Rubik’s Cube 124, 142;
/CTKQ 5QPKE CV VJG 1N[ORKE 0GY 9QTNF OQPMG[U Peter Pan 97 puzzle-solving: code- robotic solution 142, 199
)COGU 155 mountain biking 221 PGYURCRGT RTKPV TWPU RGVWPKCU DTGCMKPI ETQUUYQTF 4WID[ 222; sibling
OCTOQUGVU mountain climbing 76, 107, NFL (National Football PGA Championship 217 puzzles 150–151; competitors 79
married couples: 109, 110, 111, 114, 116, League) 210 pharaohs 56 4WDKMŨU %WDG YQTNF 4WPPKPI QP CNN HQWTU
CIITGICVG CIG DQF[ DNKPF ENKODGTU Niagara Falls 142 pharmacology 40 championships 151 marathons 234; mile
OQFKƒECVKQPU FKXQTEG 112 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice photographs 136; green 2W\\NGU 150–151 TQCF TCEGU
205; polar expeditions mountains: Annapurna 109; #YCTFU HNCUJ OKTCIG UGNƒGU pyramids 55, 169; coins treadmills 126, UGG CNUQ
113; siblings 79 Everest 30, 76, 106–107, PKIJV OQPMG[U 11, 12, 137, 196, 197 125; dominoes 147; sprinting
marsupials 66–67 109, 110, 112, 117, 171, Nobel prizes 154 RJQVQU[PVJGUKU YCVGTUMKKPI R[TCOKFU 4WPU DCUGDCNN
RNCPGVCT[ TCPIGU 0QKUG OQPMG[U TQCTU 2KEVWTG VJKUБ 84–85 134 cricket 216
Martial arts 215 5GXGP 5WOOKVU 53, 55; shouting 119; RKGTEKPIU
maser 203 110, 111, 112, 114, UKTGPU URKFGTU piggy banks 99 Q S
Mass participation Ť 116, 117; Triple Seven XQNECPKE GTWRVKQPU pigs 93
Summits 117 North Pole 110, 111, 112, pills, 3D-printed 194–195 qasars 27 sabre-toothed cats 52
94–95; cosplay 96–97; mousers 64 113, 162 pilots 76 quad bikes 132 sailing: circumnavigation
FTGUUKPI WR Ť mousetraps: released on PQUGU RTKOCVGU RKPG DQCTFU DTGCMKPI SWCFTWRNGVU
human domino line 146; tongue 147; triggering spinning balls on 102 ping-pong balls 103, 125 quantum entanglement 204 URGGF
UGNƒG TGNC[ EJCKP see 147 NRL (National Rugby pinnipeds 47 quarterpipes 130, 219 transatlantic 111, 115
CNUQ ETQYF CVVGPFCPEGU moustache clouds 35 League) 222 RKTCVGF OQXKGU “sailing stones” 36
matchsticks 9 OQWUVCEJGU PWENGCT RQYGTGF URCEGETCHV RKTCVGF 68 UJQYU R UCNVYCVGT ETQEQFKNGU
maths lessons 95 mouth: gape 69; juggling 24 pitcher plants 43 sand angels 94
RKPI RQPI DCNNU YKVJ number problems 150 pitchforks 100 rabbits 67, 93; chocolate 91 UCPFYKEJGU
Mazes 164–165 OQWVJ ECVEJKPI YKVJ RKPI numbers, prime 204 RK\\CU INWVGP HTGG radar experiments 21 Santa Claus: chocolate 90;
Meccano 153 pong balls 125 planets 15; density 30; radio patents 153 cosplay 97
mechanical puzzles 150 mouth, holding in the: O GZVTCUQNCT Ť radio-controlled toys 142, UCVGNNKVGU
medals: AIBA World apples 136; candles 9; planetary missions 20, UCWUCIGU
