The record for the highest McTwist on inline skates is 2.35 m (7.7 ft) and was set by Taïg Khris (France)on the set of L’Été De Tous Les Records in Benodet, France on 2 August 2004. The record was done on a half pipe ramp.
The farthest barefoot water skiing jump (women) was 21 m (69 ft) by Elaine Heller (USA) in Brandenburg, Germany, on 12 August 2010.
The highest jump in barefoot waterskiing (male) was 29.9 m (98 ft 1 in) by David Small (UK) in Brandenburg, Germany, on 11 August 2010.
On 31 December (New Year’s Eve) 2006, a team of researchers from the University of Tokyo, Japan, led by professor of computing science Dr Kei Hiraki, the WIDE Project and NTT Communications transmitted 585 gigabytes of data across 32,372 km (20,115 miles) of network in approximately 30 minutes – an average rate of 9.08 gigabits per second. The network stretched from Tokyo to Chicago (USA) to Amsterdam (Netherlands) the back to Tokyo via Seattle (USA). New Year’s Eve was chosen as Internet traffic is traditionally
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US anti-abortion activists who operated a site called The Nuremberg Files that contained “Wanted” posters listing the names and addresses of doctors who perform abortions were ordered to pay more then $107.7 million (£65 million) in damages on 3 Feb 1999. Four doctors and two clinic workers who had been killed by activists since 1993 had their names crossed off on the site, and the wounded were highlighted in grey. The defendants were 12 individuals and organisations known collectively as the American Coalition of Life
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The greatest distance karting in 48 hours by an individual was 2,009 km (1,248 mi) by Myk Prescott (South Africa) at the Zwartkops International Kart Circuit in Pretoria, South Africa, from 3 to 5 September 2010. Prescott completed 2,009 laps of the 1 km track to add to his record collection – he had set the record for karting distance in 24 hours two years earlier.
The largest karaoke took place at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennesse, USA on 22 August 2009 when 160,000 people simultaneously sang “Friends in Low Places” by Garth Brooks before the start of the NASCAR Sharpie 500 race.
The farthest distance climbed on a ladder in 24 hours by an individual is 11.5 km (7.15 miles). Barbara Nustrini of The Professional Firefighters of New Zealand achieved this distance in Auckland, New Zealand on 3-4 December 2005. This was achieved during the team attempt.
The land location remotest from open sea is at Lat. 46º16.8’N, Long. 86º40.2’E in the Dzungarian Basin, which is in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in the far north-west of China. It is at a great-circle distance of 2,648 km (1,645 miles) from the nearest open sea – Baydaratskaya Guba to the north (Arctic Ocean), Feni Point to the south (Indian Ocean) and Bohai Wan to the east (Yellow Sea).
Raymond Janin (France) held a jousting lance measuring 2.8 m (9 ft 2.16 in) long and weighing 3 kg (6 lb 8.53 oz) horizontally at shoulder height for 26 seconds on the set of L’Ete De Tous Les Records, Sete, France on 21 August 2003. Previously known as “Joust lifting – duration”. Changed as the object that is being lifted is a lance, (which is used by knights to joust).