WORLD RECORDS NEWS

 Largest quadrille dancing-world record set by Zagreb seniors
[May 17] ZAGREB, Croatia-- 26924 Seniors from 200 Zagreb secondary schools gathered in Ban Jelacic Square to team up with their club colleagues from other European countries to set the new world record for the Largest synchronized quadrille dancing.Photo: Approximately 300 Zagreb secondary school seniors gathered in Ban Jelacic Square to team up with their club colleagues from other European countries and break last year`s world record in mass quadrille dancing. Photo by Goran Rusmir  (enlarge photo)
 There were about 36 cities participating around the ex-Yugoslavia area (more...)

  Longest stationary bike riding-George Hood sets new world record
[May 15]NAPERVILLE, IL, USA--George Hood spent about 178 hours over eight days riding a spinning bike at a suburban YMCA, setting the new world record for the Longest stationary bike riding.   He rode the equivalent of 2,016 miles, burned more than 46,000 calories and never slept for more than 12 minutes at a time.
   He took 57 breaks with a combined elapsed time of 12 hours and 40 minutes. Of that time 9 hours and 36 minutes were used for sleep.
  "My body took a beating," he told the Chicago Tribune. "My quads are very sore, and I'm stiff. But it's nothing a hot bath won't cure."
  He trained for the ride at the X Sport Fitness Center in Naperville. (more...)

 Tallest Lego Tower- Legoland park sets world record
[May 6]LEGOLAND Park, Windsor,UK--Thousands of children and their families helped build the 100ft. Lego tower which sets the world record for the Tallest Lego Tower.
  Photo: The Lego brick tower stands nearly 100ft tall and is shaped to resemble a Viking longboat mast  (enlarge photo)
   The park's special events manager, Penny Jenkins, said: "We are thrilled to bring the World Record to Legoland Windsor after four days of hard work, not to mention nearly 500,000 bricks, and it now stands at nearly 100ft.
  Positioned at the park's main entrance, it is made up of almost half a million Lego bricks and celebrates 50 years of the popular children's toy. (more...)

  Longest-Burning Light Bulb-"The Centennial Ligh" sets world record
[May 5] LIVERMORE, CA,USA-- A 5-watt carbon filament bulb burning in the Fire Department, Livermore, south Alameda County, California, which has been burning since 1901, sets the world record for the Longest Burning Light Bulb.
   Photo:The low-watt firehouse bulb has been burning continuously since 1901. Its carbon filament is protected by an airtight seal. (enlarge photo)
   The Livermore lightbulb never gets turned off, which many suspect is the secret to its longevity.
    The average bulb last for 750-1,000 hours. Livermore's bulb has burned for nearly a million hours. (more...)

  Largest Gantry Crane-Taisun sets world record
[May 5] YANTAI, China--The world's largest fixed dual-beam gantry crane was recently launched in a shipyard in the port city of Yantai in the northeastern province of Shandong, China.
    Photo: Taisun hoisting up a launching barge weighing 20,133MT, a heavy lift world record (enlarge photo)
  The 22,000-ton lifting capacity gantry was named after the province's famous sacred mountain Taisun.
    The lifting equipment, owned by Yantai Raffles Shipyard Ltd., was certified by the American Bureau of Shipping for lifting a 22,146-ton launch barge last Saturday, setting a new heavy lift world record. (more...)

   Cheapest car - Tata Nano sets world record
[May 5] NEW DELHI, India--Tata Motors has unveiled the Tata Nano, will sell for 100,000 rupees ($2,500 or £1,277), setting the wold record for the cheapest car.
   Photo: Motor boss Ratan Tata stands by his newest creation, the Nano, world's cheapest car (enlarge photo)
   The four-door five-seater car, which goes on sale later this year, has a 33bhp, 624cc, engine at the rear.
    It has no air conditioning, no electric windows and no power steering, but two deluxe models will be (more...)  

