Monday, June 8, 2009

Longest Bridge in the World


Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana

is the listed in Guinness Book of World Records

as the longest bridge at23 miles 1538 yards.

The bridge is supported by 9500 pilings,

thus does not meet the requisite of the longest span.

LongestRriver in the World




Did you know that the longest river in the world is the Nile?

Egypt's greatest river is 4,135 miles long!

In fact, Africa has two of the ten longest rivers.

The Congo, which flows through central Africa,

is Number 8 at 2,914 miles long.

Largest Wireless Internet Provider

Largest Wireless Internet Provider

WHO:
NTT DoCoMo
WHAT:
45,687,117 subscribers
WHERE:
Japan
WHEN:
January 2006
NTT DoCoMo (Japan) is the world's largest wireless internet provider, with 45,687,117 subscribers to their i-mode service as of January 2006.

Fastest Time to Pluck a Turkey



Fastest Time to Pluck a Turkey

WHO:
Vincent Pilkington
WHAT:
1 minute 30 seconds
WHERE:
Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland
WHEN:
November 17, 1980
Vincent Pilkington of Cootehill, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, plucked a turkey in 1 minute 30 seconds on November 17, 1980. His past best time was 2 minutes 44 seconds. Vincent is so enthusiastic about his skills that he even carried out 24 hours of turkey plucking to raise funds for his local Holy Family School. In this time he plucked 244 turkeys.

Heaviest Apple in the World



Heaviest Apple

WHO:
Chisato Iwasaki
WHAT:
1.849 kg (4 lb 1 oz)
WHERE:
Hirosaki City, Japan
WHEN:
October 24, 2005
The heaviest apple weighed 1.849 kg (4 lb 1 oz) and was grown and picked by Chisato Iwasaki at his apple farm in Hirosaki City, Japan October 24, 2005.

Heaviest Lemon in the World



Heaviest Lemon

WHO:
Aharon Shemoel
WHAT:
5.265 kg (11 lb 9.7 oz)
WHERE:
Kefar Zeitim, Israel
WHEN:
January 8, 2003
The world's heaviest lemon weighed 5.265 kg (11 lb 9.7 oz) on January 8, 2003 and was grown by Aharon Shemoel (Israel) on his farm in Kefar Zeitim, Israel.

Most Fingers and Toes - Living Person



Most Fingers and Toes - Living Person

WHO:
Pranamya Menaria and Devendra Harne
WHAT:
25
WHERE:
India
WHEN:
There are two holders for this record:
Pranamya Menaria (India; born August 10, 2005) has 25 in total (12 fingers and 13 toes). This is as a result of the condition Polydactyly and Syndactyly.
Devendra Harne, pictured above, (India; born January 9, 1995) also has 25 in total (12 fingers and 13 toes) as a result of the condition polydactylism.