The longest ramp jump by a monster truck is 63.58 m (208.61 ft) and was achieved by Joe Sylvester (USA) in his Bad Habit professional monster truck at the 10th Annual Cornfield 500, Columbus, PA, USA, on 5 September 2010. Joe made 3 attempts overall. During the first attempt the truck landed on its nose, shattering the front suspension. The second attempt, during the actual event, was a little short off a new record. With a slight alteration to the ramp Joe was able to Continue reading →

The USA has some 226,427 km (140,695 miles) of rail. Second place belongs to Russia, with 87,157 km (54,156 miles) of track. Top Ten Longest Rail Networks Country Total Length USA 226,427 km Russia 87,157 km China 77,834 km India 64,015 km Canada 46,688 km Germany 41,896 km Australia 37,855 km Argentina 31,409 km France 29,213 km Brazil 28,857 km Source: CIA World Factbook

The longest ramp jump by a truck cab measured 15.39 m (50 ft 6 in) and was completed by Gregg Godfrey (USA) at Godfrey Trucking/Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, on 17 November 2008 for the MTV show ‘Nitro Circus´. The GWR episode will air January 2009.

The longest jump on a snowmobile is 91.7 m (301 ft) by Paul Thacker (USA) in Brainerd, Minnesota, USA on 26 March 2009. Stuart Claxton adjudicated.

The longest ribbon used in a ribbon-cutting ceremony measured 5.51 miles (8.86 km) and was used by the state of New Jersey (USA) to re-open the Jersey Shore in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, USA, on 24 May 2013. The re-opening of the Jersey Shore occurred nearly seven months after the area was devastated by 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. The ribbon began on the beach’s coastline and concluded on the famous Seaside Heights boardwalk. New Jersey governor Chris Christie held the honors of cutting the ribbon.

Joe Louis (USA) was champion for 11 years 252 days, from 22 June 1937, when he knocked out James Joseph Braddock (USA) in the eighth round at Chicago, Illinois, USA, until announcing his retirement on 1 March 1949. During his reign Louis made a record 25 defences of his title.

The longest rubber band chain measures 2.12 km (1.32 miles) and was created by Allison Coach (USA). It was presented and measured at L’Anse Creuse Middle School East in Chesterfield Township, Michigan, USA, on 26 April 2010. Each individual rubber band was 8.89 cm (3.5 in) long.

The world’s longest running TV variety show is Sábado Gigante (Univision Television Network, USA), which has been broadcast every Saturday evening since 8 August 1962. The show was created and has been continually hosted by Mario Kreutzberger (Chile) or ‘Don Francisco’ as he is known. Sábado Giante (Giant Saturday) was originally broadcast in Chile (Channel 13, Catholic University Television Corporation of Chile), before moving to its current production site in Miami, Florida, USA where the first US transmission was on 12 April 1986. It is Continue reading →

The longest running civil court case has been led by James Martin (USA) since 14 December 1972, when the issue in the Martin v. Sample case was filed; it was then appealed to the US Supreme Court, Washington, DC, USA in October 1981, and docketed as case number 81-6884, on 14 June 1982. Following a summons by the Selective Service System (Pennsylvania, USA), Mr Martin attended a three-day pre-induction physical exam to assess his fitness for military service in the Vietnam War; he was subsequently Continue reading →

The longest salad bar measures 209.742 m (688 ft 1.56 in) in length and was achieved by Jensen Jewelers (USA) at the Saladbowl Bash in Hudsonville, Michigan, USA, on 27 July 2013. The salad weighed 1,077.99 kg (2,376.56 lb) and contained lettuce, carrot, onion, radish, cabbage, zucchini, celery, cucumber and peppers as well as a selection of dressings.