The world record for the longest human long jump is greater than the world record for the longest horse long jump. Mike Powell set the human record in 1991 by jumping 8.95m, while a horse named Something under Andre Ferreira jumped 8.25m in 1975. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Equestrian Guinness records – EQUISHOP Equestrian Shop
On November 30, 2017, the world’s longest rainbow lasted for nearly 9 hours over the city of Taipei in Taiwan. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Rainbow lasting 9 hours ‘breaks world record’ set in Yorkshire | Metro News
The national soccer team of San Marino has only ever won 1 game since it was established in 1986. It has tied in 6 games and lost nearly 200. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino_national_football_team
Australian Coral-Leah Kemp’s first attempt at growing a pineapple resulted in a record setting pineapple at nearly 14″ in length. It took two years to grow. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-02/monster-pineapple-garners-fame-for-vital-cause/9390166
Recently, a British Airways Boeing 747 set a new sub-sonic record for a flight between New York’s JFK and London’s Heathrow airports. The jumbo jet maxed out at 825 mph while riding a 200 mph jet stream tailwind to arrive in 4 hours and 56 minutes. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/storm-ciara-flight-record-new-york-london-time-atlantic-winds-british-airways-a9325396.html
The puffin’s beak is specialized to hold lots of fish. They can carry roughly 5-20 fish back to their nest at a time. Astonishingly, a puffin in Britain once carried 62 fish in his beak! – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://projectpuffin.audubon.org/birds/puffin-faqs
A professional eater downed 50 slices of pumpkin pie in 10 minutes to win a New York state contest and set a new record for the event. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2019/10/02/Woman-sets-pumpkin-pie-eating-record-at-50-slices-in-10-minutes/1671570027922/?sl=5
Sarah the cheetah holds the planet-wide record for the fastest 100-meter dash, finishing in 5.95 seconds at a speed of 61 mph. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ohio-cheetah-death-idUSKCN0UZ2UP
Charles Osborne holds the record for the ‘longest bout of hiccups’ – 68 years. He hiccuped up to 40 times a minute in the first couple decades but they slowed to 20 a minute as he got older. Doctors estimated he hiccuped nearly 600,000,000 times in his lifetime.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://priceonomics.com/the-man-who-hiccuped-for-68-years/