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Fastest Time To Complete 7 Marathons In 7 Continents
On 19 Dec 2007, Dr William Tan became the fastest person in the world to complete 7 marathons across 7 continents in 26 days and 17 hours. His amazing race took him to Antarctica, Chile, Egypt, Thailand, Japan, Kenya, Italy, England, New Zealand, and USA between Nov and Dec 2007. Read More »
Longest Marathon Line Dancer
At the second Singapore Line Dancing Marathon, Ronnie Soo, 66, danced for 25 hr 54 min from 15-16 Jun 2007 at Far East Square. The event was organised by Country Line Dance Association (Singapore). Read More »
Longest Time With Palm Placed On A Car
George Lee, 29, won the S$80,000 Subaru Impreza WRX 2.5L by placing his hand on the car for 81 hr 32 min. He broke the record at the MediaCorp Radio-Subaru Impreza Challenge held at Ngee Ann City from 11 Nov 2008. Read More »
Youngest To Attain A GCSE Certificate
Ainan Celeste Cawley took the GCSE exam in Chemistry at the British Council on 18 Jan 2007 at the age of 7 years and 1 month, the UK’s equivalent to Singapore’s GCE ‘O’ levels. He obtained a ‘C’ grade credit. His parents are Valentine Cawley, an Irish, and Syahidah Osman Cawley, a Singaporean Malay. At just 8 years and 4 ... Read More »
Youngest To Write A Bilingual Book
Saarth Khanna Sohum was recognised by Guinness as the youngest person to write a bilingual book, in English and Hindi. The book ‘Giant Twoe and 100 Beanstalks’ was published in Nov 2017 when he was 6 years 2 months. The book was launched at Etonhouse Sentosa on 13 Dec 2017 where he and his classmates put up a play based on the ... Read More »
