Numbers to Know for Human Endurance (May be outdated)
World Records from (c) Guinness World Records 2005: Special 50th Anniversary Edition, published by Guinness
FASTEST TALKER: 260 words in 23.8secs.
HIGHEST SHALLOW DIVE: 8.90m into 30cm of water.
BREATH HELD VOLUNTARILY: 13mins 42.5secs in 1959.
LONGEST TIME TO ENDURE FULL BODY ICE CONTACT: 1hr 17mins.
MOST ONE-FINGER PUSH-UPS: 124.
HIGHEST TIGHTROPE WALK: 3,150 metre.
WALKING – GREATEST DOCUMENTED LIFETIME MILEAGE: 34,501 miles (while carrying a 3.7 meter cross over seven continents); check out the adventures of Arthur Blessit’s wood).
HIGHEST G-FORCE ENDURED VOLUNTARILY: 82.6g for 0.04secs.
MOST LIGHTNING STRIKES SURVIVED: 7 (Roy C Sullivan in Virginia).
FASTEST SPEED DRAGGED BEHIND A MOTORBIKE: 156mph on 2mm titanium-soled boots.
MOST CONSECUTIVE FOOT JUGGLING FLIPS WITH A HUMAN: twelve 360o revolutions (using feet)
MOTIONLESS: (stood) 20hrs, 10mins and 6secs.
LARGEST CHEST: 315cm.
LONGEST JOKE-TELLING MARATHON: 12,682 in 24hrs.
BLINDFOLDED SPEED RECORD: 164.87mph on a motorbike.
LONGEST TIME ON ONE FOOT: 76hrs, 40mins.
MOST TENNIS BALLS HELD IN ONE HAND: 18 for 10 seconds.
OLDEST BAREFOOT WATER-SKIER: George Blair, 87.