Tricks, Barefoot Waterskiing – Women
The highest score for a woman is 4,400 points by Nadine De Villiers (RSA) on 5 January 2001 at Gauteng Witbank Championships, Wolwekrans, South Africa.
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Tree with most different fruit
The world record for the highest number of different fruits produced from the same tree is five: apricot, cherry, nectarine, plum and peach. The fruit species were grafted on to a prune tree in 2000 by Luis H. Carrasco E. (Chile) of Lo Barnechea, Santiago, Chile. Luis H. Carrasco E. is how he likes to spell his name.
Treadmill, Greatest distance covered in 48 hours (team)
The greatest distance run by a team of twelve in 48 hours on a treadmill is 868.64 km (539.86 miles) and was set by Porsche Human Performance (UK) at Goodwood Speed Festival, in Goodwood, Chichester, UK, from 3 to 5 July 2009. The team of twelve was made up by: [1] Eliot Challifour, [2] Doug Hall, [3] Steve Osborne, [4] Nigel Leighton, [5] Matt Cook, [6] Mitch Barclay, [7] Sean Frost, [8] Daniel Corner, [9] Nigel Marley, [10] Adam Holland, [11] Paul Fernandez, [12] Matt Continue reading →
Treadmill, fastest time to run 100 miles (male)
Arulanantham Suresh Joachim (Australia) ran 100 miles on a treadmill in a time of 13 hr 42 min 33 sec at Square One, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on 28 November 2004.
Victoria Cross – oldest recipient
Capt. William Raynor was the oldest person to receive the medal. It was awarded when he was 62, for the part he played in blowing up an arms store in Delhi besieged by insurgents on 11 May 1857, the second day of the Indian Mutiny.
Victoria Cross – longest lived holder
The longest-lived of all the 1351 recipients of the Victoria Cross has been Lt-Col. Harcus Strachan. Born in Boness, Falkirk on 7 Nov 1884, he received the VC in 1917 and died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on 1 May 1982 aged 97 years 175 days.
Victoria Cross – double award recipients
The only three men ever to have been awarded a bar to the Victoria Cross (instituted 29 Jan 1856) are: Surg.-Capt. (later Lt-Col.) Arthur Martin-Leake VC*, VD, RAMC (1874–1953) (1902 and bar 1914). Capt. Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC*, MC, RAMC (1884–1917) (1916 and bar posthumously 1917). Second-Lt. (later Capt.) Charles Hazlitt Upham VC*, NZMF (1908–94) (1941 and bar 1942).
Vehicle engine with the most cylinders
Simon Whitelock (UK) has constructed a motorcycle with a 2-stroke engine that has 48 cylinders and a capacity of 4200 cc (256 cu in). It consists of 16 Kawasaki KH250 3-cylinder engines arranged in six banks of eight and is completely road-legal. The engine is so large it has a complete single-cylinder 2-stroke engine to serve as a starter motor.
Urban ball – leg revolutions in one minute
The record for the most leg revolutions while balancing an urban ball on the foot in one minute is 63 by Iya Traore (Spain) on the set of L’Été de Tous Les Records, Port Leucate, France on 21 July 2004.
Unicycle, longest continuous ride
Sam Wakeling (UK) covered 169.90 km (105.57 miles) on a unicycle without his feet touching the ground on 29 September 2007 in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK. Mr. Wakeling achieved this record whilst completing the record for the longest distance convered on a unicycle in 24 hours.