The loudest dog bark measured 124 dB and was produced by 76 dogs in an event organised by Petmate, in Washington Park, Colorado, US on 7 November 2009. The event was organise by Petmate, to help raise food for local dog rescure centres and promote their line of dog toys named ‘Dogzilla.’ Owners donated a tin of unopened dog food. The barking was measured by a calibrated type I SPL sound metre.

A peak reading of 134.1dBA was recorded while measuring the Factory Steam Whistle at The New York Wire Company, York, Pennsylvania, USA on 12 December 2002. The measurement was taken during the annual playing of Christmas Carols, the only time the whistle is now used. On a calm night the whistle can be heard within a five mile radius.

The lowest motorcycle backflip ever completed was 91 cm (3 ft) off the ground and was achieved by Travis Pastrana (USA) at Godfrey Trucking/Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, on 17 November 2008 for the MTV show ‘Nitro Circus’. The distance measured in this case was the lowest part of the rider’s body while in rotation, i.e. the head. The GWR episode will air January 2009.

The lowest manmade temperature achieved to date is 450 picokelvin above absolute zero. It was achieved by a team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, led by Aaron Leanhardt. The team members were: A.E. Leanhardt, T.A. Pasquini, M. Saba, A. Shirotzek, Y. Shin, D. Kielpinski, D.E. Pritchard and W. Ketterle. Their research was published in Science magazine on 12 September 2003.

Robert Gallup (Australia) was leg manacled, handcuffed, chained, put into a secured mail bag and then locked in an 0.74 m² (8 ft²) cage before being thrown out of a C-123 transport plane at 5,485 m (18,000 ft) above the Mojave Desert, California, USA. With less than a minute before impact and travelling at 240 km/h (150 mph), he escaped from the sack and cage to reach his parachute secured on the outside of the cage and was able to deploy it with enough altitude Continue reading →

The lowest Speedgolf score is 109.06 and was achieved by Christopher Smith (US) at the 2005 Chicago Speedgolf Classic, in Chicago, United States, on 16 October 2005. Speed golf is also known as Hit and Run golf or Extreme golf. The score is calculated by adding the standard golf score to the time taken to complete the course. In this case the golf score was 65 and the time was 44 min 06 sec.

The lowest score in an 18 hole short golf course is 54 (16 under par 70), achieved by Christian Carpenter (USA) on his home course, Henry River Golf Club, which measured 5,443 m (5,952.53 yd), scoring 4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 1, 4, 2, 4=26 out, and 4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 4, 3=28 in, on 7 October 2007. Christian was only 12 yrs old when he shot the record round. On 5 November 2007, he was offered a college place at UCLA when he Continue reading →

The highest attendance for Major League Baseball (USA)during a single-season is 73,070,631 in 2005; an average of 30,936 per game. The previous record was for the 2004 season, with 73,022,969 (or an average of 30,401 per game). NB 2005 figures released in September – four days before the end of the ‘regular’ season. Source: MLB sets single-season attendance record Baseball in ‘golden era,’ breaks mark for second straight season http://g.msn.com/0MN2ET7/2?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9542489/from/ET/&&CM=EmailThis&CE=1

Bob Bradford and Clark Eid (both USA) paddled the length of the Mississippi from Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to Mile Zero in the Gulf of Mexico in a time of 18 days, 4 hours and 51 minutes from 10 to 28 May 2003. The record was set during The Mississippi River Challenge for Rett Syndrome and Leukodystrophy. Note: Claimants were sent guidelines before the record category was rested, and as such we have accepted their claim. However, the category should remain rested (as too parochial), since Continue reading →

Jarret Reid of Anaheim, California, USA managed by travelling from a ramp at a height of 5.48 m. (18 ft), a single scooter back flip, landing with both feet on the scooter at Van Nuys Airport, California for Guinness World Records: Primetime on 21 January 2001.