  Lowest car - Perry Watkins sets world record
[May 5] WINGRAVE, UK--At 19in (48cm) tall the "Flatmobile", built by Perry Watkins, sets the world record for the lowest car.
  Photo: Perry Watkins has built the lowest street legal car measuring just 19 inches off the ground, called the 'Flatmobile'. (enlarge photo)
   Built from a 1963 Hillman Imp with an added jet engine, the batmobile-inspired car took almost 18 months to build.
   Mr Watkins said: "I've been building unusual cars for 25 years or so, so its my hobby, I enjoy doing it. (more...)

 Largest game of Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes -Ladue students sets world record
[May 4] LADUE,MO,USA--693 Students from all four elementary schools of the Ladue School District beat the World Record for the largest game of "Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes" at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 26.
  Photo:  A total of 693 participants worked to break the record for the most to do the game of "Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes."(enlarge photo)
   The event was hosted by the Old Bonhomme Dads’ Club, which is a social club consisting of a group of fathers who support educational efforts of Ladue elementary schools. (more...)

 Most hours spent flying the F-16 -Air Force pilot sets world record
[May 3] Balad Air Base, IRAQ--By the time Lieutenant Colonel Michael Brill touched down after a combat mission over Iraq earlier today, he had broken his own world record for the most hours spent flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Brill, a 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot, has logged more than 6,000 hours in the F-16.
  Photo:Lt. Col. Michael Brill, a 421st EFS pilot, climbs into F-16C block 40 #88-0466 (marked 466TH FS) from the 4th FS before flying a combat mission over Iraq at Balad AB on May 2, 2008. [USAF photo by SrA Julianne Showalter] (enlarge photo)
  "The sustained effort required to spend 6,000 hours flying the F-16 is phenomenal," said Brig. Gen. Burt Field, the commander of 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, which the 421 EFS falls under. (more...)

   Longest lei-Honolulu sets world record
[May 3]HONOLULU, Hawaii--May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii and Honolulu set the world record for the Longest Lei: a 5,336 feet in lengh (1,626 metres) lei that stretched for more than a mile at Kapiolani Park in Waikiki.
  Photo: Volunteers hold up a section of the world's longest, lei, made of fresh tropical flowers, in Kapiolani Park in front of Diamond Head mountain near Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Thursday, May 1, 2008. The lei was officially recorded at 5336 feet, well over one mile of hand-picked exotic flowers.(enlarge photo )
   "We exceeded our goal,” said Mayor Mufi Hannemann."I want to thank the people of Honolulu, and especially the dedicated and hard working members of our Department of Parks and Recreation in addition to our corporate sponsors and volunteers, for making Lei Day 2008 the biggest and best in recent memory.” (more...)

  Longest breath-holding - world record set by David Blaine
[May 2] CHICAGO, USA--Magician David Blaine has set a world record for the longest breath-holding, by holding his breath for 17 minutes and four seconds on Oprah Winfrey's US TV.
   "A lifelong dream," a relaxed-looking Blaine told Winfrey immediately after setting the record. "I can't believe that I did that."   (enlarge photo) 
   “I feel great,” the silver wetsuit-clad American said as he was pulled to the surface. “I actually started to doubt I was doing to make it because I’d never done it with such a high heart rate.” (more...)

  Most expensive license plate-Saeed Abdul Ghafour Khouri sets world record
[April 30] TEHERAN, Iran--A businessman named Saeed Abdul Ghafour Khouri paid 52.2 dirham ($14.3 million) for the local license plate labeled "1" at an auction at the 7-star Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, setting the world record for the most expensive license plate.
   "From 1 to 10, these are the most expensive numbers," said Abdulla al Mannaie (photo), managing director of Emirates Auctions.
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   "Ten to 99 are the second category. On the other side, you look to numbers which is like 11, 22, 23 they are expensive because it carry [repeating digits]." (more...)

