Fastest whip
The whip-cracking speed and accuracy world record is held by Robert Dante (USA) who hit 10 targets consecutively with a cracking whip in 3.87 seconds at the Camp Crucible, Darlington, Maryland, USA, on 1 June 2013.
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Fastest wheel-driven vehicle
The fastest speed ever reached by a vehicle powered through its wheels is 737.794 km/h (458.444 mi/h), by the turbine-powered Vesco Turbinator, driven by Don Vesco (USA) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, on 18 October 2001. Wheel-driven refers to the fact that the power of the engine is directed to the car’s wheels, which then power it forwards. Thrust SSC, the car that set the absolute land speed record, was jet-powered, meaning that it was the thrust of the jets that powered it forward Continue reading →
Fastest wine bottle opener
Alain Dorotte (France) opened 13 wine bottles with a ‘T-handled’ cork screw (non-leverage) in one minute on the set of L’Émission des Records, Paris, France on 18 April 2001
Fastest window cleaner – female
Deborah Morris (UK) cleaned three standard 1.14 m x 1.14 m (45 x 45 in) office windows set in a frame with a 300 mm (11.75 in) long squeegee and 9 litres (2 gal; US 2.37 gal) of water in 16.28 sec at the Cleaning Show 2011 held at NEC, National Exhibition Centre, in Birmingham, UK, on 3 March 2011. A base time of 13.28 sec was achieved but 3 sec penalty was incurred.
Fastest window cleaner
Terry Burrows (UK) cleaned three standard 114.3 x 114.3 cm (45 x 45 in) office windows set in a frame with a 300 mm (11.75 in) long squeegee and 9 litres (2 gal; US 2.37 gal) of water in 9.14 sec at the National Window Cleaning Competition in Blackpool, UK, on 9 October 2009.
Fastest-growing modern church
The Kimbanguist Church was founded in the Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire) in 1959 by a Baptist student, Simon Kimbangui. By 1996 the Church, which is a member of the World Council of Churches, had over 6.5 million members.
Fastest women’s softball pitch
The fastest softball pitch is 111 km/h (68.9 mph) achieved by Zara Mee (Australia) on the set of Guinness World Records, at Seven Network Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 8 May 2005.
Fastest wing-beat of a bird
During courtship, the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) can produce a wingbeat rate of 200 beats per second as opposed to the normal 90 beats per second produced by all other hummingbirds. The back and head of the hummingbird are irridescent green, the underparts are white, and the males’ throat is bright red. It is very small, only 3 in (7 cm) long and breeds from March-July. Hummingbirds in general possess the fewest number of feathers on a bird.
Fastest-selling consumer electronics device
The concept of tablets portable, lightweight and thinner than conventional laptop computers has existed for decades. The arrival of Apple¹s iPad, however with its characteristic multi-touch screen proved a landmark release. Following its launch in April 2010, three million units were sold in the first 80 days, and thanks to the release of the iPad 2 on 25 March 2011, 4.69 million units were sold in the second quarter of the year or 311,666 per day.
Fastest-melting glacier
A volcanic eruption under Vatnajokul glacier (Europe’s largest), Iceland, in October 1996 topped Lake Grimsvotn with meltwater. The meltwater flowed from the lake at an estimated 45,000m3/sec (1.6 million ft3/sec), making it the greatest melting of a glacier in recorded history. Glaciers are large moving masses if ice formed in (usually mountainous) regions where the rate of snowfall is greater than the rate of snow melting. The snow piles up, is compressed into ice by the weight of more snow above it, and begins to Continue reading →