The greatest distance travelled by train in 24 hours is 3,783.91 km (2,351.21 miles), achieved by John Daffurn (UK), with a start point at Guangzhou South Station in Guangzhou, China, and a finish point at Longyang Road Metro Station in Shanghai, China, on 7-8 November 2013. Daffurn travelled from Guangzhou South Station to Beijing West Railway Station by high-speed train, then transferred to Beijing South Railway Station by metro, then travelled to Shanghai Railway Station by high-speed train and transferred to Longyang Road by metro.
The greatest distance walked by a person continuously balancing a milk bottle on the head is 130.3 km. (80.96 miles) by Ashrita Furman of New York, USA around Victory Field track, Forest Park, Queens on April 22-23, 1998. It took him 23 hr. 35 min. to complete the walk.
The greatest distance walked balancing a book on the head is 32.18 km (20 miles) and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA) in Sanur Beach, Bali, Indonesia, on 29 January 2011. Ashrita’s average pace p/mile was 15.50 minutes. The whole walk took him 5 hours, 9 minutes and 58 seconds.
The greatest distance travelled nordic skiing in 24 hours was 433.459 km (269.34 miles) and was achieved by Teemu Virtanen (Finland) at Kuortane, Finland, on 16-17 November 2010. Amazingly, Teemu Virtanen, took only two short breaks during his attempt and averaged a speed of 18 km/h throughout the journey.
The greatest distance travelled by a zorb ball in a single roll is 570 m (1,870 ft 0.9 in) by Steve Camp (South Africa) in Paengaroa, New Zealand, on 7 November 2006 as part of Guinness World Records Day.
The farthest distance covered on a water slide in 4 hours by a mixed team is 320.68 km (199.27 miles), achieved by Peter Hecker, Florian Pfeiffer, Dennis Bettin, Stefan Servos, Markus Sekta, Kerstin Nina Bauer, Michael Radowsky, Kristian Milde, Domenic Tollens (all Germany) and Steve Schild (Switzerland), at Galaxy Erding in Erding, Germany on 18 November 2010 in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2010. The record took place on the longest inner-tube water slide Magic-Eye, which has been ascertained on Guinness World Records Day
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The greatest height climbed on a 5 m rope in one minute using just the hands from a seated position is 27.8 m (91 ft 2 in) and was achieved by Marcus Bondi (Australia) on the set of Australia Smashes Guinness World Records, at the Warringah Mall in Sydney, Australia, on 31 January 2010. The record was part of the TV series “Australia Smashes Guinness World Records”. Marcus broke the record that was set immediately before him by Kevin Shapiro (Australia) on the same show.
Most astronomers now believe that the universe began around 12 billion years ago in a cataclysmic explosion we call the Big Bang. All of the matter and energy in the universe had its origins in this event, along with time itself. One second after the Big Bang, the temperature was around ten thousand million degrees, or around 600 times hotter than the interior of the Sun.
Most astronomers now believe that, 4.5 billion years ago, a planet the size of Mars collided with the young Earth. Some of the debris from this cataclysm went into orbit around the Earth and collected together under its own gravity to form the Moon. The effect of this impact would have been absolutely devastating to the Earth. The entire crust of the planet would probably have been blasted off into space, leaving behind an Earth whose entire surface was an ocean of molten magma.
The greatest horizontal distance flown in a wing suit is 26.9 km (16.71 miles) and was achieved by Shinichi Ito (Japan) above Yolo County, California, USA, on 26 May 2012.