World Records
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Body World Records
Oldest Person
122 y 164 d (1997)
Tallest Person
2.72 m / 8 ft 11 in (1940)
Heaviest Person
636 kg / 1400 lb (1978)
Biggest Hand (Wrist to Middle Finger)
26.9 cm / 10.6 in (2008)
Biggest Feet
47cm / 18.5 in (1940)
Biggest Nose
8.8 cm / 3.5 in (2007)
Longest Tongue
9.5 cm / 3.7 in (2006)
Longest Hair
5.63 m / 18 ft 5.5 in (2004)
Longest Beard
5.33m / 17 ft 6 in (1927)
Longest Moustache
3.81 m / 12 ft 6 in (2004)
Longest Ear Hair
13.2 cm / 5.2 in (2003)
Breath Holding
00h:17m:04s (2008)
Time Without Sleep
264 h / 11 d (1964)
Sports Word Records
Push-Ups in One Hour
1781 (2005)
Continuous Non-Stop Push-Ups
10,507 (1980)
Pull-Ups in One Minute
46 (2007)
Long Jump
8.95 m / 29 ft 4.4 in (1991)
High jump
2.45 m / 8 ft 0.5 in (1993)
100m (Running)
9.69 s (2008)
1500m (Running)
03m:26s (1998)
10,000m (Running)
26m:17s (2005)
Marathon
02h:04m:26s (2007)
100m (Swimming)
47.24 s (2008)
100 m (Swimming - Backstroke)
52.98 s (2007)
1500m (Swimming)
14m:34s (2001)
Longest Distance Swam
5268 km / 3274 miles (2007)
Soccer Ball Juggling (With Feet)
19h:30m:00s (2003)
Soccer Ball Heading
08:32m:03s (2004)
Fun Word Records
Balancing Pool Cue on Finger
11km / 7 miles (2005)
Balancing Milk Bottle on Head
130km / 81 miles (1998)
One-Handed Brick Carrying
137 km / 85miles (1999)
100m (Space Hopper)
30.2 s (2004)
Parachute Jumps in 24 Hours
640 (2006)
20 oz / 590 ml Glasses Balanced on Chin
81 (2007)
Grapes Caught in Mouth in One Minute
77 (2006)
One Minute Apple Bobbing
33 (2008)
Spoons Balanced on Face
16 (2008)
Fastest Rapper
852 syllables in 42 seconds (2007)
Drinking a Litre of Beer
1.3 s (1977)
Eating a 12" Pizza
19.91 s (2006)
Hot Dog Eating (Sausage & Bun)
66 in 12 minutes (2007)
Fastest Balloon Model of a Dog
6.5 s (2006)
Largest Origami Paper Crane (Wingspan)
78.19 m / 256 ft 6 in (2001)
Numbers Memorised in One Minute
162 (2005)
Rubik Cube Solving (Single 3x3)
9.18s (2008)
Tallest House of Cards
7.85 m / 25 ft 9 in (2007)
Tallest Sandcastle
9.6 m / 31 ft 6 in (2007)
Longest Chess Game
20h:15m (1989)
Longest Movie
5,220 minutes / 87 hours (The Cure for Insomnia)
Longest Book Title
3,999 characters / 670 words (2007)
Longest Book (English Language)
2.5 million words (Marienbad My Love)
Longest Human Chain (Hand-to-Hand)
1,050 km / 652 miles / 5 million people (2004)
Tech / Construction World Records
Farthest Human from Earth
400,171 km / 248,655 miles (1970)
Longest Continuous Human Time in Space
437 days (1994)
Car Speed
1,228 km/h / 763 mph (1997)
Fastest Production Car
412 km/h / 256 mph (2007)
Motorcycle Speed
565 km/h / 350 mph (2006)
Water Speed
511 km/h / 318 mph (1978)
Aircraft (Manned) Speed
3,530 km/h / 2,194 mph (1976)
Longest Road
24,140 km / 15,000 miles (Pan-American Highway, South & North America)
Longest Tunnel
57 km / 35 miles (The Alps, Switzerland)
Longest Bridge
35 km / 22 miles (Hangzhou Bay, China)
Longest Railroad
9,288 km / 5,772 miles (Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia)
Tallest Building
636 m / 2,087 ft (Burj Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Floors in a Building
162 (Burj Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Tallest Roller Coaster
139 m 456 ft (Kingda Ka, United States)
Tallest Ferris Wheel
165m 541 ft (Singapore Flyer, Singapore)
Largest Building (By Volume)
13.3 million m³ / 472 million ft³ (Boeing Plant, USA)
Largest Building (By Floor Space)
1.3 m² / 14 million ft²) (Beijing Airport Terminal 3, China)
Longest Building
1,700 m / 5,580 ft (Kansai International Airport Terminal, Japan)
Largest Shopping Mall
890,000 m² / 9.6 million ft² (South China Mall, China)
Highest Capacity Sporting Facility
400,000 people (Indianapolis Speedway, USA)
Natural World Records
Tallest Tree
115.55 m / 379 ft 1 in (Redwood National Park, USA)
Longest River
6,695 km / 4,160 miles (Nile River, East Africa)
Highest Point on Earth
8,848 m / 29,028 ft (Mount Everest, Nepal)
Greatest Vertical Drop
1,250 m / 4,100 ft (Mount Thor, Canada)
Deepest Point on Earth
10,923 m / 35,838 ft (Challenger Deep, Pacific Ocean)
Highest Temperature
58 °C / 136 °F (Al 'Aziziyah, Libya)
Fastest Temperature Rise
27 °C / 49 °F in 2 minutes (South Dakota, USA)
Longest Heat Wave (Continuous Days Exceeding 37.8°C / 100°F)
160 days (Marble Bar, Australia)
Coldest Temperature
−89.6 °C / −128.6 °F (Vostok Station, Antarctica)
Rain in One Minute
3.1 cm / 1.2 in (Maryland, USA)
Total Annual Rainfall
26.47 m / 86 ft 10.1 in (Cherrapunji, India)
Total Annual Snowfall
31.1 m / 102 ft 0.4 in (Mount Rainier, USA)
Largest Snowflake (Diameter)
38 cm / 15 in (Montana, USA)
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