The longest tail on a horse is 381 cm (12 ft 6 in) and was measured on the mare JJS Summer Breeze on 23 August 2007. She is owned by Crystal and Casey Socha of Augusta, Kansas, USA. Two slightly different measurements were provided. One was 12 ft 7 in by Mrs Williams, one of the witnesses, the other the above, by mr Mohney, a Vet. We decided to go with the measurement that was provided by the Vet because he is the expert in Continue reading →

The world’s longest domestic cat tail measured 41.5 cm (16.34 in) on 13 February 2011 and belongs to Mymains Stewart Gilligan, or Stewie as he is called, who lives with his owners, Robin Hendrickson (USA) and Erik Brandsness (USA), in Reno, Nevada, USA. Stewie now holds two Guinness World Records titles, as he is also the longest domestic cat at 123 cm (48.5 in) long. Stewie is a 6 year old black silver classic tabby Maine Coon. After having his tail measured, he spent the Continue reading →

The longest career as a church pianist/organist is 73 years and was achieved by Martha Godwin (b. 17 Jan 1927, USA), who has served as the pianist and organist of the Macedonia United Methodist Church in Southmont, North Carolina, USA, since April 1940, at the age of 13 years. Martha plays the organ at the church’s Sunday service every week, accompanies choir practice and also plays for special music programs such as Easter and Christmas services, weddings and funerals. She has been described as “a Continue reading →

The longest temporary bar was 796.82 m (2,614 ft 2 in) and was achieved by Northcoast University (USA) in Maumee, Ohio, USA, on 11 June 2011. The bar was created out of tables that were lined up. This is the same way the previous holder set up their bar.

The off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt (both USA), opened on 3 May 1960 and finally closed on 13 January 2002 having been performed a record 17,162 times at the Sullivan Street Playhouse, Greenwich Village, New York, USA.

The longest tightrope crossing by bicycle is 71.63 m (235 ft) and was achieved by Nik Wallenda (USA) in Newark, New Jersey, USA, on 15 October 2008. The tightrope was set up between two cranes at a height of 41.15 m (135 ft).

The longest tie dye measured 926.93 m (3,041 ft 1.44 in) long, and was created by Inez Harwood (USA), in Hayfork, California, USA, on 25 September 2013.

Constantine Wilson and Clarence Robbins (both USA) exchanged their rifles at a distance of 5.48 m (18 ft) apart, with both rifles completeing a 1½ revolution in the air before being caught at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA on 23 April 2004. For all the rifle display demonstration records, the weapon must weigh a minimum of 3.54 kg (9 lb 6 oz), with a mounted strap and a fixed bayonet with a minimum length of 24 cm (9.5 in).

The longest time in an abdominal plank position is 3 hours 7 minutes and 15 seconds and was achieved by George Hood (USA) in Newport, KY, USA on 20 April 2013. The record attempt helped raise money through donations to the American Heart Foundation.

The longest time to hold the elbow hook split position on a pole is 1 min 16 sec and was achieved by Amanda Longo (USA) at the 2012 Pole Con competition in Los Angeles, California, USA on 24 June 2012. The event was hold by the International Pole Convention. There were several other participants but Amanda achieved the record time.