grapes 9 ocean crossings: aerial 167; RNCPGVCT[ TKPIU 196 scalp transplants 74
Boxing Championships OQXKG CEVQTU GCTPKPIU by boat 76, 109, 112, 113, 24; Pluto 20–21, UGG CNUQ TCFKUJGU 5EJOKFV 5VKPI 2CKP +PFGZ
214; FINA World GZRGPUKXGN[ FTGUUGF ŬYCNMKPIŬ '#46* TCKN VWPPGNU 5EK ƒ XU UEKGPEG 192–193
%JCORKQPUJKRU YQTMKPI VKGU 111 plants: carnivorous 42–43; rainfall 33; red rain 32 5%+'0%' 6'%*01.1);
229; IAAF Athletics /QXKG OQPG[ 172–173 HNQYGTU HTWKV Rainforests 40–41 190–205; 3D printing
World Championships Movies 182–185; animations oceans 36; coral reefs XGIGVCDNGU Ť rallies (tennis) 102 194–195; consumer
226; Summer X Games Ť DNCEM JQNGU Ť OCPPGF FGUEGPVU ITGGP YCNNU JGKIJV ramp jumps 130, 131 technology 196–197;
219; UCI Track World portrayal of 26; box QTEJKFU raptors 63 lasers 202–203, UGG CNUQ
Championships 221, see QHƒEG pharmacological 40; rats 93 Robots
CNUQ CYCTFU ECT 1EVQRWUGU 50–51 poisonous 42, 43; roses reading 9 UEKGPEG ƒEVKQP OQXKGU
medical devices, 3D-printed EJCUGU EQORWVKPI oils 19 UGG CNUQ trees reading glasses 105 scissors 201
194 RQYGT WUCIG 1NF /CUVGT FTCYKPIU plastic bricks: sculpture 4'%14&1.1); 82–103 UEQQVKPI
medical diagnostic digital visual effects 1NF 9QTNF OQPMG[U 152, UGG CNUQ LEGO® Red Bull Air Race Scrabble 150
machines 200 &KUPG[ Ť 1NFGUV 76–77 plastics 143 scuba diving 135
GCTN[ HGCVWTG ƒNOU Olympic Games 65 playing cards 125 %JCORKQPUJKR sculpture: animal 201;
Medical miracles 74–75 160; franchises 173; One-Day International (ODI) 2NC[OQDKN ƒIWTGU Red Bull Cliff Diving World art sales 175; cheese
medicine balls 127 +/#: UETGGPKPIU plays 176–177 UEWNRVWTG EJQEQNCVG
medicines, 3D-printed ,COGU $QPF OQXKGU series 216 RNC[YTKIJVU 5GTKGU 90, 91; human 200; K’Nex
1UECTU RKTCVGF QPKQPU plesiosaurs 62 red rain 32 152; life-size statues 73;
194–195 RTQƒVCDKNKV[ RTQNKƒE QTD YGCXGT URKFGTU RNWOU Reefs 38–39 CTVKƒEKCN lipstick 9; microscopic
OGNQPU RTQFWEVKQP TGXKGYU orbits: of comets 205; 2NWVQ 15, 20–21 relay races: running 234; 201; modelling balloons
OGOQTKCN YCNNU UEKGPEG ƒEVKQP pogo sticks 122 152, 153; plastic bricks
meteoroids 161 Shakespeare movies RNCPGVU UCVGNNKVGU poison: animals 45, 49, 60; sprinting 226, 232, 233; 152; tyre sculpture 101
methane craters 29, 37 177; silent movies plants 43; spiders 60; UYKOOKPI UGC YCNNU
mice 93 UQWPFVTCEMU QTEJKFU trees 42 Rembrandt 175 seas, dry 34
micro scooters 123 UVWPVU VTCKNGTU organs, bodily 70, 71; polar expeditions: North remote-controlled model 5GIYC[
microlights 112 XKFGQU 8KUWCN donors 74; transplants Pole 110, 111, 112, 113, vehicles 142, 196 UGNƒGU TGNC[ EJCKPU
