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Longest career as a theatre showgirl in the same production

Linda Green (USA) has been with the Jubilee! production show at Bally’s, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, as principal dancer/showgirl since its opening night of 30 July 1981. Having performed in over 13,800 shows, yet still required to re-audition for the position twice a year, she finally left the show at the age of 51 on 9 September 2004 after 23 years 41 days. She performed two shows each night, six nights each week without fail and attributes her stamina to swimming a mile twice a Continue reading →

Longest career in the same company

The longest time an individual has worked for the same company is 80 years, a record set by Thomas Stoddard (b. 1912) who started working at Speakman Company located in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, on 16 February 1928 as a mail boy until his retirement in 2008 as a member of the Board of Directors.

Longest chain of shoes

The longest chain of shoes consisted of 24,962 shoes and was achieved by The Shoeman Water Projects at Stankowski Field at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA on 7 May 2011. All the shoes were tied up in pairs and were placed heal-to-toe, spelling the word ‘Water’.

Longest concert by multiple artists

The longest concert by multiple artists lasted for 360 hours and was conducted at AJ’s Music Cafe, Ferndale, Michigan, USA from 19 March 2011 to 3 April 2011. This is the third time AJ’s Music Cafe has held and broken the record organized by Allen O’Neil, after previously holding the record in 2009 and 2010. The concert took place from 5 p.m. on 19 March 2011 to 5 p.m. on 3 April 2011. Artists at the concert performed songs from genres including Motown, blues and Continue reading →

Longest continuous note streak achieved on a Guitar Hero game

The longest note streak on a Guitar Hero game is 3,722 and was achieved by Danny Johnson (USA) while playing ‘Through the Fire and Flames’ on Guitar Hero III (Xbox 360), hitting 100% of the notes, at Book Expo America in New York City, New York, USA, on 30 May 2009. Danny Johnson broke his own record for the Highest score for a single track on Guitar Hero III (Xbox 360) in this same attempt.

Longest continuous burn of oil spill

The longest continuous oil-spill burn at sea is 11 hours 48 minutes and was started deliberately by Elastec/American Marine, Inc. (USA) ) to remove oil spilled as a result of the explosion on board the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, USA. The burn occurred on 19 May 2010.

Longest cornhole shot

The longest successful cornhole shot was 32.3 m (106 ft) and was achieved by Aaron Burris (USA) in East Glenn, Indiana, USA, on 30 October 2010. Aaron Burris took 54 shots to successfully hole the bean bag on the day.

Longest cooking marathon (individual)

The longest cooking marathon by an individual is 40 hours and was achieved by Benjamin J. Perry (USA) in Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA, on 12 March 2014. Perry is a student at the Metropolitan Regional Career & Technical Center in Providence, Rhode Island, and donated all food prepared to two local homeless shelters.