Attempts for Guinness Book

Twenty-four sets of twins who are fifth-graders at Highcrest Middle School in Wilmette, Ill. 

Hot-air balloons fly near a church over Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, on July 31 at sunset, to try to set a world record with 408 balloons in the sky

US surfer Garrett McNamara rides a wave off Praia do Norte beach in Nazare, Portugal, on Monday Jan. 28. McNamara is said to have broken his own world record for the largest wave surfed when he caught this wave reported to be around 100ft, off the coast of Nazare on Monday.

The organizers claimed to have released 15,185 sky lanterns breaking the current Guinness World Record of 12,740 sky lanterns released in a single event. 

Πηγή: boston.com