Rocky Marciano (USA) (b. Rocco Francis Marchegiano) (1923-69) is the only world champion at any weight to have won every fight of his entire completed professional career, from 17 March 1947-21 September 1955 (he announced his retirement on 27 April 1956); 43 of his 49 fights were by knock-outs or stoppages.
The record for ultra-long distance (track) in 48 hours is held by Yiannis Kouros (Greece), who ran a total of 473.495 km (394.21 m) in Surgéres, France, from 3 to 5 May 1996.
The farthest distance ultra-long distance (track) 48 hours (female) was 397.103 km (246.75 mi) by Inagiki Sumie (Japan) in Surgères, France, on 21-23 May 2010.
The longest whip ever cracked (i.e. the end made to travel above the speed of sound) is one of 65.83 m (216 ft) excluding the handle, wielded by Adam Winrich (USA) in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, USA, on 24 May 2006.
Harvard, America’s oldest university (established 1636) is also the world’s wealthiest. When assessed in June 2009, Harvard University’s endowment was $26 billion (£15.85 billion), down from $36.9 billion (22.4 billion) the previous year.
The greatest distance travelled while water skiing on two bare hands is 901 m (2,956 ft 11 in) and was set by Wayne Carrels Jr. (USA) at Lake Petersburg, Illinois, USA on 1 September 2013.
Nicolas Le Forestier completed 16 full 360 degree flips on one waterski in 30 seconds at the set of L’Ete De Tous Les Records, Biscarrosse Lac, France on 5 August 2003. He equalled his record on the television show again in Biscarrosse on 13 July 2005. The clip shows 17 but the stopwatch was not stopped after exactly 30 seconds, if it had been he would have only achieved 16.
The farthest distance covered on a water slide in 24 hours by a female team is 827.73 km (514.33 miles), achieved by Christin Barz, Sabrina Kolb, Tamy Heinz, Sandra Morawitz, Alexandra Koller, Lisa Schösse, Melanie Günther, Sarah Schaffelke, Stephanie Hammers and Julia Siering (all Germany) at Galaxy Erding in Erding, Germany on 17-18 November 2010 in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2010. The record took place on the longest inner-tube water slide Magic-Eye, which has been ascertained on Guinness World Records Day 2010.
The farthest distance covered on a water slide in 24 hours by a team is 843.33 mi (1357.22 km), achieved by Daniel Gildner, Falco Tegtmeier, Kai Falk, Manuel Wasserzier, Marius Toborek, Rudolf Hofmann, Marc Fugger, Andrej Sonnenberg, Stefan Kleinöder, Thomas Renner, (all Germany) at Galaxy Erding in Erding, Germany on 11 and 12 November 2009 in celebration of Guinness World Records Day.
The farthest distance covered on a water slide in 24 hours is 94.54 mi (152.15 km), achieved by Jens Scherer (Germany) at Galaxy Erding in Erding, Germany on 11 and 12 November 2009 in celebration of Guinness World Records Day. The attempt took place on the 356.32m water slide at the park, racking up an impressive 427 rides on the slide – this averages to one every 3 min 22 sec for the duration of the attempt.