mimicry 50 'HHGEVU 5QEKGV[ #YCTFU 74, 75, 195 114, 162; South Pole 109, reserves: forest 40; UGNƒG UVKEMU
/KPGETCHV 1UECTU 111, 112, 113, 115, 116; OCTKPGǡ KPǡURCEG
minerals 30 Mr Potato Head 124 ostrich dinosaurs 62 Three Poles Challenge restaurants 123 senior citizens: body
MLB (Major League MRI machines 200 overcontact binaries 27 112, 114 TGXKGYU OQXKGU RKGTEKPIU
murals 162 Owls 56–57, 93 pole positions 220 rice 121 EGPVGPCTKCPU
Baseball) 211 murderers 116, UGG CNUQ pole vault 234 TKEG ETCEMGTU tattoos 72, 77, UGG CNUQ
MLS (Major League Soccer) assassinations P RQNG UKVVKPI rings, planetary 24 1NFGUV
muscles 70, 71 pool 241 rivers 41; river basins Serie A 224
224 /WUKE 178–181; albums & 2#% /CP maze 165 popes 120 40–41; tributaries 41 sesamoid bones 71
moas 153 CNDWO EJCTVU 2CEKƒE 1EGCP ETQUUKPIU portable toilets 147 TQCF YCNMKPI Seven Summits 110, 111,
model vehicles 142, 143, EQORQUGTU roads: Pan-American 112, 114, 116, 117
HGUVKXCNU OQXKG 112, 115 *KIJYC[ TQCF VTCHƒE
201 paintings 174–175 deaths 145
modelling balloons: palaces 104 roars: big cats 53;
2CP #OGTKECP *KIJYC[ crocodilians 55
LEGO® /KPKƒIWTGU pandemics 101
sculpture 152, 153 pantomime animal races 94
money: coins 125; paper 92; RCRC[C VTGGU
piggy banks 99 paper aircraft 124
/QPMG[U 58–59, 93

248 Index

Shakespeare 176–177 South Pole 109, 111, 112, stock market: collapses theatres 66; domes 161; VYGTMKPI 9CVGT URQTVU 229, UGG CNUQ
UJCTG RTKEGU 113, 114, 115, 116 213; indexes 223; share Shakespeare plays 6YKUVGT ICOG ECPQGKPI FKXKPI TQYKPI
shearing 67 RTKEGU 176–177 6YKVEJ UWTƒPI Swimming
UJGGR JQTPU YQQN 52#%' 14–27; black holes 6YKVVGT HQNNQYGTU
ships see boats & ships 26–27; civilians in 190; stolen objects 163 VJGOG RCTMU YCVGTHCNNU 0KCICTC
UJKRYTGEMU cumulative time in 192; ”stone forests” 36 thermometers 200 (CNNU YCVGTHCNN
UJQRRKPI OCNNU espresso machines in UVQPG VQQNU thermotolerance 49 tyres 140; tyre sculpture 101 diving 134
shot 234, 235 104; geological features Stop press 254–255 VJKUVNGU
shouting 119 seen from 36; isolated storm surges 32 Three Poles Challenge U YCVGTOGNQPU
UKDNKPIU DKTVJ YGKIJV humans 192; man-made straitjackets 136 YCVGTUMKKPI R[TCOKFU
objects in 177; music stratus clouds 34 112, 114 UCI Track World
EGPVGPCTKCPU XKFGQU UGNƒGU UVTCYDGTTKGU VJTQYKPI EJCKPUCYU Championships 221 VQYKPI YCVGTUMKGTU
EQODKPGF CIGU 11, UGG CNUQ Moon; UVTCYU FTKPMKPI VJTQWIJ 134
sibling marriage 79; planets; spaceflight; frisbee/flying disc 122; UEFA Champions League YCXG RQQNU
sports competitors 79 121; moving jelly beans YCVGT DCNNQQPU 224 YCXGNGPIVJU NCUGT
