Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are currently the highest on record, according to preliminary data from the Earth Systems Research Laboratory at Mauna Loa in Hawaii where measurements of CO2 have been recorded for nearly half a century.
October 2010 exports were the highest since the recession, and exports of services in 2010 were the highest on record.
The current student loan default rate is 8.8%, the highest on record.
Exports to Mexico and China also were the highest on record.
By the way, there are interesting opportunities in the rental markets for investors: in some regions, the gap between current rental yields and after-tax 30-year mortgage costs is the highest on record (since 1971).
On the bright side, however, the commercial-property downturn isn't expected to be nearly as steep as the current slump in the housing market, where recent data showed foreclosures rising to the highest level on record in the fourth quarter of 2007.
That is the highest since 1989 and the second highest on record.
The number of wild salmon caught and then released in Scotland last year was the sixth highest on record, according to the Scottish government.
In October, Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in a 24-mile space jump, breaking the world record for the highest altitude skydive.
In 1999, he set the world record for the highest parachute jump from a building when he jumped from the Petronas Towers in Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.
Felix Baumgartner has made history by breaking the world record for the highest-ever skydive, jumping from a balloon more than 39km (128, 000 ft) up in the stratosphere.
To cap it all off, Adele's 2008 record, "19, " finds itself as the tenth-highest selling record so far this year with 539, 000 sold, making her the first artist to have two albums in the top 10 since Justin Bieber scored a pair halfway through 2010 with "My World 2.0" at No. 2 and "My World" at No. 9.
In the coming years, Asia will record the highest growth rate of all regions in the entertainment and media industry, with more than a 9% compound annual growth rate.
He is also the former holder of the record for completing the seven highest peaks in the world in the fastest time - 32 days fewer than the previous record.
Home foreclosures rose to the highest level on record in the fourth quarter of 2007.
Also, inventories of manufactured durable goods rose in December to the highest level on record.
That number was up to 69% by 2006, the highest rate on record.
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The average 11-year age of US cars is at the highest level on record, up from 8.5 years in 1995.
The latest statistics show that in 2006 49 people in their twenties died from liver disease, the highest number on record.
The Briggate area, where the Trinity centre is located, saw 900, 000 shoppers over the Easter holiday weekend - the highest number on record.
Their debt payments have risen to the highest level on record.
According to the report, gold prices rose by 26 percent in 2010, which is down from the 2009 mark, but is still the second highest on record.
"The industry needed a boost and strong competition in the last quarter helped registrations top the previous year, making 2000 the third highest on record, " said SMMT's chief executive Christopher Macgowan.
Despite a lingering economic downturn in much of Europe and North America, CO2 levels climbed to 394.97 parts per million (PPM) last week, marking an increase of nearly 1.6 ppm compared to last year and the highest level on record.
The Hong Kong store opened in the last weekend of the quarter and set a company record for the highest opening day sales.
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The Indian umpire RS Rathore holds the record for the highest average of lbw decisions per match.
Taylor, the world number one, set a new record for the highest average in the history of televised darts as he beat John Part 8-3 in Aberdeen, and King admitted it was an impressive win.
Their seventh-wicket stand was the second highest for the Windies after the world record 347 put on by Dennis Atkinson and Clairmont Depeiza against Australia in Bridgetown in 1954-55.
He believes that is one of the reasons why Torres has enjoyed such success at Liverpool as he set a record for the highest league tally by a foreign player in his Premier League debut season, with 24 goals.
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