The SRN4 Mk III, a British-built civil hovercraft, formerly employed ferrying passengers and cars across the English channel, weighs 310 tonnes (683,400 lb) and can accommodate 418 passengers and 60 cars. It is 56.38 m (185 ft) in length, and is powered by four Bristol Siddeley Marine Proteus engines, giving a maximum speed in excess of the scheduled permitted cross-Channel operating speed of 65 knots (120 km/h or 75 mph). Cross-channel services ceased in December 2000 when the hovercraft were replaced by slower but more Continue reading →

The largest chocolate bar weighed 5,792.50 kg (12,770 lb 4.48 oz) and was created by Thorntons plc (UK) in Alfreton, Derbyshire, UK on 7 October 2011. The chocolate bar measured 4.0 m (13 ft 1.48 in) by 4.0 m (13 ft 1.48 in) by 0.35 m (1 ft 1.78 in). The ingredients were sugar, dried whole milk powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, butter oil, emulsifier.

The loudest purr by a domestic cat is 67.7 dB (LA peak) and was achieved by Smokey, owned by Lucinda Ruth Adams (UK) at Spring Hill farm, Pitsford, Northampton, UK, on 25 March 2011. Smokey is a domestic cat and achieved its record in its home, where it felt relaxed and happy. Accessories used during the record attempt include a grooming brush, slices of ham and stroking by hand. The measurement was made by Class 1 sound level meter NA-28 by RION in the presence Continue reading →

*6:23.96 China (Hua Yu, Haixia Chen, Xuefei Fan, Jing Liu, Eton, UK 27 August 2006 *Denotes non-Olympic boat classes

3:47.97 USA (Margaret Hoelzer, Jessica Hardy, Dana Vollmer, Amanda Weir) Manchester, UK 18 Dec 2009

3:54.92 Joanne Jackson (UK) Leeds, UK, 8 August 2009

3:03.30 USA (Nathan Adrian, Matt Grevers, Garrett Weber-Gale, Michael Phelps) Manchester, UK 19 December 2009 Michael Phelps has multiple swimming world records.

The most squats in one minute carrying a 60 lb pack is 44 and was achieved by Paddy Doyle (UK), in Stamina’s Self Defence Boxing Gym in Birmingham, UK, on 9 December 2012.

The first tank was No. 1 Lincoln was built by William Foster Co. Ltd of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK and modified to become Little Willie. It first ran on 6 September 1915. Tanks first saw action with the Heavy Section, Machine Gun Corps, later the Tank Corps, at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, France, on 15 September 1916. The Mark I `Male’ tank, armed with a pair of 6-pounder guns and four machine guns, weighed 28.4 tonnes (62,611 lb) and was powered by a 105-hp (78-kW) motor, Continue reading →

Kiran Shah (UK) (b. 28 September 1956) is the shortest professional stuntman currently working in films, standing 1 m 26.3 cm (4ft 1.7 in) when measured on 20 October 2003. Having appeared in 52 movies since 1976, he has performed stunts in 31 of them, including being perspective stunt-double for Christopher Reeve (USA) in Superman (UK 1978) and Superman II (UK 1980) and more recently Elijah Wood (USA) in The Lord of the Rings (NZ/USA 2001 – 2003) trilogy. ….