World Records

Port Stephens, Australia – July 5, 2016 – More than 900 residents and visitors gathered on Shoal Bay Beach to form the outline of a 100 metre long humpback whale; the event marked the start of the winter school holidays and Port Stephens’ annual winter Naturefest and sets the new world record for the Largest human whale. Photo: More than …

Levack, Ontario, Canada – July 5, 2016 – Chantelle Gorham from the Northwest Fudge Factory in Levack, Ont., created a giant peanut butter cup in an afternoon; it’s almost 80 inches in diameter and it’s a blend of half chocolate and half peanut butter filling; the 600 pound treat is 17,768 times bigger than a normal peanut butter cup, thus …

Tilburg, Holland – July 1, 2016 – Nikki ‘The Fighter’ Bradley broke a Guinness World Record to become the fastest woman to complete a 5K on crutches; the successful record attempt took place in Tilburg, Holland, where she recorded a time of 44:21, smashing the old record by more than five-and-a-half minutes. Photo: Nikki Bradley smashed the world 5k crutch …

Bouchain, France – June 29, 2016 – GE (NYSE: GE) and EDF officially began operation of the first ever combined-cycle power plant equipped with GE’s HA turbine in Bouchain, France, launching a new era of power generation technology and digital integration; GE also announced that the company has been recognized for powering the world’s most efficient combined-cycle power plant based …

New York, USA – June 29, 2016 – A former NASA engineer partnered with two other men to create the world’s largest functioning Nerf-style gun; Mark Rober, a former NASA engineer who worked on the Curiosity rover project, designed a Nerf gun that launches giant darts at speeds up to 40 mphm thus setting the new world record for the …

Dübendorf, Switzerland – June 28, 2016 – The electric racecar «grimsel», developed by students of the Swiss universities ETH Zurich and Hochschule Luzern, has set a new world record for acceleration of an electric car.; the vehicle accelerated from zero to 60 in 1.513 seconds and reached 60 mph within a distance of 100 feet, thus setting the new world …

Dallas, Texas, USA – June 28, 2016 – During a special Which Wich Spreading Party at Winsight’s FARE Conference – held at the Gaylord Texan Resort, near Dallas—more than 750 attendees broke the Guinness World Records record of most sandwiches made in one hour; the official count of 39,303 PB&J sandwiches bested the previous world record of 37,558 achieved by …

Fountain Valley, California, USA – June 23, 2016 – More than 300 riders on attempted to establish a World Record for the largest parade of electric bike riders; Pedego Electric Bikes, a Fountain Valley-based electric bike manufacturer, organized the event. Photo: More than 300 electric bike riders attempted to establish a World Record for the largest parade of electric bike …

Hayling Island, UK – June 23, 2016 – Some 423 rode the waves off Hayling Island to win the World Record title for the Largest Parade of Kitesurfers; Virgin Kitesurfing Armada brought the gong back to Hayling by beating the mark of 413 set in Cape Town in 2013. Photo: Virgin Kitesurfing Armada UK’s attempt off Hayling Island, Hampshire, involved …

London, UK – June 23, 2016 – Around 1,186 attendees at Another Fine Fest in Ulverston participated in the world’s largest shaving-cream pie fight; the group threw nearly 3,000 pies measuring about 6.4 inches for one minute, thus setting the new world record for the Largest shaving cream pie fight. Photo: Ulverston set a new Foam Pie Fight World Record …