The World Record of ‘longest time to walk in space by a female’ has been achieved by Sunita Williamsfrom USA.
NASA Atronuat, Sunita Williams has set the world record for a woman to walk in space for the longest duration on July 14, 2012. Sunita set the record while she and her colleague Japan’s Akihiko Hoshide fixied the electric supply arrangements of the international space center. Sunita spent a total of 44 hours, 2 minutes strolling in space.
The World Record of ‘program being broadcasted on most number of TV channels simultaneously’ has been achieved by Satyameva Jayate in India.
This talk show focused on a number of salient issues faced by the modern Indian society and received top ratings from media, critics as well as public. The show featured various sensitive social issues prevalent in India such as female foeticides, child sexual abuse, dowry, medical malpractice, honor killings, insensitivity towards the physically disabled, domestic violence, overuse of pesticides leading to pesticide poisoning, alcoholism, untouchability, plight of senior citizens and water crisis etc.
The World Record of ‘longest picnic table’ has been jointly achieved by Safeway markets in collaboration with Open Nature foods and Nood Network Chef Tyler Florence from San Francisco, California, USA.
The length of the table was measured at Three Hundred Five (305) feet. The construction of this longest picnic table consumed 7176 feet of FSC Certified Douglas Fir wood and 1032 bolts. The whole effort to assemble this structure needed 4 people and ten days. The weight of this record breaking table is 11,304 lbs (5129 kg). This picnic table can accommodate 405 people at one time.
The World Record of ‘oldest pair of twin sisters alive’ has been achieved by Marie Vaudremer and Gabrielle Vaudremer from Belgium.
Marie and Gabrielle are the oldest pair of twin sisters alive. Both of them celebrated their 104 birthday on October 02, 2013. Marie and Gabrielle currently stay in a retirement home called Chateiu Sour-Bois in Belgium.
The World Record of ‘largest solar-powered boat’ has been achieved by expedition leader Raphaël Domjan of the TÛRANOR PlanetSolar from Monaco.
A crew of fiveunder expedition leader Raphaël Domjan; piloted the 31-meter (102-ft) long, 15-meter (49-ft) wide vessel, which is covered in 537 square meters (5,780 sq ft) of solar panels. These provide power to four electric motors (two located in each hull), that have a maximum output of 120 kW and can propel the boat to a speed of 14 knots. It is constructed mainly of a light yet durable carbon fiber-sandwich material. The world’s largest solar-powered boat the ‘TÛRANOR PlanetSolar’ from Monaco became the first boat to sail around the world using nothing but the power of the Sun. It arrived back in Monaco after 18 months (September 27, 2010- May 04, 2012) spent circumnavigating the planet and succeed in the first journey around the world with solar energy.
The World Record of being ‘Fastest Talking Female’ has been achieved by Ms. Fran Capo from United States of America (USA).
Fran Capo can speak at the pace of Six Hundred Three (603) words in 54.2 seconds. This accounts to Eleven (11) words per second. Ms. Fran has appeared on over 250 TV shows including; Good Morning America, Larry King Live, Last Call with Carson Daly, Inside Edition, ET, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, More than Human and Nick at Nite’s – Hi Jinx. She’s been heard on over 1000 radio shows including Howard Stern.
