John Evans of Palmer, Alaska, USA, grew a carrot weighing 8.61 kg (18 lb 13 oz) when measured at the 1998 Alaska State Fair. He started growing the record breaking carrot in February 1998 and transferred it to his garden in May of the same year.  John thought he may have damaged it in the transfer and didn’t do much to it for the next few months.  However one day he decided to check how it was doing and started scratching at the soil on Continue reading →

The heaviest deadlift was 455 kg (1,003 lb) achieved by Andy Bolton (UK) at the WPO Semi-Finals in Lake George, New York, USA, on 4 November 2006. WPO – World Powerlifting Organization

The heaviest fighter plane able to hover is Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter which has an empty weight of 27,000 lb (12,250 kg) and has a maximum take off weight of over 50,000 lb (22,700 kg). The first flight of the Lockheed Martin F-35 was on 24 October 2000 and features a vertically mounted ‘lift fan’ behind the cockpit, driven by a shaft off the engine, plus a vectored exhaust and two exhaust ducts, extending from each side of the engine to exit in Continue reading →

The largest kohlrabi was grown by Scott Robb (USA) and weighed 43.98 kg (96 lb 15 oz) at the Alaska State Fair, Palmer, Alaska, USA, on 30 August 2006.

The world’s largest quince weighed 2.34 kg (5 lb 2 oz), measured 21.5 cm (8.5 in) in length and had a circumference of 68 cm (27 in). The quince was grown by Edward Harold McKinney (USA) in Citronelle, Alabama, USA in January 2002. There is no precise date of weighing/measuring – the record was accepted on 15/4/2002.

The heaviest soursop fruit weighed 3.69 kg (8.14 lb) when measured on 8 June 2010 and was grown by Ken Verosko in Captain Cook, Hawaii, USA. The fruit had a circumference of 60.9 cm (24 in) and a length of 29.2 cm (11.5 in).

The heaviest sumo deadlift by a female in one hour is 47,552.9 kg (104,836 lb 3 oz), and was achieved by Thienna Ho (USA) at the St. Emydius Gym in San Francisco, California, USA, on 14 August 2010 Thienna lifted a 45.8 pound barbell for 2,289 repetitions. Amanda Mochan adjudicated.

The M1A2 Abrams main battle tank, produced by General Dynamics Land Systems (USA) has a combat weight of 63 tonnes (138,900 lb), making it the heaviest tank currently in operational service. It is equipped with a 120 mm gun and has a top speed of 68 km/h (42 mph).

The world’s heaviest tomato weighed 3.51 kg (7 lb 12 oz) and was grown by G. Graham (USA) of Edmond, Oklahoma, USA in 1986.

The heaviest vehicle pulled by a sword swallower is 1,696.44 kg (3,740 lbs) and was achieved by Ryan Stock (Canada) for the television programme Guinea Pig in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on 28 October 2008. The vehicle pulled was a 2002 Audi A4. It was pulled 6.38 m (20 ft 11 in) in 20.53 seconds. The sword swallowed was 43.18 cm long (17 in) and 2 cm wide (3/4 in). Danny Girton Jr. adjudicated.