Zephyr is a High-Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) made of ultra-lightweight carbon-fibre. It flies on solar power generated by amorphous silicon arrays covering the aircraft’s wings, no thicker than sheets of paper. It is powered day and night by rechargeable lithium-sulphur batteries that are recharged during the day using solar power. On 9 July 2010, Zephyr was launched at 0641hours and set three new world records. They are currently awaiting ratification by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and were: The absolute duration record for Continue reading →

The longest fingernails on a pair of hands (female) belong to Chris “The Dutchess” Walton (USA) and measure in at 309.8 cm (10 ft 2 in) for her left hand and 292.1 cm (9 ft 7 in) for her right hand, for a total of 601.9 cm (19 ft 9 in) as measured in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on 21 February 2011. LEFT HAND – Thumb – 3 ft, Index – 1 ft 10 inches, Middle – 1 ft 4 inches, Ring – 2 ft, Continue reading →

The longest fingernails on a pair of male hands belonged to Melvin Boothe (USA) whose nails had a combined length of 9.85 m (32 ft 3.8 in), when measured in Troy, Michigan, USA on 30 May 2009. Unfortunately, Melvin passed away in December 2009. Melvin’s nail measurements were: Right Hand: Thumb: 39 3/8 = 100 cm, Index: 37 1/4 = 94.6 cm, Middle: 39 1/2 = 100.3 cm, Ring: 40 1/8 = 101.9 cm, Little finger: 34 5/8 = 88 cm. Left Hand: Thumb: 45 Continue reading →

The longest forward jump flip is 5.8 m (19 ft 2 in) by Richard Barnes (USA) at Southlake Gymnastics Academy in Southlake, Texas, USA, on 18 July 2010. Barnes attempted the flip on an FIG competition-certified tumbling floor. Included among the witnesses were former NCAA Division 1 gymnast Shannon Prince, 15-year gymnastics coach Eric Barnes, 5-year gymnastics instructor Amanda Solomon 18-year fireman Darren Burkhart. Barnes had attempted this record previously and failed for using his hands to stabilize his landing on the floor, a correction Continue reading →

On 3 October 2009, the 2.06-km (6,767-ft, or 1.28-mile) Poughkeepsie Bridge (also known as the Walkway Over the Hudson State National Park) in New York, USA, was re-opened to the public as the world’s longest pedestrian bridge. Hornibrook Bridge across Bramble Bay in Queensland, Australia, was longer but demolition started in the summer of 2010.

The longest freestyle rap lasted for 17 hr 00 min 07 sec and was achieved by Aten Williams (USA), also known as A10, in Timberglen Park, Dallas, Texas, USA, on 15 June 2014.

Alfred Sleep (USA) jumped a garbage truck a distance of 23.57 m (77 ft 4 in) at Lebanon Valley Speedway, New York, USA, on 22 June 2004.

Animated cartoon group The Chipmunks (USA), who first reached the US album chart on 30 November 1959, made their UK album chart debut with The Squeakquel on 6 February 2010 – over 50 years later. The personnel of the group remained the same, but the voices were provided by Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., the son of the original recording artist Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (aka David Seville) (both USA).

The longest completed sequence of moves on a Simon game is 14 by Joel Berger (USA) at Hasbro Games, Massachusetts, USA on 17 November 2003.

Warren Nord of Mesa, Arizona, USA and Thor (Tut) Andersen of Ashtabula, Ohio, USA exchanged the same Christmas card every year from 1930-87, a total of 57 years. This record was found in the 1991 edition.