sieges 114 Spacewalks YKVJ 6KFFN[YKPMU YCXGU HNQYTKFKPI YCXGU
silent movies 169 space hoppers 122 UVTGCOKPI VKIJVTQRG YCNMKPI UEFA Europa League 224 167; gravitational 204
silk, spider 61 space probes 24 Street sports 219 blindfolded 136 UEFA European YGCNVJ CVJNGVGU VGCOU
UKPINGU UKPINGU EJCTVU space stations 12 street golf 219 timekeeping devices 50, 209; cats 64; dogs 65;
YQTF EQPVGPV spacecraft 16; 8Q[CIGT and UVTGPIVJ Championships 225 sports teams 209, see
structures see buildings; VQOCVQGU WMWNGNGU CNUQ earnings
UKTGPU 8Q[CIGT 24–25 '0)+0''4+0) VQPIWGU NGPIVJ Ultimate Fighting YGCVJGT Ť
UMCVGDQCTFKPI FQIU spaceflight: flybys 25; #4%*+6'%674' mousetraps released on YGDU
long-distance 115 stunts: cars 130, 131; 136; piercings 72 Championship (UFC) 215 YGDUKVGU
UMCVKPI ƒIWTG UMCVKPI OCPPGF GZRNQUKQPU OQXKGU VQQNU UVQPG umbrellas 99 9GKDQ
237; speed skating 237 planetary missions 19, toothpicks 9 WPFGTYCVGT E[ENKPI Weight: birds 35, 47;
skeleton costumes 94–95 URCEGETCHV UWDYC[ VWPPGNU toppling: books 146; bricks dinosaurs 63; fruit & veg
skiing 230; marathons 241; 16, 24–25, UGG CNUQ sudoku 150, 151 146; dominoes 146, 147; spear catching 137; RGQRNG
polar expeditions 113; astronauts UWICT ECPG portable toilets 147 straitjacket escapes YGKIJVNKHVKPI D[ G[G
YCVGTUMKKPI sugar cubes 120 tornadoes 33 XKGYKPI FQOGU sockets 136; dumbbells
skin, bionic 74 Spacewalks 22–23 suits of armour 110 tortellini 121 YCNMKPI 126; kettlebells 127; on
skipping 122, 123 spears 137 UWOQ YTGUVNKPI VQWEJFQYPU
#OGTKECP unicycles 95, 111, 113, 137 5YKUU DCNNU
skull: implants 74; speeches 176 UWPFGYU football) 210 units of measurement 201 9GKIJVNKHVKPI 5RQTVU
transplants 74 speed: ants 49; cats 64; UWPHNQYGTU Tour de France 204, 221 universe: distant objects in /CTCVJQPU 9CVGTUMKKPI
5M[NCPFGTU 93, 142 sunglasses 92 Tour de Suisse 221 205, UGG CNUQ 52#%' 240–241
skyscrapers 100, 149, ENKODKPI ETQEQFKNGU 5WRGT $QYN VQYGTU ,GPIC .')1® WPKXGTUKVKGU YGNFKPI
Ť 55; freefall 227; human- 5WRGT 5OCUJ $TQU $TCYN 155 125; playing cards 125; Utility Terrain Vehicles 9GUV 'PF UJQYU
UM[YCNMU RQYGTGF XGJKENGU
*28U supercentenarians 76, 77 sugar cubes 120 (UTVs) 130 YJGGNDCTTQYU TCEKPI
slacklines: soccer ball 221; land-speed records superheroes 96–97; movie VQ[ RKUVQN ƒIJVU YJGGNEJCKT DCUMGVDCNN
control on 103, UGG CNUQ VTCKNGTU 6Q[U DQCTF ICOGU 142–143 V YJGGNKGU
VKIJVTQRG YCNMKPI 217; model aircraft 142; surfboards 94 61;5 )#/'5 138–155; YJGGNU
slam dunks 102 monster trucks 130; UWTƒPI QP ƒTG MKVG CEVKQP ƒIWTGU FQNNU vaccination 129; Ebola 204 9JGTGŨU 9CNN[! Ť
