Archive for the 'Human achievements & skills' Category

Most Spoons Balanced on the Face

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

The most spoons balanced on the face is 16 and was achieved by Joe Allison (United Kingdom) in Devon, United Kingdom, on 1 April 2008.
Joe used stainless steel teaspoons. He balanced 5 spoons on the forehead, 4 on the cheeks, 1 on the nose, 2 on his top lip, 1 on each ear and 2 [...]

Longest marriage

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher have been married for more than 84 years-setting the world record for the Longest [...]

Most people kissing at the same time

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

MEXICO CITY, Mexico--40,000 people have gathered in Mexico City's huge central plaza to pucker up for peace and locked lips on Valentine's Day -setting the world record for the Most people kissing at one [...]

Fastest tap dancer

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Tony Adams, 49, share-broker and motivational speaker, danced in 60 seconds using 602 [...]

Smallest helicopter-world record

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

75-year-old Gennai Yanagisawa, who runs an electronics equipment company in Matsumoto, central Japan, has created a 75kg (165-pound) one-man aircraft which sets the world record for the smallest helicopter.
Yanagisawa's helicopter is the smallest model in the world in terms of weight and its rotor length of 3.9 metres.
The first prototype he created in 1995 hovered [...]

Worlds best racing driver

Friday, December 12th, 2008

With six wins from championships Michael Schumacher from Germany is world's best Formula 1 driver. Michael also holds the F1 records for: most career wins (91), most wins in a season, most career pole positions, most points during a season (148 in 2004), most consecutive world championships (5), most consecutive race wins (2004), most pdium [...]

Longest lasting human flag

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Dominic Lacasse is the person that holds a world record in human flag. Watch the video of braking the old record. The new record is 39 seconds

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Oldest person in the world

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

The longest unambiguously documented lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875–1997), who died aged 122 years and 164 days.

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Most cockroaches eaten

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Ken Edwards from England ate 36 cockroaches in one minute on the set of The Big Breakfast, London, England on March 5, 2001.
We really don't know why he ate the cockroaches but it's interesting information

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Fastest person

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Here are the fastest runners in the world

Source: wikipedia

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