The longest time spent in direct, full body contact with snow is 60 min 8 sec and was achieved by Oleksiy Gutsulyak (Ukraine) in the Kyrylo Tryliovski City Park in Kolomyia, Ukraine, on 25 January 2013.
The longest time to lift and hold a structure weighing 465 kg (1025.15 lbs) was 36.60 sec and was achieved by Zydrunas Savickas (Lithuania) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy on 25 March 2011.
The longest time to hula hoop underwater is 2 min 38 sec set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Nassau County Aquatic Center in East Meadow, New York, USA, on 1 August 2007.
The longest time to restrain a vehicle weighing 980 Kg (2,160 lb) is 1 min 2 seconds by Ervin Katona (Serbia) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 25 April 2009. The car and the passengers on it weighed 980 kg and the car was on a 45 degree incline. It was restrained using a chain with a handle.
The longest toilet roll chain consisted of 92,080 rolls and was created by ‘s Heeren Loo (Netherlands) at the company’s premises in Bedum, Netherlands, on 12 June 2010. The chain measured 9, 208m (30,209 ft 10 in) in length.
Excluding cases of elephantiasis, then the longest toes measured on a living person are the ‘big’ toes belonging to Xi Shun (China b. 1951) at 8.4 cm (3.3 in) long, as a result of measurements taken at the Millennium Hotel, London, UK, on 21 September 2005. The measurement was made by GWR Editor Craig Glenday.
Excluding cases of elephantiasis, then the longest toes ever measured were the ‘big’ toes belonging to Matthew McGrory (USA, 1973-2005) at 12.7 cm (5 in) long. His little toes measured 3.81 cm (1.5 in).
The longest title for a game in the fighting genre is Bakumatsu Roman Dai Ni Maku: Gekka no Kenshi – Tsuki ni Saku Hana, Chiri Yuku Hana (SNK, 1998) which is an impressive 67 charactes without spaces. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011 The name translates to “Romance of the Bakumatsu Act II: Swordsman of the Moonlight – On the Moon a Flower Blooming, a Petal Falling.”
Switzerland did not concede a goal for 559 minutes across parts of seven World Cup matches from 1994-2010. The streak began after allowing Spain’s 86th minute goal in the Round of 16 matchup at the 1994 World Cup, continued through four clean sheets at the 2006 World Cup, and one clean sheet in the 2010 World Cup before allowing a 75th minute goal to Chile in the second group stage game on 21 June 2010. Switzerland did not qualify for either the 1998 nor 2002
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The Iraq conflict began on 20 March 2003 and, although major combat operations ended on 2 May 2003, it was not formally ended until President Obama declared it over in speech on 31 August 2010. Forming a new Iraqi government then proved extremely difficult and, on 1 October 2010, Iraq broke the record for the longest period for a country without a government. It had held parliamentary elections on 7 March 2010 and did not form a government until 21 December 2010 after a total
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