At the beginning of March organizers in Taiwan lit up an 8.1 mile string of explosives in a Southern Taiwanese county in the hopes of creating the worlds longest firecracker. The continuous explosions of the line of firecrackers lasted approximately two hours.
Rapid flashes of bright red explosions that created huge wafts of white smoke were shown on televsion during the Chinese New Year celebration in Tainan County. The celebration had been dubbed “Legend of the Fire Dragon”.
Those gathered to witness theGuinness World record breaking attemptwore masks, goggles and even motorcycle helmets to protect themselves from the pollution.
The attempt to break the world record will be verified by Guinness officials. Spain holds the current world record for the longest continuously burning firecracker. Spains record breaking firecracker was seven miles long.
Did you hear about the massive kiss off in Manila, Philippines on Valentines day?
At the stroke of midnight more than 6,000 couples kissed simultaneously. Event organizers claim to have sent a new world record, breaking the record held by Hungary where 5,875 couples kissed at the same time in Budapest in 2005.
unofficially it’s said that 6,124 couples kissed simultaneously. However the numbers must be verified by an independent auditor and then must be approved by Guinness World Record officials before it becomes a new world record.
The event took place outside a Manila mall. Along with the more than 6,000 kissing couples there were fireworks, confetti, a giant TV screen and red balloons.
Well here’s something a parent can be proud of - Jay Matze’ daughter Jolie has become a record setting girl. Jolie was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest eyelash in the world.
The eyelash was getting long last year, but Jolie let it keep growing and it reached a final length of 6.4 centimeters, or 2.52 inches. The record was verified by the Roanoke County Police department who measured the length of the lash and took a photograph of it. Guinness Sent Jolie a letter of authentication and a certificate to commemorate the occasion.
She’s since cut her single extraordinarily long lash.
