The most outstanding records of the decade Guinness Book of Records (15 photos + text)
1. The longest chain of wrappers from chewing gum 
Since March 11, 1965 Dashly Gary (Gary Duschl) from Virginia, USA, has built his chain of chewing gum wrappers. As at 11 March 2009, its length was 17760 meters, and weight - 365,6 kg. This needed 1370166 wrappers, amounting to 2740332 units.
2. Fastest man 
At the World Championships in Athletics 2009 in Berlin, a Jamaican sprinter and triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt (Usain Bolt) set a record, running 100 meters in 9.58 with. There he ran 200 meters in 19.19 s, which is also a world record. 23-year-old athlete known by the nickname Lightning Bolt (Lightning Bolt).
3. The smallest man in the world 
In the Book of Guinness smallest adult was listed Hye Pinpin (He Pingping), born in China in 1988. Measured 22 March 2008 the growth amounted to 74.61 Pinpina see this neighborhood is Rossiyanka Svetlana Pankratova with the longest legs in the world (132 cm).
4. First published the human genome 
The first published human genome, an American scientist and entrepreneur Dr Craig Venter (Craig Venter) in September 2007. The genetic code belonged to Venter. Full Record contains 6 billion nucleotides of DNA code base, and the cost of the project was $ 35 million
5. First African-American U.S. president
January 20, 2009 inauguration of President of the 44 United States - Barack Hussein Obama (Barack Hussein Obama). Before the elections in September 2008, the candidate's election fund had reached $ 605 million, which is also a record. A large part - about $ 250 - went on television advertising in five months. More than 136 million people went to the polls on election day, surpassing the previous records since 1960.
6. The longest delay of breath
Tom CITES (Tom Sietas) from Germany was able to hold his breath under water for 17 minutes and 33 seconds in Madrid, Spain, December 30, 2008.
7. Heaviest squid 
The heaviest adult mollusks of this species - Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni - weighs about 450 kg, its length - 10 m. Its fishermen caught in the Antarctic Ross Sea and sent to New Zealand for research. The find was presented February 22, 2007.
8. Sitko-survivor 
In terms of the longest episodes of sitcoms (situation comedy) is The Simpsons Meta Groening (Matt Groening). Cartoon initially be displayed as a short series on the show Tracey Ullman Show in April 19, 1987, but became popular enough to guarantee a half-hour of airtime. The debut took place on December 17, 1989, and today 21 season contains 449 episodes. 450 th come in January.
9.Highest structure
She recognized the floating drilling platform with mooring Ursa ( «Big Dipper"), owned by Shell and working in the oil production in the Gulf of Mexico. The highest point of the rig is located at an altitude of 1306 m above the ocean bottom. The platform is connected to the sea bed pipeline and four massive steel cables. The total mass of the construction - about 16 thousand tons.
10. Record-holder for the number of records 
Since 1970, Ashrita Furman (Ashrita Furman) has installed more than 200 records, including the highest number of jumps at a special stilts in a minute (238), squats and lifts per hour (9628) and rapidly reverse somersaults miles (19 minutes 11 seconds). 54-year-old manager of health food stores in New York, breaking records on every continent.
It is interesting to note also some of the records of applicants, which missed the top ten.
For example, the biggest burger is considered here is the construction of meat and other ingredients weighing 84.14 kg. You can try for $ 499 in Sports Grill & Bar in Michigan, USA.
Jackie Bibby (Jackie Bibby) set a world record for the largest number of detained mouth rattlesnakes in 2009
American Bryan Berg (Bryan Berg) has built the largest structure of the cards in Dallas. Height - 7,86 m 
The Englishman John Lynch (John Lynch) on body piercing by piercing 241, including 151 on the head and neck. 
The longest fingernails - the Americans Melvin Booth (Melvyn Boothe). In May, the total length was 9.85 m.