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Showing posts with label World's Longest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World's Longest. Show all posts
Saturday, December 18, 2010
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Monday, October 25, 2010
World’s Longest Line of Bicycles
On Oct 3, 2010, some 1,200 bicyclists in Davis, California pedaled their way into what is likely to be a world record for the longest single line of bicycles. The longest-line-of-bicycles category is a new one for the Guinness book, so it's more than likely that Davis has set the record.
Riders from 7 to 97 pedaled a two-mile loop through the bike-crazed college town, home to the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame. They traveled up F Street to North Davis Elementary School, where they turned around and rode back to the Odd Fellows Lodge on Second Street. The line of cyclists, riding in single file a few bike lengths apart, stretched for dozens of blocks. Returning riders heading south met up with those riding north near the half-way mile marker.
Passing riders shouted encouragement to one another as fans cheered along the way. The event was also a fund-raiser by the local Odd Fellows Lodge to raise money for the local schools. According to Davis Wiki, some $26,000 were raised in pledges.
The final tally along with statements from official witnesses, a video and news clippings will be submitted to the Guinness organization. Organizers had wanted to host the world's biggest bike parade but felt they couldn't beat an Italian record of more than 48,000 riders, said Judge David Rosenberg, a member of the local Odd Fellows Lodge, which organized the event. Instead they opted for a new category – the longest single line of bikes.
"I pronounce this a world record," Rosenberg said into the microphone. "I'm a judge. I can do that."
Source
Photos: Brian Bae
Riders from 7 to 97 pedaled a two-mile loop through the bike-crazed college town, home to the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame. They traveled up F Street to North Davis Elementary School, where they turned around and rode back to the Odd Fellows Lodge on Second Street. The line of cyclists, riding in single file a few bike lengths apart, stretched for dozens of blocks. Returning riders heading south met up with those riding north near the half-way mile marker.
Passing riders shouted encouragement to one another as fans cheered along the way. The event was also a fund-raiser by the local Odd Fellows Lodge to raise money for the local schools. According to Davis Wiki, some $26,000 were raised in pledges.
The final tally along with statements from official witnesses, a video and news clippings will be submitted to the Guinness organization. Organizers had wanted to host the world's biggest bike parade but felt they couldn't beat an Italian record of more than 48,000 riders, said Judge David Rosenberg, a member of the local Odd Fellows Lodge, which organized the event. Instead they opted for a new category – the longest single line of bikes.
"I pronounce this a world record," Rosenberg said into the microphone. "I'm a judge. I can do that."
Source
Photos: Brian Bae
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Longest Ears on a Rabbit
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| The longest rabbit ears measured 79 cm (31.125 in) in a complete span on November 1, 2003 at the American Rabbit Breeders Association National Show in Wichita, Kansas, USA. The ears belong to an English Lop called Nipper's Geronimo who is owned by Waymon and Margaret Nipper of Bakersfield, California, USA. | |||||||||||
Longest Goldfish
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| The world's longest goldfish (Carassius auratus) is owned by Joris Gijsbers and measured 47.4 cm (18.7 in) from snout to tail-fin end on March 24, 2003 in Hapert, The Netherlands. Source http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com | |||||||||||
Longest Domestic Goat Horns
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| The world's longest goat horns measured a tip-to-tip spread of 132 cm (52 in) on April 16, 2004 and belong to 'Uncle Sam' the goat, who is owned by William A and Vivian A Wentling (both USA) of Rothsville, Pennsylvania, USA. Source http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ | |||||||||||
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Is this the longest rail station name in the world?
The first station you stop at (or, more likely, pass through) on reaching Anglesey (Ynys Mon) when heading for Holyhead is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. This is certainly the longest place name in the United Kingdom, at 58 letters (51 if the double-letter Welsh characters are taken into account), and therefore the longest station name as well. But is there a longer name on a station platform anywhere else in the World?
When translated into English the name means "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and St Tysilio's church by the red cave". For practical purposes the village is more commonly known as Llanfairpwll or Llanfair P. G.
However, all is not quite as it appears. This is not a name that goes back into the mists of time like most place names in Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom. The original name was Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, and the extension to the full version was only made in the 19th century in a deliberate attempt to create a tourist attraction, an effort that succeeded in its aims!
As to who created the name, there is some dispute. Some say that it was cobbled together by a local shoemaker, others that it was stitched in place by a tailor. Either way, the name has stuck, and indeed, were it not for the name, the railway station might well have gone the way of many others in rural Wales and been closed down years ago.
Today's visitors will find an unstaffed station, much of the building being used as a craft studio, a large souvenir and gift shop, and coachloads of other visitors queuing to have their photos taken on the station platform. The neaby monument to the 1st Marquess of Anglesey is worth a visit, as are the Menai (road) and Britannia (rail and road) bridges, but this must be one of the few places where people go just to see a name!
When translated into English the name means "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and St Tysilio's church by the red cave". For practical purposes the village is more commonly known as Llanfairpwll or Llanfair P. G.
However, all is not quite as it appears. This is not a name that goes back into the mists of time like most place names in Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom. The original name was Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, and the extension to the full version was only made in the 19th century in a deliberate attempt to create a tourist attraction, an effort that succeeded in its aims!
As to who created the name, there is some dispute. Some say that it was cobbled together by a local shoemaker, others that it was stitched in place by a tailor. Either way, the name has stuck, and indeed, were it not for the name, the railway station might well have gone the way of many others in rural Wales and been closed down years ago.
Today's visitors will find an unstaffed station, much of the building being used as a craft studio, a large souvenir and gift shop, and coachloads of other visitors queuing to have their photos taken on the station platform. The neaby monument to the 1st Marquess of Anglesey is worth a visit, as are the Menai (road) and Britannia (rail and road) bridges, but this must be one of the few places where people go just to see a name!
It's a long wait for the next train!
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