Highest throw of a playing card
The highest throw of a playing card is 16.99 m (55 ft 9 in) and was achieved by Rahul Krishnan (India) in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, on 1 June 2014.
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Highest throw and catch of a person
The highest throw and catch of a person is 3.66 m (12 ft) and was achieved by Adam McAssey, Adam Buckingham, Edward Upcott, Alex Uttley and Chris Rogers (all UK) from Spelbound Dance Company on the set of Blue Peter in London, UK, on 17 January 2011. The Spelbound Dance Company began its activity in 1994. Founded and directed by Mauro Astolfi, the company has right from the start been constant and vigorous in choreographic research with a mixage of kinds so as to make Continue reading →
Highest tenpin bowling backwards single game score
The record for the highest score in a single game of backwards bowling is 278 and was set by James Cripps (USA) at The Pinnacle Family Entertainment Center in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA, on 5 December 2006.
Highest temperature ever
At the very instant of the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, the universe is thought to have had infinite temperature, as it existed as a single, infinitely-small and infinitely-dense point. Just 10**-43 seconds later, known as the Planck time, the universe had cooled to roughly 10**32K, and expanded to a size of around 10**-33cm across. NB -43 43 and -33 here are all superscript
Highest tightrope crossing by bicycle
The highest tightrope crossing by bicycle is 238 ft (72.5 m) by Nik Wallenda (USA) between the Royal Towers of the Atlantis Paradise Island hotel in Nassau, The Bahamas, on 28 August 2010. Wallenda added this record to his previous individual accomplishment of the “longest tightrope crossing by bicycle.” The rope he crossed was supported by anchor cables which were held in place my assistants on the crowd. As for Wallenda himself, he crossed untethered and unsupported, which just a balancing beam as his only Continue reading →
Highest tightrope crossed on a motorcycle
The highest tightrope crossed on a motorcycle is 130 m (426 ft 6.12 in) in height and 666.10 m (2185 ft 4.32 in) in length and was achieved by Mustafa Danger (Morocco) in Benidorm, Spain on 16 October 2010. Mustafa Danger traveled along a steel cable over a 1 km (3280 ft 9.96 in) in length from the Monte Tossal hill to the roof of the Gran Hotel Bali in Benidorm. A human counterweight was used during the attempt.
Highest toppling domino climb
The highest toppling domino climb was 11.52 m (37 ft 10 in) and was achieved on set of Domino Day 2008 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, on 14 November 2008.
Highest trials motorcycle wall climb
Jordi Pascuet and Marcel Justribo (both Spain) climbed a vertical wall onto a platform at a height of 3.22 m (10 ft 6.38 in) on the set of on the set of ‘Guinness World Records’, in Madrid, Spain, on 21 January 2009.
Highest vehicle mileage
A 1966 Volvo P-1800S owned by Irvin Gordon of East Patchogue, New York, USA, had covered in excess of 4,586,630 km (2,850,000 miles) by December 2010. The car is still driven on a daily basis and covers over 160,000 km (100,000 miles) per year, thanks in part to being driven to numerous car shows and events in Europe and the USA.
Highest unicycle platform drop
Alex Toms (Australia) successfully rode a unicycle off a 2.5 m (8 ft 2.4 in) platform in the studios of Guinness World Records, Epping, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 4 June 2005. In accordance with the rules he landed on a solid floor surface and continued riding after landing.