Top 10 Most Interesting Guinness World Records

Records are formed for purpose that they have to be broken. People made great efforts to enter their name in Guinness Book of World Records by doing something great, thrilling and really entertaining by which they can show off their utter superiority over others and can prove a great stamina and superficial human being in them. We have come up with this great list of Top 10 interesting Guinness Book of World Records for the year 2012.

10. The Longest Surfing Record

Garrett McNamara is a really enthusiastic thrill seeker American who broke the record of Guinness Book by surfing the largest wave ever of 78 Foot tall of the coast of Portugal. The thrill surfer has indeed done a great job and he did survive in the wild and dangerous 78 Feet Tall Water wall which is indeed appreciated. Now he ranks No.1 in the Guinness Book of World records to surf the longest wave ever in the history.

9. World’s Largest Raft

The Largest Raft of Canoes and Kayaks in the world was created to be the Guinness World Record when more than 2200 paddlers came up to gather on the shore of New York inlet. They were determined to break the previous world record which was of 1619 boats collected altogether. The official tally was announced to be 1902 boats which is now the new set record in the history of raft.

8. Underwater Wedding

The largest underwater wedding ceremony was held in Diving Base, Poland. The weird and really unique way of marriage has made many couples love this marriage. This wedding ceremony was attending by 303 divers who attended the marriage late in 2011. The ceremony holds the record till date and it lasted for about 18 minutes. The couple then gave a long French kiss in water and then other preceding continued.

7. Biggest Cross of People

Biggest Cross of People is the record of Philippines. Thousands of Filipinos lined up as a cross to break the record of making a Human Largest Cross. They gathered in a football stadium in Manila to try for this record and surely they did succeed with gathering more than 20,000 students and teachers wearing their black and white uniforms to attempt at the great event.

6. Largest Number of Dishes

Chinese will not get behind any nation in any respect now. They now hold the Guinness book of world record to have the largest Number of Dishes on a single table. They were able to gather 8146 separate dishes in one Table which was attempted on Chinese New Year Celebrations and their celebrations got a big applause when they also got to break the previous records of aligning so many dishes in a table.

Top 10 Largest Earthquakes

Rank	Location	Date	Magnitude
1.	Chile	May 22, 1960	9.5
2.	Prince William Sound, Alaska	March 28,1964	9.2
3.	Aleutian Islands	March 9, 1957	9.1
4.	Japan	March 11,2011	9.0
5.	Kamchatka	Nov. 4, 1952	9.0
6.	Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia	Dec. 26, 2004	9.0
7.	Off the coast of Ecuador	Jan. 31, 1906	8.8
8.	Offshore Maule, Chile	Feb. 27, 2010	8.8
9.	Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands	Feb. 4, 1965	8.7
10.	Northern Sumatra, Indonesia	March 28,2005	8.7

Top 10 Worst US Presidents

10. Calvin Coolidge (1923 – 1929)

In 1919, three quarters of the Boston Police Force went on strike. Coolidge (then Governor of Massachusetts) had observed the situation throughout the conflict, but had not yet intervened. Curtis proclaimed that none of the strikers would be allowed back to their former jobs, and Coolidge issued calls for a new police force to be recruited. His reputation underwent a renaissance during the Reagan administration, but the ultimate assessment of his presidency is still divided between those who approve of his reduction of the size of government and those who believe the federal government should be more involved in regulating the economy

9. Richard Nixon (1969 – 1974)

In June, 1972, several of Nixon’s men were caught breaking into Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC – bringing to light the infamous Watergate Scandal. Nixon himself downplayed the scandal as mere politics, but when his aides resigned in disgrace, Nixon’s role in ordering an illegal cover-up came to light in the press, courts, and congressional investigations. N. Nixon was named by the grand jury investigating Watergate as “an unindicted co-conspirator” in the Watergate scandal. In light of his loss of political support and the near certainty of both his impeachment by the House of Representatives and his probable conviction by the Senate, he resigned on August 9, 1974, after addressing the nation on television the previous evening. He never admitted to criminal wrongdoing, although he later conceded errors of judgment.

