The longest duration suspending a Malteser in the air by blowing is 4.50 seconds, achieved by Alastair Galpin (New Zealand), in Auckland, New Zealand, on 6 December 2011. This record was broken on the Guinness World Record Challengers site (Challengers’ tag: AlastairGalpin): http://challengers.guinnessworldrecords.com/challenges/80-longest-duration-malteser-blowing
Monte Pierce (USA) can stretch his earlobes to a length of 12.7 cm (5 in) for his left and 11.43 cm (4.5 in) for his right. When not strecthed, his earlobes measure just under 2.54 cm (1 in). He currently also holds the record for the farthest ear sling shot.
Anthony Victor (India) has hair sprouting from the centre of his outer ears (middle of the pinna) that measures 18.1 cm (7.12 in) at its longest point.
The longest duration to maintain a human flag is 1 min 5.71 seconds and was achieved by Wang Zhonghua (China) on the set of CCTV Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 15 August 2011. Wang Zhonghua broke his own record on the show.
The longest duration spinning a basketball on the nose is 5.1 seconds by Harlem Globetrotter, Scooter Christensen (USA) at the NBA All-Star Jam Session in Dallas, Texas, USA, on 13 February 2010.
The longest ears on a dog measured 34.9 cm (13.75 in) and 34.2 cm (13.5 in) for the right and left ears, respectively, on 29 September 2004. They belong to Tigger, a bloodhound, who is owned by Bryan and Christina Flessner of St Joseph, Illinois, USA. Tigger has won many show titles and over 180 Best of Breed awards. He was inducted into the Bloodhound ‘Hall of Fame’ in 2003. Unfortunately Tigger passed away in October 2009.
Minhti, King of Arakan, which is now part of Myanmar (formerly Burma), is reputed to have reigned for 95 years between 1279 and 1374. The longest documented reign of any monarch is that of Phiops II (also known as Pepi II or Neferkare) a Sixth-Dynasty pharaoh of ancient Egypt. His reign began c. 2281BC, when he was 6 years of age, and is believed to have lasted c. 94 years. Musoma Kanijo, although not a monarch, was chief of the Nzega district of western Tanganyika
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The longest Elvis Presley singing marathon is 43 hr 11 min 11 sec performed by Thomas ‘Curtis’ Gäthje (Germany) at Modehaus Böttcher, Heide, Germany, on 24-26 June 2004.
Marina Hoey (UK), gave birth to Sam on 22 May 2002 at the Royal-Jubilee Maternity Service, Belfast, after an ectopic pregnancy of 233 days (33rd week). An ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy resulting from gestation other than in the uterus) occurs in 1:100-400 and accounts for 15% of maternal deaths. Marina’s orginal due date was 8 July 2002.
The longest rabbit ears measured 79 cm (31.125 in) in a complete span on 1 November 2003 at the American Rabbit Breeders Association National Show in Wichita, Kansas, USA. The ears belong to an English Lop called Nipper’s Geronimo who was owned by Waymon and Margaret Nipper of Bakersfield, California, USA. Nipper’s Guinness, as he has been nick-named, is a tortoiseshell-coloured buck, born on 10 May 2003. The width of his ears measured 18.4 cm (7.25 in) at the widest point. The rabbit died in
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