UNKEKPI NKOGU QPKQPU remote-controlled model UWTƒPI TKXGT DQTG Ť EQPUVTWEVKQP Valentine’s Day 90 YJKVG EJQEQNCVG
Slinkys 143 vehicles 142; sailing 135; 135; spinning basketballs toys 152–153; interactive XGIGVCDNGU Ť UVGYU YJKVG NKIGTU
slip and slides 166 videogame completion YJKNG gaming toys 142; venom glands 61 YJKVG NKQPU
slot canyons 37 Ť YJGGNKGU surgery: patients 76; puzzles 150–151; radio- venomous animals 45, YKEMGVU
ETKEMGV
5OCNN UVWHH 200–201 speed skating 237 transplants 74, 75, 195; controlled toys 142, 196; YKFQY URKFGTU
URKFGT YGDU VTGRCPCVKQP videogames 154–155; 49, 60 YKHHNG DCNN
5OCNNVQYP DKI UVWHH 100–101 Spider-Man 96 UWURGPUKQP DTKFIGU YouTube unboxing vertebrates 25 YKNF ECVU
Smarties 120 Spiders 60–61 5YCOR 6JKPI 93 EJCPPGNU UGG CNUQ 8'81 9KNF YGCVJGT 32–33
UPCMGU TQDQV UPCMGU spinnerets 60 UYGCVKPI TQDQV KPFKXKFWCN KPFGZ GPVTKGU Video 188–189; educational YKPF EJKOGU
snooker 230 spinning: basketballs 102, UYGFGU YKPFU MCVCDCVKE
UPQY DCTGHQQV TCEKPI QP ƒTG JQQRU JGCF UYGGV RQVCVQGU 6TCEM ƒGNF 226 ICOKPI OQXKGU planetary 19, 25
spinning and texting 9; UYGGVEQTP VTCKNGTU CRRU OQXKGU OWUKE YKPFUWTƒPI
hula hoops 122; soccer Swimming 228, 238–239; VTCKNGTU see YKPIU FKPQUCWTU
UPQY NGQRCTFU balls 122 EQORGVKVKXG Ť CNUQ YouTube YKPI URCPU
UPQYDQCTFKPI splits 133 cross-Channel 76; ice trampolines 122, 123 videogame consoles 196 YKPPKPI UVTGCMU
UPQYOQDKNGU URQPIGU UYKOOKPI QRGP VTCPUCVNCPVKE ECDNGU videogame controllers 196 YQQF RCPGN OC\GU
soccer 224–225; beach spoons 120 YCVGT U[PEJTQPK\GF transfer fees 224 Videogames 154–155; brain YQQN
URQTV UVCEMKPI 229; under ice 135 Transformers 149 function 151; collections YQTF UGCTEJ RW\\NGU
soccer 225; club soccer Sports 206–241; extreme 5YKUU DCNNU transplants 74, 75, 195 93; cosplay 97; earnings YQTMGT CPVU
GCTPKPIU URQTVU Ť HCVJGT UYQTF UYCNNQYKPI VTCXGN IWKFGU 154; hand-held 202; World Cup (rugby) 222
FIFA World Cup 207, and son team-mates synagogues 76 treadmills 126 LEGO® games 152; World Cup Skateboarding
ƒXG C UKFG 222; lessons 9; UGG CNUQ U[PEJTQPK\GF UYKOOKPI VTGCUWTG JQCTFU ;QW6WDG EJCPPGNU 219
international soccer 225; KPFKXKFWCN KPFGZ GPVTKGU trees: cypress trees 57; 8KMKPI DQCVU World Puzzle Championship
lessons 95; marathons T 8KPG 150
241; passes 122; table Sport’s big hitters 208–209 mazes 165; poisonous XKP[N TGEQTFU World Rally Championship
soccer 241; transfer table football 143 42; rainforest trees 41; Visual Effects Society 220
fees 224 5RQTVU TQWPF WR 230–231 table tennis 199, 241 tree-cover loss 41 #YCTFU YTKVVGP NCPIWCIG
