An intergalactic particle beam stretching for more than a million light years is the longest ever seen. According to the team that discovered this record breaker, it could help reveal how such jets of matter bind themselves together. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

A Japanese film crew has shot a 45-second-long video of a flying fish in the air, in what may be the longest recorded flight of the acrobatic species. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

World's longest lei (one mile long!) created for Hawaii's lei day celebration. Way cool! picked by muppet 5 months ago

If you've got little to do this weekend and are interested in incredible tedium, then you could always download what its maker claims is the world's longest mobile phone ringtone. picked by Bornbad 6 days ago

But will you make it to the end? picked by hypnotode 1 year ago

The cost is estimated at $10 billion _ and it wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime. A developer wants to build the tunnel with private money, recouping his costs by charging drivers $25 each way and by selling advertising. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

The word, which is the scientific name for a protein containing 267 amino acids. It contains 1,846 letters. Take that, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. picked by gratheo 1 year ago

The challenge of finding the largest prime number ever known seems like an impossible task, however, when you put mathematicians and 100,000 computers together, you get an amazing result, which could qualify for the $100,000 prize offered by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for the first individual or group who discovers a prime number with at least 10,000,000 decimal digits. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

Indonesia plans to build the world's longest suspension bridge across the earthquake-prone Sunda Strait, passing within 50 kilometres of the active Krakatoa volcano. The bridge, traversing 30 kilometres, will link Indonesia's main islands of Java and Sumatra at an estimated cost of $12 billion. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Standing at just 2ft 5in high, He Pingping, from China, has been officially named the smallest man in the world.

Svetlana Pankratova, meanwhile, owns the longest legs in the world, which stretch to 132cm. picked by AutumnLotus 4 weeks ago

A shorebird called a bar-tailed godwit, like the one pictured here, was recently found to have flown 7,145 miles (11,500 kilometers) nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand, the longest uninterrupted bird migration ever recorded, scientists say. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

A collection of facts and trivia about things that are the longest of their kind in the world. picked by wendl 2 years ago

Stanford Linear Accelerator Emeritus Bebo White gave us a tour of what at almost 2 miles long is both the world's longest and straightest building picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Japanese girls born last year can expect to live to an average age of 85.8 years, making them the longest-lived in the world. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Divers exploring a maze of underwater caves on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula have identified what may be the longest underground river in the world. picked by charbarred 2 years ago

Russia plans to build the world's longest tunnel under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion project to supply the U.S. with oil, natural gas and electricity from Siberia. The planned undersea tunnel would contain a high-speed railway, highway and pipelines, as well as power and fiber-optic cables. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

Almost didn't look at this, but I'm glad I did. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

Japanese musicians overcame fatigue and a major earthquake to set the record for the world's longest concert on Saturday, playing 184 hours non-stop in a program that ranged from The Beatles' classics to Japanese traditional harp music. picked by suebe 2 years ago

How many pigs had to lose their anus' for this dream to come true? picked by muppetmaker 9 months ago

A palindrome (words or letters that are the same backwards and forwards) of over 5,000 words. And it actually makes some sense. (Sort of.) At least there are complete sentences.

Called "A Gassy Obese Boy's Saga" and created by Will Thomas. His website is here. picked by turtleface 1 year ago