A neck tie measuring 808 m (2,650 ft) was made by members of the Academia Cravatica organisation. It took five days to complete and was tied around the arena in Pula, Croatia on 18 October 2003. Widest part – 25m. Narrowest part – 8m.
The maximum known extension of a human neck is 40 cm (15.75 in) and was created by the successive fitting of copper coils, as practiced by the women of the Padaung or Kareni tribe of Myanmar (Burma) as a sign of beauty. Their necks eventually become so long and weak that they cannot support their heads without the coils. In some tribes the coils are removed to punish women who have committed adultery. Only initial discomfort is reported after the coils are set, yet the
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The longest natural arches in the world are both in Utah, USA, which span openings of equal width. Landscape Arch, in Arches National Park, and Kolob Arch, in Zion National park, both stand over openings 94.5 m (310 ft) wide. Landscape Arch is the more dramatic as it spans an open gully and narrows to only 5 m (16 ft) thick, while Kolob Arch stands close to a high cliff face.
The longest nagashi somen measured 3,216.7 m (10,553.46 ft) and was constructed by the The Ide Town Society of Commerce and Industry in Kyoto Prefecture, in Ide Town, Japan, on 20 March 2011. It took 100 people and 800 bamboo ‘gutters’ to achieve the new record length. The measuring took 42 minutes to complete.
The longest non-stop single track cable car is 5,801 m (19.032 ft) and was achieved by Ba Na Cable Car Service Joint Stock Company, Vietnam, in Ba Na Hills, Da Nang City, Vietnam, and was opened to the public on 29 March 2013.
The longest nose wheelie on a motocross bike was 86.2 m (282 ft 10 in) achieved by Gary Harding (USA) at Mason-Dixon Dragway in Boonsboro, Maryland, USA, on 22 August 2010. Harding rode a Kawasaki KX250T8F model for the attempt. Immediately after the attempt, Harding proposed to his girlfriend on the very same track. She quickly answered yes.
The Longest nose on a living person measures 8.8 cm (3.46 in) long from the bridge to the tip and belongs to Mehmet Ozyurek (Turkey). It was measured on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on 18 March 2010.
The longest noodle measured 548.7 m (1,800 ft 2 in) in length and 3.3 mm in diameter, and was made by Hiroshi Kuroda in Nasu, Tochigi, Japan on 24 March 2007. This record was equalled by Council for Hakka Affairs Executive Yuan (Taiwan) at Taipei County Hakka Museum, Sansia, Taiwan, on 28 December 2008, a feat recognised as the longest rice noodle.
To celebrate the launch of their new route from Dubai, UAE, to São Paulo, Brazil, the Emirates airline created a video commercial lasting 14 hr 40 min – the same length of time as the journey itself. It features Fernando Ferreira (Brazil, aka Non-Stop Fernando), who talks (without cuts) for the entire time about the delights of his home country and the benefits of flying Emirates. Interested viewers are able to watch a short trailer for the commercial through Fernando’s own page on YouTube (http://uk.youtube.com/profile?user=nonstopfernando ) while
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The greatest distance claimed for a “round the world” pilgrimage is 61,319 km (38,102 miles) by Arthur Blessitt (USA) since 25 December 1969. He has visited all seven continents, including Antarctica, having crossed 315 “nations, island groups and territories” carrying a 3.7-m-tall (12-ft) wooden cross and preaching from the Bible throughout his pilgrimage.