soccer balls: “around the 5RQVKH[ tails: dinosaurs 62; dogs 65; VTGRCPCVKQP volcanoes: cryovolcanoes
moon” tricks 103, 122; sprinting 77, 224, 226, 232, tribal peoples, uncontacted 21, 25; eruptions 79, X
ŬCTQWPF VJG YQTNFŬ VTKEMU spikes 62 41 GZVTCVGTTGUVTKCN
103, 122; balanced on 233 tardigrades 205 tributaries 41 21, 24, 25; lightning 32; X Games 219
shin 103; control at stacking: coins 125; tattoos 52, 72–73, 77 tricks: cats 64; dogs 65, volcanic rocks 14 X-rays 27; X-ray free-
height 102; control on a tea glass holders 93 UGGǡCNUQ stunts volleyball 241; beach
slackline 103; full-volley dominoes 146; Ferrero teapots 201 tries (rugby) 222 volleyball 231 electron lasers 205
rebounds 103; headers Rocher 121; golf balls teeth: dinosaurs 62; Triple Seven Summits 117 8Q[CIGT 24–25
102, 103; juggled 103, URQTV UVCEMKPI trophies, sports 230 Y
122; rolls around the 125; sugar cubes 120, see ƒTG VQTEJ VGGVJKPI tropical forest reserves 40 W
face 103; spinning 122; CNUQ VQYGTU pulling vehicles 130 VTWEMU OQPUVGT yo-yos 101, 124
YCNMKPI YKVJ DCNN QP stadiums 169; domes 161 telephones: calls 146; 212; racing 219; ramp YCNMKPI EKTEWOPCXKICVKQP yoga 95
head 103 stair-climbing, dogs 65 cellular phones 192, 200; jumps 130, 131 JKPF NGI YCNMKPI YouTube: band videos
sociability: big cats 53; 5VCT 6TGM 96 VTCPUCVNCPVKE ECDNGU truffles, chocolate 91 NQPI FKUVCPEG
octopuses 50 5VCT 9CTU VGNGUEQRGU VWDG OCV YCVGT UNKFGU 110, 116; marathons HCUJKQP DGCWV[
UQEKCN OGFKC 6YKVEJ UVCTU CTVKƒEKCN temperate rainforests 40 tunnel-to-tunnel bridges 233; polar expeditions EJCPPGNU NKMGU
6YKVVGT stargazing 95 Tennis 223; aces 223; 111, 112, 113, 115; race OWUKE EJCPPGNU
8KPG 9GKDQ Starship 'PVGTRTKUG 201 GCTPKPIU VWPPGNU QH ƒTG HNGUJ YCNMKPI 179; music videos 179,
UQNCT RQYGT statues: life-size 73; Statue marathons 241; rallies tunnels 72; rail tunnels WPFGTYCVGT QP UWDUETKDGTU
Solar System 20, 24, 25 of Liberty 201 102 UWDYC[ VWPPGNU YCVGT 68 UJQYU
UQNFKGTU VQ[ steam engines 127 VGPPKU DCNNU VWTPKRU WPDQZKPI EJCPPGNU
Solheim Cup 217 steam locomotives 166, 176 tennis rackets 93 TV 186–187 CYCTFU 9CNNU 162–163 video channels 139;
soliloquies 176 steeplechase 232 VGPRKP DQYNKPI ECTVQQPU EQOGF[ YCTU FTQPGU ICU XKFGQICOGU
soliton clouds 35 steers 66 terrorism 219 UJQYU RKTCVGF
somersaults 123 stegosaurs 62 Test matches 216 UJQYU UGTKGU YCTHCTG OGOQTKCN Z
sound barrier 227 step boards 127 ”test-tube dogs” 65 UJQY ETGCVQTU YCNNU PCXCN DCVVNGU
UQWPFVTCEMU Stern, Dr Alan (NASA texting 9 ;QW6WDG XKFGQU RGCEG VTGCVKGU ziggurats 63
