Farthest long jump (female)
7.52 m (24 ft 8.06 in) Galina Chistyakova (USSR) Leningrad, USSR (now St Petersburg, Russia) 11 June 1988
Farthest marshmallow nose-blow
The farthest blow of a marshmallow out of the nostril and into the mouth of a catcher is 5.46 m (17 ft 11 in) and was achieved by launcher Paul Prado and catcher Sophia Rojas (both USA) on the set of ‘Guinness World Records Gone Wild!’ in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 2 July 2012. Prior to the successful catch, Sophia caught a nose blow from Paul that was just 3.8 cm (1.5 in) shy of the record to beat.
Farthest manmade leaning building
The farthest manmade leaning building is ‘Capital Gate´ which has an inclination of 18 degrees and is 160 m (524.93 ft) high. It was developed by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company, (ADNEC) and designed by RMJM and the external construction was completed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in January 2010. Capital Gate is a 35 story building which forms the centre piece for the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre’s development in Abu Dhabi. Capital Gate covers 50,000 squared metres. If more than 50% Continue reading →
Farthest long jump (male)
8.95 m (29 ft 4.36 in) Mike Powell (USA) Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991
Farthest planet in the Solar System
Since the demotion of Pluto as a planet in 2006, Neptune is now the farthest major planet from the Sun. At 4.5 billion km (2.8 billion miles) from the Sun, it orbits at 5.45 km (3.38 miles) per second, taking 164.79 years to complete one orbit.
Farthest mobile phone throw by an individual (male)
The farthest distance that a mobile (cell) phone has been thrown by a male competitor is 95.83 m (314 ft 5 in) by Chris Hughff (UK) at the 2007 UK Mobile Throwing Championships.
Farthest throw of a playing card
The magician Rick Smith Jr. (USA) threw a single playing card a distance of 65.96 m (216 ft 4 in) at the Cleveland State Convocation Center, Ohio, USA on 21 March 2002.
Farthest shot put (male)
23.12 m (75 ft 10.23 in) Randy Barnes (USA) Los Angeles, California, USA 20 May 1990
Farthest shot put (female) (indoors)
22.50 m (73 ft 9.82 in) Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) Jablonec, Czechoslovakia 19 February 1977
Farthest run one hour (male)
21,285 m Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) Ostrava, Czech Republic 27 June 2007