The highest voltage survived by an external hard drive is 75,000 volts, achieved by the Threx 2 Datasafe manufactured by secumem Gmbh and tested at the University of Applied Science, Munich, Germany, on 4 December 2009. The 75,000 volts survived is across the connectors (where the greatest likelihood of electrical overload exists), however it can deal with even greater load across the casing itself – in simulated ‘lightning strike’ tests, the device survived 240,000 volts without loss of data. The Threx 2 can also withstand Continue reading →

The highest voltage from a potato battery is 538.1 Volt DC and was achieved by the Verband Soester Ingenieure VSI e.V. (all Germany) during the Campus-Summernight Party at the University of Soest, in Soest, Germany, on 18 July 2009. The record was achieved using 1,000 potatoes of the variety Velox new potatoes. The potatoes were arranged on a wooden frame with one zinc and one copper nail in each potato, connected in a closed circuit. the voltmeter was calibrated by independent professionals of the German Continue reading →

The farthest barefoot water skiing jump (women) was 21 m (69 ft) by Elaine Heller (USA) in Brandenburg, Germany, on 12 August 2010.

The highest jump in barefoot waterskiing (male) was 29.9 m (98 ft 1 in) by David Small (UK) in Brandenburg, Germany, on 11 August 2010.

The largest horse quadrille involved 103 Haflinger horses and riders during the Equitana Open Air horse festival on 18 May 2008. The event was organised by Haflinger Gestüt Ziegelhof and held at Neuss Racecourse, Neuss, Germany.

The world’s largest airships were the 213.9 tonne (471,500 lb) German Hindenburg (LZ 129) and Graf Zeppelin II (LZ 130), each of which had a length of 245 m (803 ft 10 in) long with a hydrogen gas capacity capacity of 200,000 m³ (7,062,100 ft³). The Hindenburg first flew in 1936, exploding and crashing on 6 May 1937, Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA and the Graf Zeppelin II in 1938.

The largest ambulance is operated by the Dubai Government’s Centre of Ambulance Services, which measures 20.03 m (65.71 ft) designed by Dr. Martin von Bergh of Global Medical Consulting, with a total treatment and transport capacity of 123 patients and staff, presented on 25 September 2009. The ambulance was assembled by the company Gebr. Heymann GmBH and equipped by Cytomed Middle East. The ambulances consist of an operating theatre, three intensive care units and eight immediate care units.

The largest aneurysm of the ascending aorta removed from the human body was 11.7 cm (4.9 in) in diameter and was removed from Sylvia Ast (Germany) at Deutsches Herzzentrum in Munich, Germany on 2 April 2009. Sylvia Ast was 26 years old at the time of operation and suffers from Turner’s syndrome.

The largest anamorphic pavement art is 1,570.0 m² (16,899 ft² 69 in²) and was created by Wilhelmshaven Touristik and Freizeit gmbH (Germany), in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, on 4 August 2012. The anamorphic artwork was created at the Wilhelmshaven International Street Art Festival by four artists: Gregor Wosik, Melanie Siegel, Vanessa Hitzfeld and Lydia Hitzfeld. The painting depicted Noah’s Ark, a theme that was chosen in response to the Ancient Mayan prediction of the Apocalypse in 2012.

The largest animal sculpture in the shape of a cow was created by Milka (Germany) measuring 14.18 m (46 ft 6 in) tall, 11.77 m (38 ft 7 in) wide and 21.24 m (69 ft 8 in) long in Berlin, Germany on 11 November 2007.