  Longest Breakdance Hand Wave-Prescott High School sets world record
[April 30] PRESCOTT,AZ,USA--Prescott High School students and staff members successfully completed the longest continuous break-dance hand wave and set a new world record.
   Photo: Students and staff of Prescott High School attempt to break the World Record for the Longest Breakdance Hand Wave Tuesday on Bill Shepherd field in Prescott.
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   PHS Sophomore Ashley Heuer, a member of the world record organizing team, said the attempt "is exciting. There are a lot of kids, more than I thought (more...)

 Longest Limbo Skating-Aniket Chindak sets new world record
[April 30] BELGAUM, INDIA--Aniket Ramesh Chindak, the official world champion at skating under cars, has set a new world record for the longest limbo-skating by squeezing himself under a row of 82 Tata Sumo vehicles in in just 53.02 seconds.
   "The hardest part is to go fast enough before I bend down, because that's how you can skate under so many cars at once," said Aniket to The New Indian Express.
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   Aniket Chindak broke his own previous official world record: he had earlier managed to travel under 57 cars in 45 seconds. (more...)

  Largest Bunny Hop Twist- world record set by Lake Geneva
[April 29] LAKE GENEVA,Wis,USA--1269 participants performed the bunny hop twist, which consisted of people wearing bunny ears and dancing the twist and sets the world record for the largest bunny hop twist.
   Photo: The Bunny Hop Twist world record was set at the Lake Geneva Library Park on Saturday.
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      "There is no record for the bunny hop twist so far," event organizer Kathy Fraser, the owner of Rag Thyme, said.
  The bunny hop attempt was just one of the activities that took place in Lake Geneva's Library Park a week ago Saturday. (more...)

  Biggest Lesson-the Campaign for Education sets world record
[April 28] JOHANNESBURG, South Africa--The world record for the largest simultaneous lesson in history has been broken already: more than 7.5 million children, adults, teachers and campaigners took part in the Global Campaign for Education’s “World’s Biggest Lesson”.
   Photo Caption: New Jersey Student Fay Gan Cole Joins Shakira and Congressional Leaders in Washington, DC on April 22 for Global Campaign for Education Action Week.(enlarge photo)
  The World’s Biggest Lesson focused on providing a quality basic education to everyone especially the 72 million children and 774 million adults who are currently missing out (more...)

 Largest fresh water lake without an island-North Muskoka Lake sets a world record
[April 28] SUNDRIDGE, ON, USA--Measuring approximately 7 km in length and 2.5 km in width, Lake Bernard, just north of the Muskoka Lakes district, has been deemed the “world’s largest fresh water lake without an island by the World Records Academy.
Photo:
 Muskoka Guest Nest
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  The popular Ontario vacation destination of Almaguin Highlands, located just 2-½ hours north of Toronto, is home to a very unique lake.  
  Lake Bernard is large in comparison to the majority of Ontario’s thousands of lakes.The fact that there are no islands on Lake Bernard is what sets it apart from other large lakes. (more...)

  Biggest burger-world record set by Mallie's Sports Bar
[April 27] SOUTHGATE, MI,USA--Steve Mallie, a Detroit-area restaurant owner has broken the world record for "largest hamburger commercially available" with a 134-pound burger.
  Photo:
Mallie's Promotions Director - Mike Matkin with burger.
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   The "Absolutely Ridiculous Burger," made with beef, bacon and cheese, was delivered on a 50-pound bun.   
   It sells for $350, and orders require (more...)

  Worst nuclear plant accident-world record set by Chernobyl
[April 26] CHERNOBYL, Ukraine--The "Chernobyl disaster", reactor accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, or simply "Chernobyl", sets the world record for worst nuclear power plant accident in history and the only instance so far of level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale, resulting in a severe nuclear meltdown.
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   On April 26, 1986 at 1:23:40 a.m., reactor 4 suffered a catastrophic steam explosion resulting in a nuclear meltdown, a series of additional explosions and a fire; the radiation was not contained and radioactive particles were carried by wind across international borders.
  The Chernobyl disaster occurred as the result of an unauthorized test being conducted, in which the reactor was run while its cooling system was inoperative. The resulting clouds of radioactive isotopes spread all over Europe, from Ireland to (more...)

