Did You Know? - 10 Strange World Records

                                                     Certain Certitude #7

     This week I will tell you about 10 strange world records!

1. Fastest 100-meter hurdles wearing swim fins, individual, female. 
The fastest 100-meter hurdles wearing swim fins by a female is 22.35 seconds. It was achieved by Maren Zönker of Germany in Cologne, Germany, on Sept. 13, 2008.

2. Most people dressed as Smurfs

The most people dressed as Smurfs was 1,253 and was achieved by the Muckno Mania Festival in Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, Ireland, on July 18, 2008.

3. Largest rubber band ball

Joel Waul, pictured, of the United States pushes his bouncing creation.The largest rubber band ball, which weighs 4,097 kilograms (9,032 pounds), was measured in Lauderhill, Fla., Nov. 13, 2008.

4. Largest pocket knife

The world’s largest pocket knife measures 3.9 meters (12 feet, 8 inches) when open, and weighs a total of 122 kilograms (268.9 pounds). It was designed by Telmo Cadavez of Bragança, Portugal, and handmade by Virgilìo, Raúl and Manuel Pires of Portugal, Jan. 9, 2003.

5. Heaviest lemon

The world’s heaviest lemon weighed in at 5.265 kilograms (11 pounds, 9.7 ounces) on Jan. 8, 2003, and was grown by Aharon Shemoel on his farm in Kfar Zeitim, Israel.

6. Tightest frying pan roll

The tightest circumference of a 30 centimeter (12-inch) aluminium frying pan, rolled with bare hands in 30 seconds is 17.46 centimeters (6.87 inches), set by Scott Murphy at the NXB Team Training Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on July 30, 2007.

7. Most beer steins carried over 40 meters, female

The most beer steins carried over 40 meters (131 feet, 3 inches) by a female is 19. This was achieved by Anita Schwarz in Mesenich, Germany, on Nov. 9, 2008, in celebration of Guinness World Records Day.

8. Longest distance on a unicycle in 24 hours

Sam Wakeling covered 453.6 kilometers (281.85 miles) on a unicycle in a 24-hour period at Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom, from Sept. 29-30, 2007.

9. Largest collection of ‘Do Not Disturb’ hotel signs

Jean-François Vernetti of Switzerland has collected 8,888 different ‘Do Not Disturb’ hotel signs from 189 countries across the world since 1985.

10. Longest fingernails, both hands

Melvin Booth (left) of Troy, Mich., had a combined fingernail length is 9.05 meters (29 feet, 8.3 inches). Lee Redmond(right), who had not cut her nails since 1979 and had them carefully manicured to reach a total length of 8.65 meters (28 feet, 4.5 inches), lost them when they broke off in a car accident in February.

Thoughts...

                                                       Wondering Weekend #6

     Do you ever have those days where you have a million thoughts and nothing to do with them? Maybe that's just me, but some times I think on all the subjects one can possibly ponder on. My mind will will race from life, time, Christianity, love, music, and so many more categories that it is almost impossible to list them all. And then once in awhile, I'll end my thoughts by thinking, "How does my mind work? How do I think?" And yet...you cannot possibly examine your thought process from the outside as you want.
     I think books and movies are funny when they voice some one's thoughts as simple sentences. Again, I can only account for myself, but do we really think simple thoughts such as we portray in the fictional world? I know I don't. Sometimes I think with feeling rather than reasoning. When I'm told, "Think about such and such and give me an answer in the morning," I can never do it. I do not simply think, "OK! Do I really want to do this? What are the pros and cons?" I guess I've never had to make an extremely important decision in my brief 14 years of life. How do you make big decisions?
     Do I have a point with what I'm trying to say? Kind of.... I suppose I just want to know if everyone thinks like me or not. Do you ever think about something and yet 5 minutes later, forget what it was? Do you ever read a book while at the same time think about something completely different? Do you ever think about 10 things at the same time and wonder how you did it?
     If I am this perplexed at how my simple little brain works, imagine how God thinks. He can listen and answer every prayer that is being said all day long. He can watch over us and fulfill His plan. He can be everywhere at the same time! He's next to you as you read this and yet in heaven communing with Jesus! And at the same time, He is Jesus! Now if this doesn't make your mind blown enough to make a stupid meme about it, than what can? God is amazing and a genius. He had to be to create the world, its laws, its beauty, and us. He gave us our thoughts and can hear them all at the same time. He created and knows EVERY equation math had to offer. Pi? God knows all the numbers. ;-) Infinity? God can see the end of it.
     Just remember this morning as you think about all things worldly, that God hears your thoughts. Also, He is the Creator of your thought process and deserves the credit. Don't just DO things to the glory of Him. THINK things that are positively wonderful and praise Him.