The longest wall of fire measured 3,102.35 metres (10,178.3 ft) long and was created by the Marine Corps Community Services (USA) during the 2009 MCAS Yuma Air Show in Yuma, Arizona, USA, on 14 March 2009. Over 37,000 spectators were on hand to witness the attempt during the air show which was in its 47th year. The wall had an average height of 42.89 metres (140.57 feet).
The farthest water ski jump by a male is 75.2 m (246 ft 8 in) by Freddy Krueger (USA) at Seffner, Florida, USA, on 2 November 2008.
The New Jersey Devils (USA) won their last 11 regular-season games of the 2005-06 season to set the National Hockey League (NHL) record for the longest winning streak at the end of a season. The streak, which went from 28 March to 18 April 2006, broke the previous record of 9 held by the 1954-55 Detroit Red Wings (USA) and the 1986-87 Montreal Canadiens (Canada).
The longest wheelie on Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar, 2008) was 1,198.50m, achieved by Brendan ‘BaboonSkwad’ Herlacher (USA) in Wickliffe, Ohio, USA on 24 May 2010. http://www.bragster.com/brags/367144
The longest Rhino wheelie measured 1,544.97 m (960 ft) and was achieved by Andy Bell (USA) at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, USA, on 18 November 2008 for the MTV show ‘Nitro Circus’. Bell was assisted by Travis Pastrana, Jeremy Rawle, Eric Roner, Jolene Van Vugt and Hubert Rowland (all USA) who rode on the back of the Rhino in order to add the necessary weight needed to lift the vehicle?s front wheels off the ground for the entire distance. The GWR episode will
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William Borrelli (USA, b. 4 March 1925) has been confined to a wheelchair for 76 years 173 days as of 21 November 2008. William was involved in a bus accident on 2 June 1932.
Longest running comic strip still syndicated has been running for over 105 years and is that of The Katzenjammer Kids, Hans and Fritz, created by Rudolph Dirks was first published in the New York Journal on 12 Dec 1897. The strip is now drawn by cartoonist Hy Eisman and is syndicated to 50 newspapers by King Features Syndicate.
Marco Ferrera (USA) achieved a whistle measuring 125 dB at 2.5 m (8 ft 3 in) away in the Deadroom at Schtung Music Studios, Santa Monica, Califormia, USA on 5 March 2004. The level is comparable to an air raid siren!
The Chrysler air raid sirens are the loudest sirens ever constructed, capable of producing 138 decibels at a distance of 100 ft (30 m). The sirens are so loud that a normal person would be deafened within 60 m (200 ft) of one during operation. The sirens were introduced as the official warning siren for US cities in 1952. Powered Hemi engines, they are able to discharge 74 m³ (2,610 ft³) of air per second, and are powerful enough to cause a piece of paper
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The loudest crowd roar at an indoor sports event was 126 dBA achieved by fans of the Sacramento Kings (USA) at Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, California, USA on 15 November 2013. The crowd at the Sleep Train Arena surpassed the previous record of 106.6 dBA during a timeout in the first quarter with a measurement of 119.7 dBA, and an attempt at halftime of 122.6 before a final attempt during the fourth quarter timeout. The game was against the Detroit Pistons.