scientist) 21 TV remote controls 99 102; sieges 114 zombies 97
stickbombs 146 6YGPV[
6 YCVGT Ť RNCPGVCT[ zoos 134
UVKEM[ TKEG ECMGU International 216 230; treading 102 zorbing 94
UVKPIU KPUGEVU RNCPVU YCVGT DCNNQQPU zumba 95
stock exchanges 115 YCVGT EQCUVGTU
9CVGT RCTMU 166–167
YCVGT RQNQ
YCVGT UNKFGU

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11ǡ0#5# 0CVKQPCN )GQITCRJKE 0#5# 64ǡ%CTNG[ )CTCPV\KQVKU )94 ,COGU )94 #NCO[ 5JWVVGTUVQEM )GCT 2CVTQN *WIJGU )94 166ǡ#NCO[ 167ǡ#NCO[ 4GWVGTU %JTKUVKCPǡ, 5VGYCTV #NCO[
12ǡ0#5# /CEOKNNCP 13ǡ0#5# ;QW6WDG 'NNGTMGT )94 2CWN /KEJCGN *WIJGU )94 108ǡ#NCO[ 109ǡ#NCO[ #NCO[ )GVV[ /KMKG (CTKCU 168ǡ#NCO[ 4GWVGTU 219ǡ'520 /KMG $NCDCE 220ǡ#NCO[
14ǡ0#5# 16ǡ#NCO[ 0#5# 17ǡ0#5# 65ǡ#Nǡ&KC\ )94 4KEJCTF $TCFDWT[ )94 0#5# #2 2# 110ǡ#NCO[ )GVV[ 0CVKQPCN 169ǡ)GVV[ 4GZ #NCO[ 170ǡ.WECUƒNO 4GWVGTU #NCO[ #2 2# 221ǡ#NCO[
5EKGPEG 2JQVQ .KDTCT[ +CP $WNN 18ǡ'51 2CWN /KEJCGN *WIJGU )94 66ǡ#Nǡ&KC\ )GQITCRJKE 111ǡ#NCO[ )GVV[ #2 2# 172ǡ5JWVVGTUVQEM 768 .WECUƒNO 4GWVGTU 222ǡ#NCO[ )GVV[ 223ǡ#NCO[
0#5# 19ǡ5M[JCYM 92 0#5# 20ǡ#2 )94 4KEJCTF $TCFDWT[ )94 67ǡ%CVGTU 112ǡ#2 2# 0#5# )GVV[ #NCO[ 113ǡ#2 9CTPGT $TQU #NCO[ )GVV[ #NCO[ )GVV[ 2# 4GWVGTU 224ǡ)GVV[ 225ǡ#NCO[
2# ,*7#2. 0#5# #NCO[ 21ǡ0#5# 2CWN /KEJCGN *WIJGU )94 68ǡ4KEJCTF 2# 4GWVGTU )GVV[ 114ǡ4GWVGTU 4[CP 173ǡ#NCO[ /)/ -QDCN .WECUƒNO 4GWVGTU 226ǡ#NCO[ )GVV[ 227ǡ#NCO[
#2 2# 22ǡ)GVV[ #NCO[ 0#5# $KNN $TCFDWT[ )94 70ǡ5EKGPEG 2JQVQ .KDTCT[ 5EJWFG )94 115ǡ5JKPUWMG -COKQMC &KUPG[ #NCO[ 5WOOKV 'PVGTVCKPOGPV 4GWVGTU #NCO[ 228ǡ#NCO[ 229ǡ#NCO[
5NC[OCMGT 23ǡ0#5# 24ǡ0#5# 25ǡ0#5# #NCO[ 71ǡ#NCO[ 72ǡ#Nǡ&KC\ )94 2CWN )94 )GVV[ 4GWVGTU 116ǡ#2 2# #NCO[ &TGCOYQTMU #NCO[ 4( )GVV[ 230ǡ4GWVGTU #NCO[ )GVV[
26ǡ2CTCOQWPV +PUVKVWVQ FG #UVTQHȐUKEC /KEJCGN *WIJGU )94 4KEJCTF $TCFDWT[ 117ǡ#NCO[ 2CWN /KEJCGN *WIJGU )94 174ǡ#NCO[ )GVV[ 175ǡ#NCO[ #2 2# 231ǡ4GWVGTU #NCO[ )GVV[ 232ǡ#NCO[
FG %CPCTKCU #NCO[ 27ǡ01#1 0#5# )94 73ǡ,CXKGT 2KGTKPK )94 2CWN /KEJCGN #NCO[ 6GF /CTVKP 118ǡ4KEJCTF $TCFDWT[ 176ǡ2JQVQUVCIG 2CWN /KEJCGN *WIJGU 4GWVGTU 233ǡ#NCO[ 234ǡ#NCO[
'51 28ǡ4GZ (GCVWTGU 29ǡ%CVGTU *WIJGU )94 4CPCNF /CEMGEJPKG )94 Ť ǡ2CWN /KEJCGN *WIJGU )94 ,GUUKG %JCROCP 177ǡ#NCO[ 235ǡ#NCO[ )GVV[ 236ǡ&CCP 8GTJQGXGP
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#NCO[ 33ǡ#2 2# )GVV[ #NCO[ 4GWVGTU 4QUGP )94 2JKNKR 4QDGTVUQP 77ǡ5905 )94 131ǡ4KEJCTF $TCFDWT[ )94 6JGCVTG 178ǡ)GVV[ -CKA<A(GPI #NCUFCKT )GVV[ 240ǡ#NCO[ 241ǡ'520 ǡ
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Dr Mark Aston Mike Flynn RNC[U 5VWCTV CNUQ UGTXGU CU VJG QH #UKC *G JCU FGXGNQRGF VJG
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