The world record breakers

Here are some of the most impressive world record breakers in various categories:

Human Achievements

  1. Longest fingernails ever recorded: Shridhar Chillal from India has not cut his fingernails since 1952 and has a total length of 909.6 cm (358.5 in).
  2. Longest duration without sleep: Randy Gardner from the USA stayed awake for 264.4 hours (11 days) in 1964.
  3. Highest altitude reached without oxygen: Felix Baumgartner from Austria jumped from a balloon at 39,045 meters (128,100 ft) in 2012.
  4. Longest marathon running backwards: Alexey Posypanov from Russia ran 26.2 miles (42.2 km) in 4 hours 12 minutes in 2018.
  5. Most hamburgers eaten in one sitting: Joey Chestnut from the USA ate 72 hamburgers in 10 minutes in 2016.

Animal Achievements

  1. Fastest land animal: The cheetah can reach speeds of up to 120 km/h (75 mph).
  2. Longest-living animal: The Turritopsis dohrnii, also known as the "immortal jellyfish," can live indefinitely by transforming its body into a younger state through a process called transdifferentiation.
  3. Largest animal: The blue whale can grow up to 33 meters (108 ft) in length and weigh up to 180 metric tons (200 tons).
  4. Smallest animal: The fairyfly is a type of wasp that is only 0.2 millimeters (0.008 in) long.
  5. Longest migration: The Arctic tern makes an annual migration of up to 50,000 kilometers (31,000 miles) from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again.

Natural Phenomena

  1. Deepest part of the ocean: The Mariana Trench has a maximum depth of approximately 11,000 meters (36,000 ft).
  2. Highest mountain: Mount Everest, located in the Himalayas, stands at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft) above sea level.
  3. Longest river: The Nile River stretches for approximately 6,695 kilometers (4,160 miles) from its source in Burundi to its delta on the Mediterranean Sea.
  4. Largest desert: The Sahara Desert covers an area of approximately 9,200,000 square kilometers (3,552,000 sq mi) across North Africa.
  5. Longest coastline: Canada has the longest coastline in the world, stretching for approximately 243,000 kilometers (151,000 miles).

Other Records

  1. Largest collection of airsickness bags: Niek Vermeulen from the Netherlands has a collection of over 6,142 airsickness bags from around the world.
  2. Most t-shirts worn at once: Jyothi Raj from India wore 257 t-shirts at once in 2018.
  3. Longest duration balancing a pool cue on the chin: John Bradshaw from the USA balanced a pool cue on his chin for 30 minutes and 15 seconds in 2017.
  4. Most hula hoops spun at once: Marawa Ibrahim from Australia spun 200 hula hoops simultaneously in 2014.
  5. Largest gathering of people dressed as pandas: 1,113 people dressed as pandas gathered in China in 2018 to set this record.

These are just a few examples of the many amazing world records that have been set.