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April 2015 Issue [Readings]

For the Longest Time

From entries in the India Book of Records, founded in 2004 by Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury, who holds the Guinness world record for constructing the largest screwdriver.

longest time performing as human Mahatma Gandhi statue: 6 hours

smallest handwritten Bhagavad Gita: 1.6 mm x 1.1 cm x 1.1 cm

biggest butter sculpture: 20 ft x 7 ft; 5,250 kg

most sandwiches made in an hour: 408

most people hugging banyan tree: 25

most yoga postures performed while riding a motorbike: 62

tallest human pyramid by a non-Indian group at a Govinda festival: 300 people

most table-tennis balls held underwater with one…

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