The World Record of ‘longest hug by a pair’ has been achieved by Ron O’Neil and Theresa Kerr from Ontario, Canada.
On 13th June 2010; in an event at Centennial Park in Ontario to generate funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (JDRF) this record was attempted. The total duration of the act of hugging each other was a continuous 24 hours, 33 minutes. Both Ron and Theresa are diabetes prevention and cure activists and are working hard to raise funds for research and treatment of this disease.
The World Record of making ‘longest doormat’ has been achieved by Travancore Cocotuft Ltd Cherthala, Kerala, India.
World’s longest doormat was made up of 470,000 tufts of coir hairs and measured 101.6 metres (333.3ft) in length, 1.2 metres (4ft) in width while weighted 999 kg.
The World Record of Largest Chess Piece has been achieved by Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, MI United States.
on May 8, 2012; The king piece measuring 14 Feet & 6 Inches in height and 6 Feet in width; weighted 2,280. It was made to make St. Louis the country’s chess capital.
The World Record of ‘tallest tower of pancakes’ has been achieved by TV channel Food Network, London, UK.
On March 9, 2011; in a bid to celebrate Pancake Day; staff of Food Network UK created the leaning tower of 725 pancakes measured 32 inches. The tallest pancake tower took 13 hours and required 253 eggs, 11lbs of flour and 26 pints of milk.
The World Record of finding “Smallest Frog” has been achieved by Professor Chris Austin and his graduate student Eric Rittmeyer from Louisiana State University, Amau, Papua New Guinea.
In 2009 a crimson and black frog named Paedophryne amanuensis is the smallest vertebrate in the world at a mere 7.7mm (0.30 inches) in size at adulthood.
