Edward William Beard (1878–1982), a builder of Swindon, Wiltshire, UK, retired in October 1981 after 85 years with the firm he had founded in 1896.

The longest certified career as a submarine captains is 18 years 9 months 26 days and was achieved by Wonjang Kim and Kwanghyun Kim (both South Korea) as of 17 October 2007. They work for a underwater resort taking tourists on underwater trips. During that period they accumulated over 20,000 working hours each. They are currently still working as submarine captains. During all this time they never had any accidents. The certified period was between 22 December 1988 and 17 October 2007. The are still Continue reading →

The longest Olympic career is that of Richard Torriani (Switzerland) (1911-88) from 1928 to 1948. He played in 1928, 1936 and 1948, winning two bronze medals (1928 and 1948).

The Korean War between communist North Korea, backed by China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and South Korea, supported by the USA and the United Nations, started with the invasion of South Korea on 25 June 1950. After the bitter fighting over three years ended, a ceasefire was agreed on 27 July 1953. Continuing difficulties in the relationship between the two parts of the Korean peninsular have precluded the signing of a peace treaty between the two states. Hence they are still Continue reading →

In order to transport wings and other large components of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from production centres around the world for final assembly at the company’s facility at Everett, USA, Boeing unveiled the world’s longest cargo loader on 12 June 2006. Designed by TLD of Quebec, Canada, for Boeing, it measures 35.96 m (118 ft 1 in) long and will be used in conjunction with the modified Boeing 747-400 (“Dreamlifter”) freighters.

A 40.25km 30mile long chain made between Feb and May 1990 and shown on ITV’s Telethon ’90 programme, consisted of 2,067,692 ring pulls and weighed 3/4 of a ton. 

The longest chilli-pepper string measured 1,395 m (4,576 ft 9 in) and was made by citizens of Suncheon City, South Korea, on 11 October 2008. The string consisted of 29,037 red chilli peppers. 2,533 people participated in making the string.

The longest channel in the Solar System is Baltis Vallis, on Venus. It is around 7,000 km (4,300 miles) in length and has an average width of around 1.6 km (1 mile). It was discovered by the Magellan radar mapper, which orbited Venus from August 1990 to October 1994, and is believed to have been formed by molten lava.

Confirmed by GPS, Craig Harrison (UK) of the UK’s Household Cavalry killed two Taliban insurgents from a distance of 2,474 m/2.47 km (8,120 ft, or 1.54 miles) in November 2009. It took the 8.59 mm rounds almost three seconds to hit their targets, which were 914 m (3,000 ft) beyond the L115A3 sniper rifle’s recommended range. A third shot took out the insurgent’s machine gun. The rifle used was by Accuracy International.

The skidmarks made by the jet-powered Spirit of America, driven by Norman Craig Breedlove (USA), after the car went out of control at Bonneville in Utah, USA, on 15 October 1964, was nearly 10 km (6 miles) long. The longest skidmarks recorded on a public road were 290 m (950 ft) long and were left by a Jaguar car involved in an accident on the M1 near Luton, Bedfordshire, UK, on 30 June 1960. Evidence given in the subsequent High Court case Hurlock v. Inglis Continue reading →