Usain Bolt's 100m records
At the record-winning event, Usain Bolt's average ground speed was 37.58km/h, whilst reaching a top speed of 44.72km/h in the 60-80m stretch – numbers fitting for the world's fastest man.
There is one sports record, however, that will never be beaten: Uwe Hohn's javelin throw of 104.80 meters. Hohn changed the sport with that throw back in 1984, and experts believe it's a record that will never be broken.
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In one minute Ashrita Furman crushed 80 eggs with his head. 10,800 students brushed their teeth for about three minutes in Manila, Philippines. Over 40 years, Niek Vermulen collected a staggering 6016 sick bags. The bags are from 1142 airlines and 160 countries.
The longest handshake was 33 hr 3 min, and was achieved by Alastair Galpin and Don Purdon (both New Zealand) and Rohit Timilsina and Santosh Timilsina (both Nepal) in Times Square in New York, New York, USA, on 16 January 2011.
Description. The World Record of "FASTEST RECITATION OF 1 TO 100 COUNTING" was achieved by AAKHYA TRIVEDI on 22nd December 2022 from Palghar (Maharashtra) india. She recited counting from 1 to 100 in 34 seconds 33 centiseconds and has set a new world record for International Book of Records.
Lucile was just over three years away from becoming the oldest person ever, a record held by Jeanne Louise Calment (France). Jeanne, who was born on 21 February 1875, lived to be 122 years 164 days old. Guinness World Records sends our condolences to all of Lucile's friends and family at this time.
In 2013, Breaking Bad entered the Guinness World Records as the most critically acclaimed TV show of all time.
Noah Riffe took a shower in 36.10 seconds, he currently holds the world record for fastest shower. After which, turn it off and lather up the soap, scrubbing it around your body. Lastly, turn on the water again, rinsing away the soap in a minute or so and voila, you are done.
The world record for a non-oxygen-assisted breath hold is 11:35 minutes* by Stéphane Mifsud. For women it is 9:02 minutes, held by Natalia Molchanova. These are people who have trained for many years, and are the top professional apneists (apnea means temporarily stopped breathing). How did Winslet do it then?
Notorious B.O.B. He holds a number of eating records, including the most food ever eaten by weight and/or volume: 23.4 lbs or 312 fluid ounces of salmon chowder, consumed in 6 minutes.
The most eggs crushed with the head in the backbend position in one minute is 85 and was achieved by Chittesh.
Most socks put on one foot in 30 seconds
Can you put 28 socks on one foot in just 30 seconds? You can! Wow, well then do 29 and you will be a record breaker. Pavol Durdik from Slovakia currently holds the record for this, with the only rule being that you have to put them on one at a time.
The smallest measurable length in the universe is the Planck length, which is 1.6 x 10-35 m across. It is equivalent to around a millionth of a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a centimetre across (a decimal point followed by 34 zeroes and a one). This is the scale at which quantum foam is believed to exist.
If you have a certain skill and you want to try to break a record, surely one of the first questions that comes to your mind is how much they pay to make a Guinness World Record. Contrary to what many people believe, entering the Guinness Book of World Records does not have any type of economic compensation.
Meet Ashrita Furman
Now aged 68, Furman, a New York-based health food store manager holds the Guinness World Record for the most Guinness World Records. While he has set more than 600 official records, currently he holds 530 of them.
Following a series of owners, the franchise has been owned by the Jim Pattison Group since 2008, with its headquarters moved to South Quay Plaza, Canary Wharf, London in 2017.