The world’s shortest TV commercial is half a frame (one field) and lasts for 1/60 of a second. Twelve different versions of the commercial were produced, all advertising MuchMusic (a Canadian music and video TV channel), and the first was aired on 2 January 2002. The creator, producer and editor was Tharanga Ramanayake (Canada).
The shortest cat is Cye (pictured left), a three-year-old male munchkin cat, who measured 13.6 cm (5.35 in) from the floor to the shoulders on 16 December 2013, and is owned by Sarah Langille (Canada) of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
3:53.34 Cindy Klassen (Canada) Calgary, Canada 18 March 2006
1:29.049 Zhou Yang (China) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 26 Feb 2010
1:23.454 Charles Hamelin (Canada) Montreal, Canada 18 Jan 2009
The tallest dandelion measured 177.8 cm (70 in) and was found by Jo Riding and Joey Fusco (both Canada) in Ontario, Canada. The dandelion was measured on 12 September 2011. The dandelion was found on 4 August 2011 and was unofficially measured at 76 in. The dandelion was then officially measured by NutriLawn and The Weed Man on 12 September 2011 when it had dried out and was measured as 70 in.
The tallest manmade leaning tower is the Montreal Olympic Stadium Tower, Montreal, Canada, which measures 165 m (541 ft 4.05 in) and has a curved angle of 45 degrees. Completed in 1987, the tower is designed to support 75% of the weight of the roof of the main building. A funicular built on two levels rides the tower up the Observatory, located on the top three floors and where a panoramic view stretching up to 80 km in every direction is offered. Each ascension takes
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The tallest inukshuk measures 11.377 m (37 ft 3.9 in) and was created by Mr. Jose Melo of Allstone Quarry Products Inc. (Canada) in Schomberg, Ontario, Canada on 13 September 2007.
Terry Goertzen (Canada) rode a 5.55 m (18 ft 2.5 in) tall bicycle, without any stabilisers, over a distance in excess of 300 m (1,000 ft) at North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church, Winnipeg, Canada, on 26 June 2004.
The tallest thistle measures 2.9 metres (8 ft 0 in) and was grown by Christine Sadler (Canada) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada who measured it on 26 August, 2010. Christine found the thistle in her back garden and decided to leave it to continue growing to see how tall it could grow. It is believed to be a Bull Thistle, Cirsium vulgare, although it does have some characteristics of a Scotch Thistle, Onopordum acanthium.