NTD takes a look back at the biggest, most expensive, longest-lasting and most massive records set in 2023. They include the world’s smallest writer, two speed records among mass-produced electric cars and a hundred-day stay in an underwater dwelling.
The biggest, the most expensive, the longest lasting and the most massive. What records will 2023 be remembered for?
At the beginning of the year, 3,660 Thai fighters performed a ritual dance and broke a Guinness record. They performed a ceremony in a square in Hua Hin that combines prayer and ritual dance before a Thai boxing bout.
“Ice Mermaid” from Chile became the first person to complete a long-distance swim in Antarctic waters. Barbara Hernandez swam two and a half kilometres in the Atlantic Ocean near the South Shetland Islands.
Czech diver David Wenzl broke a world record on an icy Swiss lake. He dived under the ice without a wetsuit to a depth of more than 50 metres.
Australian surfer Blake Johnston spent more than 30 hours on the waves, breaking the world record for the longest continuous surfing session.
And British triplets from the city of Bristol became the world’s most premature and miniature babies. They were born at 22 weeks and five days. Their total weight was just one kilogram 280 grams.
In April, the Air Jordan trainers of American basketball legend Michael Jordan went under the hammer for a record 2 million 200 thousand dollars.
A 50-year-old Spanish climber Beatriz Flamini stayed alone in a cave for a record 500 days. She was at a depth of 70 metres near Granada, without contact with the outside world.
Four-year-old Saeed from the UAE has become the world’s youngest writer. He wrote a fairy tale about kindness and friendship “Saeed the Elephant and the Bear”.
Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey spent 100 hours at the cooker. During this time she cooked a hundred dishes from 55 recipes.
And the Briton Jamie Macdonald became a Guinness Book record holder, having made an incredible journey – in seven days he visited the “New Seven Wonders of the World”.
The Owl electric hypercar broke two speed records for production electric cars. On a 200-metre stretch, the electric car reached an average speed of 309 kilometres per hour. And on a 400-metre stretch, it accelerated to 319 kilometres.
Florida diver and biomedical engineer Joseph Dituri set a record by staying in an underwater dwelling for exactly 100 days.
A new record for freediving was also set. Frenchman Arnaud Gerald dived 122 metres without equipment.
At a fair in Mexico City, the longest torta – a Mexican sandwich – was prepared. Its length was 75 metres.
For a record price went under the hammer the iconic two-angle Napoleon Bonaparte. Lot sold for 1 million 930 thousand euros including fees.
And German Thomas Jeromin set 555 Christmas trees in his house, breaking the German record.