The most chocolate M&M’s a person can catapult into a receptacle in a minute using their thumb from a distance of 5 m is four achieved by Guillaume Perrin (France) at the studios of L’émission des records , Boulogne-Billancourt, France on 17 May 2002.
The record for the most leg revolutions while balancing an urban ball on the foot in one minute is 63 by Iya Traore (Spain) on the set of L’Été de Tous Les Records, Port Leucate, France on 21 July 2004.
The record for ultra-long distance (track) in 48 hours is held by Yiannis Kouros (Greece), who ran a total of 473.495 km (394.21 m) in Surgéres, France, from 3 to 5 May 1996.
The farthest distance ultra-long distance (track) 48 hours (female) was 397.103 km (246.75 mi) by Inagiki Sumie (Japan) in Surgères, France, on 21-23 May 2010.
Nicolas Le Forestier completed 16 full 360 degree flips on one waterski in 30 seconds at the set of L’Ete De Tous Les Records, Biscarrosse Lac, France on 5 August 2003. He equalled his record on the television show again in Biscarrosse on 13 July 2005. The clip shows 17 but the stopwatch was not stopped after exactly 30 seconds, if it had been he would have only achieved 16.
The record for the most wakeboard rail airs completed in 30 seconds is five by Jerome MacQuart (France) on the set of L’Ete De Tous Les Records at Biscarrosse, France on 14 July 2005. A superman or railing air is defined when you are completely lifted off the water in a stretched position and the wakeboard attached to the feet surpasses the head height.
The record for the longest ramp jump on a wakeboard is 15 m (49.2 ft) and was set by Jérôme Macquart (France) on the set of L’Êté De Tous Les Records in Argèles-Gazost, France, on 14 July 2004. Towed into the jump by a jetski.
The record for the longest jump off a ramp on a wake skate is 9 m (29.52 ft) and was set by Jerome MacQuart (France) on the set of L’Été De Tous Les Records in Argeles Gazost, France, on 13 July 2004. Pulled behind a jetski.
The farthest distance for winkle spitting is 10.4 m (34 ft 1.4 in) and held by Alain Jourden (France), who retained his global title of the Winkle World Championship in Moguériec, France, on 16 July 2006 with a spit of 9.38 m (30 ft 9.2 in).
Some 800 people were killed in an accident during a firework display beside the Seine in Paris, France, to celebrate the marriage of the Dauphin on May 16, 1770.