When U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson - who later became church president - hosted Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on a state visit to Washington in 1959, Benson's son, Reed, taught the other members of Khrushchev's family about Mormonism and offered them copies of the Book of Mormon. The Soviet leader's son-in-law and the editor of Izvestia, Adzhubei, later took Reed aside and invited him to come to Russia and "do some missionary work for your church." Reed sent six copies of the Mormon scripture to members of Khrushchev's family.

Ken Jennings of Murray holds the record for the most money won by a Latter-day Saint on a TV game show. As of the printing of Skousen's book, Jennings had won $1,321,660 on the quiz show "Jeopardy." He has added to that total since then.

Ugliest LDS swimsuits: For two decades, the BYU-issued swimsuits for women were tops in this bottom-drawer category. The shapeless and baggy suits "worn and abhorred by every coed" were so loathsome that one male student boldly declared, "If I ever see a coed who looks good in one of those suits, I'm going to marry her." The suits were replaced in 1988 with a more attractive version.

In his book, Roughing It, Mark Twain attested to the miraculous nature of The Book of Mormon. "It is such a pretentious affair, and yet so 'slow,' so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle - keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate."

Youngest guest conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was 2 1/2 -year-old Ryan Machir of Fremont, Calif.

The oldest U.S. worker in October 2003 was Russell Clark. The 102-year-old Latter-day Saint from Orem often commuted to California, Nevada and southern Utah to manage properties he owns.

The last U.S. Mormon chapel with an outhouse was the Vernon Branch in Show Low, Ariz. The meetinghouse was replaced in 1985.

The longest Book of Mormon quote to pop up in a mainstream Hollywood film: Eight verses (20-27) from 2 Nephi 9 can be heard during a funeral scene in Alfred Hitchcock's "Family Plot."

Moses may have parted the Red Sea, but Mormon Col. Amos L. Wright enjoys the distinction of stopping Niagara Falls. An engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wright was tasked in 1969 with stopping or diverting the Niagara River so scientists could study the eroding crest of the falls.

The first LDS test-tube baby was born to Centerville parents Claudia and Steven Allen on Jan. 11, 1983.

The 5 billionth human was Eric Scott McHenry, born July 7, 1986. He earned that distinction from The Population Institute.

Source: The Skousen Book of Mormon World Records and Other Amazing Firsts, Facts & Feats