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Largest Zeybek Dance

The largest zeybek dance involved 702 participants and was achieved by Aydinlilar (The Aydin Association of Education, Culture and Solidarity, Turkey) in Ankara, Turkey, on 17 April 2011. The participants were arranged in 6 large circles consisting of five smaller circles within each one. Three of the circles consisted entirely of males and the other three circles consisted entirely of females. The male participants wore white shirts, black trousers and the traditional Yaglik (napkin handkerchief) and the females wore the traditional needle lace scarf. The Continue reading →

Largest gathering of zombies

The largest gathering of zombies numbered 9,592 participants organized by the New Jersey Zombie Walk (USA) in Asbury Park, NJ, USA, on 5 October 2013. The zombies congregated on the boardwalk of Asbury Park on the Jersey Shore. This is the second time the New Jersey Zombie walk has held this record, after re-winning it from the Zombie Pub Crawl of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Longest zip wire course (combined length)

The longest zip wire course (combined length) is Screaming Eagle (USA) measuring 11.92 km (39,127 ft) at Historic Banning Mills, Whitesburg, Georgia, USA, and verified on 17 November 2012. The zip wire course consists of 135 ziplines including the 3,000 ft Flight of the Falcon, and would take approximately 12 hours to complete the entire course.

Longest journey by taxi

Leigh Purnell, Paul Archer and Johno Ellison (all UK) left Covent Garden, London, UK, by taxi on 17 February 2011 and travelled 69,716.12 km (43,319.5 miles) around the globe, returning to Covent Garden, London, UK, on 11 May 2012. The journey, in Hannah the taxi – a 1992 LTI Fairway FX4 London black taxi cab – clocked up £79,006.80 (US$127,530; €98,490) on the meter. The journey, originally intended as a London to Sydney expedition, does not qualify as a circumnavigation because it did not touch Continue reading →

Most lit jack-o’-lanterns displayed

The most lit jack-o’-lanterns on display is 30,581 and was achieved by the City of Keene, New Hampshire, represented by Let It Shine, Inc. (both USA) in Keene, New Hampshire, USA, on 19 October 2013. Keene was the original record holder in this category and has now broken it 8 times since the original attempt.

Most chainsaw juggling catches

The most chainsaw juggling catches is 94 and was achieved by Ian Stewart (Canada) at the Hants County Exhibition in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada on 25 September 2011. Ian used 3 Zenoah G2000T chainsaws which were fully engaged during the attempt, as per the guidelines. He took just approximately 37 seconds to complete this.

Longest journey by solar electric vehicle

The longest journey by solar electric vehicle is 29,753 km (18,487 miles) and was achieved by the Solar Car Project Hochschule Bochum (Germany) who travelled around the world departing Adelaide, Australia on 26 October 2011 and finishing in Mount Barker, Australia on 15 December 2012. The team spent a total of 168 days driving and 8 days solely recharging the vehicle. The other days were spent exhibiting the Solar Car at a variety of locations, events and universities as well as being transported between continents.