World Records 2009 News  

  Thursday, July 2, 2009
 Longest parade of electric vehicles-Bay Harbor sets world record  
  BAY HARBOR,MI,USA --The Bay Harbor Foundation, with the help of Global Electric Motorcars (GEMs), had more than 200 electric vehicles drive in-line for two miles during the the Bay Harbor Vintage Car and Boat Festival-setting the world record for the Longest parade of electric vehicles.   (enlarge photo)   
   The Bay Harbor festival has themed this year’s event “Electric Atmosphere” to celebrate the benefits of green transportation in the Bay Harbor

  Thursday, July 2, 2009
  Longest Cucumber-world record set by Yitzhak Yazdanpana
  PETAH TIKVA, Israel -- Israeli Yitzhak Yazdanpana has grown a three-foot, ten-inch long cucumber ( 46.5 inches, about 118 cm )- setting the new world record for the Longest Cucumber.
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   Yitzhak Yazdanpana said that he didn't use any chemical fertilizers, and that this isn't his first large  

  Wednesday, July 1, 2009
   Longest BLT sandwich-Bradley County Chamber of Commerce sets world record
  WARREN, AR, USA -- Residents in Bradley County put on their gloves to make a 169-foot-long BLT (bacon, lettuce, and tomato) sandwich, using 60 pounds of sliced Bradley Tomatoes, 300 pounds of "Arkansas Tyson bacon" and 80 pounds of lettuce.       (enlarge photo)
   The sandwich took nearly two hours to build

  Tuesday, June 30, 2009
  Largest slab of chocolate fudge-Lansing Community College sets world record
  LANSING, MI, USA -- LCC culinary professor William Nicklosovich, Crosby and a team of Lansing Community College students created a slab of fudge that weighed 5,500 pounds-setting the world record for the Largest slab of chocolate fudge.
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   Led by LCC culinary professor William Nicklosovich, aka Chef Nick, and Jim Crosby, aka Peppermint Jim, the sleep-deprived cadre cooked on LCC's West Campus. They worked throughout the night and

  Tuesday, June 30, 2009
  Largest Chicken Egg-world record set in China
  SUIHUA, Heilongjiang Province, China -- Zhang Yinde, an employee of the Forestry Bureau of Suiling County, owns an ordinary hen which laid a 6.3 centimeters wide and 9.2 cm long egg, and weighed 201 grams, three times heavier than an ordinary egg-setting the world record for the  Largest Chicken Egg. (enlarge photo)
   The Largest Chicken Egg it's been kept in the refrigerator of the owner.

  Monday, June 29, 2009
  Fastest transcontinental flight in a LSA-world record set by Matt Hansen and Jessica Scharle
EL CAJON,CA,USA--Pilots Matt Hansen, 23, and Jessica Scharle, 24, successfully completed a transcontinental flight in a Light Sport Airplane (LSA) from Jacksonville, FL to El Cajon, CA within a single day-setting the world record for the fastest transcontinental flight in a Light Sport Airplane (LSA). (enlarge photo)   
   The pair departed Cecil Field Monday morning at 0601 EDT, made five stops along the way, and touched down at Gillespie Field near San Diego at 2222 PDT for an elapsed time of 19 hours and 21 minutes,

  Sunday, June 28, 2009
  Largest LEGO model of Noah's ark-world record set at Harvest Bible Chapel
  ELGIN, IL, USA -- More than 150 grade school-aged children built a 1:37 scale model of Noah's ark made of LEGOs at Harvest Bible Chapel's "High 5" summer day camp-setting the world record for the Largest LEGO model of Noah's ark. (enlarge photo)
   The Largest LEGO model of Noah's ark features the ark as well as a five-color rainbow overhead, surrounded by the words of Genesis 6:8: "But Noah found favor with the Lord."   

  Saturday, June 27, 2009
  Most Successful Entertainer of All Time-Michael Jackson sets world record
  LOS ANGELES, USA  -- After releasing, during his extraordinary career 13 No.1 singles — more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era — and became one of a handful of artists to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, selling an estimated 750 million records worldwide, Michael Jackson sets the world record for the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time. (enlarge photo)
  His album "Thriller" is the Biggest Selling Album of All Time.

  Friday, June 26, 2009
  Largest Napkin collection-world record set by Marilyn Boyle
   South Salem, USA -- Marilyn Boyle, 70, has 6,652 paper napkins, organized in 26 alphabetized categories, from airlines to weddings-setting the world record for the Largest Napkin collection. (enlarge photo)
    Among the categories of her collection are the obvious, such as baby showers, birthdays and holidays. One of her favorite decorations is flowers, with 815 napkins catalogued.

  Thursday, June 25, 2009
 Most bottles opened in one minute-world record set by Adam Dolman
 LONDON, UK -- At the Pepsi RAW Cocktail Academy at Taste of London this weekend, Bar Wizard Adam Dolman of Britain's Got Talent de-crowned 71 Pepsi RAW bottles-setting the new world record for the Most bottles opened in one minute.   
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  “Everything had to be lined up perfectly to pull this off,” explained Adam