8. Zachary Taylor (1849 – 1850)

The slavery issue dominated Taylor’s short term. Although he owned slaves, he took a moderate stance on the territorial expansion of slavery, angering fellow Southerners. Taylor urged settlers in New Mexico and California to draft constitutions and apply for statehood, bypassing the territorial stage. Southerners were furious with Taylor and with California. Taylor held a stormy conference with Southern leaders who threatened secession. He told them that if necessary to enforce the laws, he personally would lead the Army. 

7. John Tyler (1841 – 1845)

Tyler’s Presidency was rarely taken seriously in his time. Opponents usually referred him to as the “Acting President” or “His Accidency”.  The House of Representatives considered the first impeachment resolution against a president in American history. A committee headed by former president John Quincy Adams concluded that Tyler had misused the veto, but the impeachment resolution did not pass.

6. Millard Fillmore (1850 – 1853)

Fillmore ascended to the presidency upon the sudden and unexpected death of President Taylor in July 1850. The change in leadership also signaled an abrupt political shift in the administration, as Fillmore removed Taylor’s entire cabinet, replacing them with individuals known to be favorable to the Compromise efforts. Fillmore signed into law the Fugitive Slave Act as a compromise between Southern slaveholding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. The act sought to force the authorities in free states to return fugitive slaves to their masters.

Top 10 Outstanding US Presidents

 Till today there were 44 presidents in the history of United States. There were some great names who were the best leader of the nations. Following  are the ten outstanding US presidents,

10. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)

John F. Kennedy was one charismatic president. He brought many teachers, writers, scientists and different intellectuals into the government.He established the Peace Corps in order to help the undeveloped nations and was very devoted to working hard for new civil rights laws.  This became further unrealistic when the Russians started to send missiles to Cuba. This brought the two countries to the verge of war but Kennedy was determined to avoid it at all cost and diffused all the tensions brilliantly. He had the power to inspire and considering that he only served as the president for a brief stint of about two years before being assassinated, he achieved a lot.

9. Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)

Andrew Jackson was a fearless president right from the beginning. He easily was the best president ever to serve the army – going well past the excellence of George Washington, smashing the British in the war of (18(12 and then playing the paramount role in taking Florida from Spain. So during his presidency there was no shortage of courage as he demonstrated how great a role the president had to play, by undertaking the responsibility of getting people the laws they wanted instead of leaving everything up to the Congress. The Tariff act was passed in (1832, which would be significant to America’s economy forever. When North Carolina had other opinions about the act, Jackson made it clear that no state had the right to break national laws and threatened to use the army if necessary to save the union. He proved too strong and a compromise was worked out.

8. James Monroe (1817-1825)

James Monroe’s presidency became known as the era of good feeling. He settled tensions between England and America by coming to an agreement of reducing the number of ships present in the great lakes which triggered a wave of friendly cooperation and peaceful negotiations which still exists today between the countries of America, England and France. The Missouri compromise was signed which allowed Missouri to be a slave state but make sure that all further states up north would be non slavery states. He also signed and ensured the Monroe Doctrine which forbade all European countries making new colonies in the Americas.

7. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)

Thomas Jefferson cared passionately about his country and put the interests of the people before his. He cut down on the army and the navy as he thought that a country should be run cheaply as possible so there would always be money for bigger developments when the need came. He was successful in buying from France the whole Louisiana territory, stretching from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mountains and henceforth doubled the size of his country. When there was a threat from the Barbary pirates based in Africa, he utilized his navy to attack these pirates which once again ensured the smooth flow of American ships through the Mediterranean Sea. He was on very good terms with the people and mostly likely would have been reelected; instead he stepped down as president, believing that no one should run for more than two terms for democracy to be sustained in the land of the free.

6.Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) and (1893-1897)

Grover Cleveland was a tremendously hard working president. He began to reform the federal government and at the same improved civil service to get better workers. He forced the railroads to return 81 million acres of government which they had taken illegally. As he worked so fervently he never turned a deaf ear to any one of the country’s problems and even boosted the navy by getting them the best ships. When a railroad strike in Chicago interfered with the mail he sent the federal troops at once to clear up the matter. He totally imbued his virtues of hard work and honesty into the federal government which indeed made it very efficient and also gained confidence from the people. Cleveland really is the most underrated president ever in United States history.