The largest thriller dance is achieved by 13,597 participants in an event organised by the Instituto de la Juventud del Gobierno del Distrito Federal at the Monumento a la Revolucion, Mexico City, Mexico, on 29 Aug 2009. Log books were used for the counting.

The lightest commercially available spectacles frame weighs 1.01 grams (0.04 oz) and is produced by Spectral Optics and Mr Nestor Clemente Grimaldi (both Mexico). It was presented and weighed in Mexico City, Mexico, on 20 May 2010. The frame consists of three separate pieces that only form a pair of spectacles together with some glasses. The weight was the pieces of the frame plus nose pads. The weight without nose pads was 0.77 grams (0.03 oz). The weight was the average of weighing three different Continue reading →

The living tree with the greatest circumference (girth) is that belonging to El Arbol del Tule in Oaxaca state, Mexico. This Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) measured 42 m (137 ft) tall in 1998, with a girth of approximately 36 m (119 ft) and a diameter of 11.5 m (38 ft), at 1.5 m (5 ft) above the ground. The Tree of One Hundred Horses, a European chestnut (Castanea sativa) had a circumference of 57.9 m (190 ft) in 1780, but unfortunately, due to abuse over Continue reading →

The longest career as a children’s television host is 40 years 11 months and was achieved by Xavier Lopez a.k.a Chabelo (Mexico) who has hosted En Familia con Chabelo, broadcast on Televisa, Mexico, every Sunday from 6 December 1968 to 15 November 2009. In his 40 year career Chabelo has only missed two shows. Xavier Lopez was born in 1935.

The record for the longest working career of a TV chef belongs to Eva Vicenta Uranga Roig Vda. de Zarate (Mexico) or ‘Mrs Zarate’ as she is known, who presented her first cookery show, Cocina Al Minuto (Televisora Tapatia, Mexico) on 1 December 1960. She currently presents the same show (under the different name) Hasta La Cocina (Televisa Guadalajara Co., Mexico) in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. History: Cocina Al Minuto (Cooking in a minute); 1 December 1960 – December 1963. Cocine Mejor (Cook Better); January 1964-September Continue reading →

The longest distance swam underwater with one breath (open water) was 150 m (492 ft 1 in) by Carlos Coste (Venezuela) in the Dos Ojos cave system in Quintana Roo, Mexico, on 3 November 2010. Coste’s swim lasted 2 min 32 sec.

The longest distance swam underwater by a female on one breath using fins is 100 m (328 ft 1 in) by Ai Futaki (Japan) at Playa del Carmen, Mexico, on 7 January 2011. The dive took place an underwater cave and lasted for 1 min 52 sec.

The longest distance swam underwater by a female on one breath without using fins is 90 m (295 ft 3 in) by Ai Futaki (Japan) at Playa del Carmen, Mexico, on 7 January 2011. The duration of the swim was 2 min 6 sec.

The longest dance marathon by a couple was performed by Francisco Petatán-Garcia and Joana Salinas-Aviles (both Mexico), who continuously danced for 35 hours in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, on 15-16 November 2008. Francisco and Joana are both professional dancers and were supported by the Mexican Institute of Social Security

The longest running daily radio news programme with the same host is “Radio Tribuna” hosted by Enrique Montero Ponce (Mexico) which has been broadcast for forty years from 31 October 1969 to 28 October 2009. Mr Montero Ponce is a local celebrity in Puebla, his radio newscast was the first news programme on the radio in the area.