Longest hearse parade
The longest parade of hearses consisted of 107 hearses and was achieved by Nuvema N.V. Nederlandse Uitvaartverzekering Maatschappij (Netherlands), in Baarn, Netherlands, on 30 August 2012.
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Longest headed goal scored in a competitive football (soccer) match
The longest headed goal scored in a competitive football (soccer) match was 58.13 m (190 ft 8.58 in), achieved by Jone Samuelsen (Norway), playing for ODD Grenland vs Tromsø Idrettslag on 25 September 2011. This goal was scored in the final minutes of a Tippeligaen League game (Norway’s top division) when the score was 2-1 to ODD Grenland. A corner was given to Tromsø who put everyone forward, including their goalkeeper, in an attempt to equalise and keep their title hopes alive. However a long Continue reading →
Longest harmonica marathon
The longest harmonica marathon is 24 hours and was achieved by Bonny B. (Switzerland) at the Blues Club, Fribourg, Switzerland, on 1 March 2009. Bonny was able to go for the whole duration without a single break.
Longest handstand on a snowskate board
The longest handstand on a snowskate board is 4.38 sec by Trenton R. Schindler (USA) at ESPN’s Winter X Games 11 in Aspen, Colorado, USA on 28 January 2007.
Longest hospital trolley duration
Tony Collins (UK) spent 77 hr 30 min on a hospital trolley in a corridor at Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK, from 24-27 February 2001 before he was admitted to a bed. A diabetic, he was suffering with a virus.
Longest horn spread – ever
The longest horns of any living animal are those of the Asian water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) of India, Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand. The average spread is about 1 m (3 ft 3 in), but one bull shot in 1955 had horns measuring 4.24 m (13 ft 10 in) from tip to tip along the outside curve across the forehead.
Longest horizontal power slide
The longest ever horizontal power slide in a car lasted 2 hours 11 min 18 sec and was performed by Simon de Banke (UK) on 29 July 2001 at the MIRA Proving Ground, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, UK. Simon was driving a standard Subaru Impreza WRX 2001. The road surface was Bridgeport pebbles, which, when wet, are designed to have similar handling charateristics to compacted snow.
Longest hopscotch game
The longest hopscotch game measures 5,506 m (18,064 ft 3 in) and was created by Step UP 4 Change, Right to Play at the University of Guelph and Free the Children at the University of Guelph (all Canada) in Eden Mills, Ontario, Canada, on 1 October 2011. The entire length of the course was completed by several participants, as requested by the guidelines.
Longest hi-fidelity spaceflight simulation
Mars500 is a collaboration between the European Space Agency, Russia and China, to simulate a 500-day manned mission to Mars. The crew of six men entered their sealed facility in Moscow, Russia, in June 2010 and emerged in November 2011. Their ‘spacecraft’ is constructed from sealed containers linked together to provide 550 cubic metres of internal space. The project includes a 20-minute time delay in communications between the crew and the outside world, just like a real Mars mission would. The crew members were Alexey Continue reading →
Longest henna art marathon
The longest henna art marathon is 73 hr 55 min and was achieved by Sunita Narayanrao Dhote (India) in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, from 7 to 10 January 2014.