 Largest group hug-world record set by Ottawa students
[April 25] OTTAWA, Canada--More than 10,000 students and teachers from 10 Ottawa-area schools joined forces Friday to shatter the world record for the largest group hug (Bear hug).
  The group hug, a fundraiser for cancer care in the Capital, spanned from Laurier Street to the Pretoria Bridge along the Rideau Canal. (enlarge photo)
   "It's amazing that there's so many people doing this for a good cause," Simon Tomlinson, a student at St. Matthew's High School, told CTV News.  
    The group was able to raise more than $110,000 for cancer care prior to the day's hug. Organizers say they hope the total figure will reach $300,000. (more...)

   Most Mentos and Soda Fountains-world record set by Belgian students
[April 24] LEUVEN, Belgium--Students in the Belgian city of Leuven, some 30 km (18.6 miles) east of Brussels, have set the new world record for most Mentos and Soda fountains by launching 1,360 simultaneous geysers.
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   A Mentos candy 'mint flavored' added to a bottle of Diet Coke causes a reaction resulting in a foam fountain up to nine meters (29 feet) high.
  Films of the Mentos-Diet Coke mix have been posted on Internet entertainments sites attracting at least 10 million viewers. (more...)

  Most successful piles surgeries-world record set by Sudershan Chugh
[April 24] KHANNA, India--Dr. Sudershan Chugh MBBS MS Gen Surgeon operated 137 cases of piles in one day on oct 28 2007 in a free piles surgery camp, setting the world record for the most successful piles surgeries in one day.    
   Dr. Sudershan Chugh has developed a special technique for treatment of piles which he has named as M.I.S.P(minimal invasive surgery for piles ). (enlarge photo)
   The free camp was organised by all india sangmeshwar dal PehowaHARYANA INDIA. Piles surgery camp went smoothly and there was not a single case of complication on day of surgery. (more...)

  Largest cheering team-world record set by McDonald's
[April 24] BEIJING, China--Chanting the slogan "Wo jiu xihuan Zhongguo ying," which roughly translates to "I love it when China wins," over 1,200 young people selected from a nationwide campaign danced in unison for five minutes at the National Olympic Sports Center, setting a world record.
   McDonald's, a worldwide Olympic partner for the Beijing Olympics, mobilized the world's largest cheering team for the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday.
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   Over one million people have responded to McDonald's campaign to cheer for the Beijing Olympics since December 2007. (more...)

 Most expensives Rolex watches-world record set by Atiquorum
[April 23] NEW YORK, NY, USA--Nine world records were set at Antiquorum's massive vintage Rolex auction, entitled Revolution: The Evolution of the Rolex Sport Watch, commemorating the brand's 100th anniversary. In total, $8,515,260 worth of timepieces were sold to bidders worldwide.
   Photo: Double-Red Patent Pending Mark I Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea-Dweller, Submariner 2000, 2000 ft. / 610 m., Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified," Ref. 1665. Made in 1967. Fine and extremely rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel diver's wristwatch with double red Sea- Dweller logo, helium escape valve, date and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster Fliplock bracelet. (enlarge photo)
  The Apr. 17 thematic auction—Antiquorum’s first for a single watch brand—was held at its U.S. headquarters in New York City, with bidders from (more...)  

 Largest artwork made of TV sets-world record set by LNK Infotree
[April 23] EUROPOS PARKAS, Lithuania--The sculpture LNK Infotree created by Lithuanian artist Gintaras Karosas is made of about 3000 TV sets, spans an area of 3,135 square metres and sets the world record for the largest artwork made of TV sets.
   All Lithuania has taken part in the creation of a labyrinth of television sets, titled LNK Infotree.
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   People from various Lithuanian towns donated old TV sets after an appeal from Europos Parkas was broadcast on LNK television.  
  The sculpture LNK Infotree is made of about 3000 TV sets and spans an area of 3,135 square metres. It is even possible to get lost in the 700-metres maze. (more...)
 
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