Tag: WORLD RECORDS

A guy named Craig Henderson recently drove from Canada to Mexico in a car that got a Guinness World record-breaking 119.1 miles-per-gallon. More impressive, though, is the fact that he never once had to stop to refuel. That's right, Henderson made it all the way from Blaine, Washington to Chulla Vista, Mexico on just one tank of gas, and consumed just 12.4 gallons of diesel along the 1,384-mile ...

Share According to his website, Peter Craig holds more world records than any other Australian. Spinning, clapping, one-legged jump roping -- you name the weird record-setting feat, and Craig's probably done it. He's also, it turns out, the proud owner of a Wagnerian e-mail address which, at 345 characters, is the world's longest -- according to the URDB. And it works, too. So go ahead and ...

Speed-record legend Richard Noble and driver Andy Green of the England-based Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) project want to break the current world land-speed record of 994 miles per hour, with a goal of reaching a speed target of 1,050 miles per hour. In order to achieve this target, Noble and Green will need $16M US and three years of development, but they are enthusiastic and believe that ...

What do you do with your Facebook page? Maybe you compare your movie trivia knowledge with friends or post pictures of your weekend trip to the beach? How about using the social networking site to promote world peace? That's what a 16-year-old Ithaca, New York, high school student did in an attempt to create the world's largest human peace sign. His accompanying YouTube video was nominated in ...