Our history
Guinness World Records - originally the Guinness Book of Records - the ultimate authority on record-breaking achievements, started out as an idea for a book of facts to solve arguments in pubs.
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The idea came about in the early 1950’s when Sir Hugh Beaver (1890—1967), Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, attended a shooting party in County Wexford.
There, he and his hosts argued about the fastest game bird in Europe, and failed to find an answer in any reference book.*
In 1954, recalling his shooting party argument, Sir Hugh had the idea for a Guinness promotion based on the idea of settling pub arguments and invited the twins Norris (1925—2004) and Ross McWhirter (1925—75) who were fact-finding researchers from Fleet Street to compile a book of facts and figures.
Guinness Superlatives was incorporated on 30 November and the office opened in two rooms in a converted gymnasium on the top floor of Ludgate House, 107 Fleet Street.
The last supper was where the New Covenant was instituted.
The covenant meal was in the old testament that was most importantly eaten in Jerusalem at the Passover.
A territorial animal uses body language and noise production too ward off threats too there off spring of some other form of comfort to the animal. Say the gorilla when you step into it's territory its will either reveal its self or start a whooping call. If you still don't leave they will do a quick run up to you to check if your scared or not. If you do not move they will fight you over their territory
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Stage 2 and Stage 5 countries typically have high dependency ratios whereas Stage 4 countries typically have a low dependency ratio.
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- Depending on the stage of the demographic transition that the country is in, the dependency ratio of the population is determined.
- Across the globe, these stages are determined based on the data regarding increase and decrease in the population over the years.
- Usually, countries with a high dependency ratio exhibit no or slow growth.
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
In China, Jesuits sought to convert, focusing on the intellectual and political elite. Enhanced status by introducing latest science and tech. from Europe, and allowing Chinese to continue ancestor worship.
