Tag Archives: Finland

Longest cat whiskers

The record for the longest whisker on a cat measured 19 cm (7.5 in) and belongs to Missi, a Maine coon who lives with her owner, Kaija Kyllönen. The whiskers were measured in Iisvesi, Finland on 22 December 2005. Missi’s full name is” Fullmoon’s Miss American Pie”. She was born on the 30th of December in 2001.

Longest Guitar Hero World Tour Marathon

The longest Guitar Hero World Tour marathon lasted for 24 hr 2 min and was achieved by Simo Piispanen (guitar), Aku Valmu (bass), Jaakko Kokkonen (singer) and Simo-Matti Liimatainen (drums) at Assembly Winter 2009, in Tampere, Finland, on 21 February 2009. The record for the highest score on a song was also achieved during this marathon.

Longest marathon playing floorball

The longest marathon playing floorball is 26 hours and was achieved by Lappeenranta University of Technology and Urheilu Koskimies Team (Finland) in Lappeenranta, Finland, from 12 to 13 July 2013. Team UK squared off against the Lappeenranta University of Technology All Stars, with Team UK winning by 328 to 248.

Longest single penetration of a flooded tunnel using an ROV

In March 1999 the ROV ASI Mantaro surveyed the flooded Päijänne Tunnel in Finland in uninterrupted sections of 10 km (6.21 miles). This was accomplished using the ROV’s advanced umbillical cable which has a length of 10 km (6.21 miles) and a diameter of just 14 mm (0.55 in). The ROV used a combination of sonar and underwater video to pinpoint the location of a serious collapse in the tunnel, which was responsible for its flooding.