Heaviest hailstones
The heaviest hailstones on record weighed up to 1 kg (2 lb) and are reported to have killed 92 people in the Gopalganj area of Bangladesh on 14 April 1986.
Heaviest grapefruit
A grapefruit grown by Cloy Dias Dutra (Brazil), weighed 3.210 kg (7 lb 1 oz) and had a circumference of 70 cm (2 ft 3 in) Niteroi, on 9 November 2006.
Heaviest fish caught guinean barracuda
45.9 kg (101 lb 3 oz) Barracuda, Guinean (Sphyraena afra) Dr. Cyril Fabre (France) Olende, Gabon 27 December 2002
Heaviest human pyramid
Tahar Douis (Morocco) supported 12 members of the Hassani Troupe (three levels in height) weighing 771 kg (1,700 lb) on his shoulders, at BBC TV studios, Birmingham, UK on 17 December 1979.
Heaviest hoverable fighter plane
The heaviest fighter plane able to hover is Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter which has an empty weight of 27,000 lb (12,250 kg) and has a maximum take off weight of over 50,000 lb (22,700 kg). The first flight of the Lockheed Martin F-35 was on 24 October 2000 and features a vertically mounted ‘lift fan’ behind the cockpit, driven by a shaft off the engine, plus a vectored exhaust and two exhaust ducts, extending from each side of the engine to exit in Continue reading →
Heaviest house pulled by an individual
The heaviest house pulled by an individual weighed 35.9 tonnes (79,145 lb) and was achieved by Kevin Fast (Canada) who pulled the house a distance of 11.95 metres (39 ft 2.47 in) in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, on 18 September 2010. The attempt was done in celebration of the launch of Guinness World Records 2011 and as part of a fundraising event for Habitat for Humanity Northumberland. It took Kevin 1 minute 1 second to pull the house.
Heaviest lemon
The world’s heaviest lemon weighed 5.265 kg (11 lb 9.7 oz) on 8 January 2003 and was grown by Aharon Shemoel (Israel) on his farm in Kefar Zeitim, Israel. The lemon’s circumference was 74 cm (29 in) and 35 cm (13.7 in) high and it grew with another large lemon.
Heaviest kohlrabi
The largest kohlrabi was grown by Scott Robb (USA) and weighed 43.98 kg (96 lb 15 oz) at the Alaska State Fair, Palmer, Alaska, USA, on 30 August 2006.
Heaviest kidney stone
Wazir Muhammand s/o Abbass Ali Jagirani (Pakistan) had a kidney stone weighing 620 g (21. 87 oz) removed from his right kidney at the Nephro-Urology Chandka Medical College Hospital, Sindh, Pakistan, on 24 June 2008. the procedure was carried out byDr. Ghulam Shabir Imran Akbar Arbani and Dr. Malik Hussain
Heaviest machine moved using a brain control interface
The heaviest machine moved using a brain control interface weighs 56.2 tonnes (61.95 tons), as demonstrated on the set of The Gadget Show, Studley (UK) on 17 March 2011. The 56.2 tonnes (61.95 tons) cranes were controlled using brainwave sensors manufacured by NeuroSky, with a control box designed by Loughborough University Design School. The four presenters of The Gadget Show had to move the cranes using their brain waves in order to pick up and transport a 2 tonne car with an electromagnet (supplied by Continue reading →