The McDonald Laser Ranging Station, near Fort Davis, Texas, USA, uses a laser to measure the distance between the Earth and the Moon to an accuracy of 1 cm (0.39 inches). It bounces a laser off reflective targets left on the lunar surface by three US Apollo missions and two Soviet Lunokhod missions. The distance between the centres of the Earth and the Moon is 385,000 km (239,000 miles), and the laser ranging has shown that the Moon is receding from the Earth at a
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The longest non-stop LAN party lasted 40 hours and was completed by 274 gamers during Cyber Fusion 2009 at the Multimedia University in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, from 11-12 April 2009. At the start of marathon 291 players from Malaysia as well as China, Yemen, Brunei and Korea attempted to play non-stop for 40 straight hours. Seventeen dropped out due to various reasons, including fatigue. Most of the participants were aged between 19 and 25. The participants played the following games : Defense of the Ancients (DotA), Call of Duty 4
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The longest ladder is made of wood and measures 41.16 m (135 ft) long. It was made by the Handwerks Museum, St. Leonhard, Austria and completed in April 2005. The ladder has 120 rungs.
The longest knotted rope chain made in five minutes measured 3,936.94 m (1,2916 ft 5.33 in) and was achieved by Network Service And Technologies Co., Ltd. (Japan) at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, on 11 December 2010.
The longest leg hair is 16.51 cm (6.5 in) long and belongs to Wesley Pemberton (USA), as measured on the set of ‘Lo show dei record´, in Madrid, Spain, on 9 February 2008.
The longest leather belt measures 62 m 91 cm (206 ft 36 in) and was made by the Almpani Brothers factory in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 1 June 2008. dimentions of the belt: 62 m 91 cm (206 ft 36 in) x 4 cm (1.58 in) x 5 mm (0.2 in) analysis: 65% leather shavings, 25% bubber and 10% water glue
The longest journey on a lawnmower is 23,487.5 km (14,594.5 miles) in 260 consecutive days by Gary Hatter (USA). Hatter started his drive in Portland, Maine, on 31 May 2000 and passed through all 48 contiguous US states as well as Canada and Mexico before arriving in Daytona Beach, Florida, on 14 February 2001. He rode a $11,500 (£8,000 at 2001 rates) stock Kubota BX2200-60 mower at a top speed of 14.5 km/h (9 mph), wearing out four sets of front and three sets of
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The longest speech made was one by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the Zulu leader, when he gave an address to the KwaZulu legislative assembly between 12 and 29 Mar 1993. He spoke on 11 of the 18 days, averaging nearly 2½ hours on each of the 11 days.
The longest line of fanfare trumpeters is 460 trumpeters and was achieved by Märkischer Turnerbund (Germany) in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany, on 1 June 2013. The trumpeters performed ‘Potsdamer Fanfarenmarsch.’
The longest line of dancing drag queens was achieved by 128 participants at The Great Drag Race organised by The X Foundation (UK) in London, England, UK, on 19 June 2010. The event raised £20,000 for the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation and Prostate Cancer Support Foundation.