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Apart from the praise of everyone who got to see the artwork up close at its recent unveiling, the chinese artist was also honored by the guinness book of records with the new world record for the. Cities press trust of india tuesday january 14, 2020. This littleknown book is believed to be the first records book. Notes this edition is dedicated to norris mcwhirter mbe 19252004, who died on 20th april 2004. Guinness world records books and biography waterstones.
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Travis mcnall, who friends call bart, started collecting his simpsons memorabilia in the summer of 1990. The guinness world records is back for 2020, presenting you with all of the most groundbreaking achievements in our world to date. Guinness world records 2020 by guinness world records. Home history editions miscellany people faq news index about. Guinness world records latest news, breaking stories and. Guinness world records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as the guinness book of records and in previous united states editions as the guinness book of world records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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