15 Amazing World Records You Didn't Know Were Set In Pennsylvania
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We all know that Pennsylvania gives birth to some pretty impressive people, but who are some of the lesser-known members of our state to set records? We took a little trip through the Guinness Book of World Records archives to find out…
The thoroughbred named Winning Brew broke the record for race horse speed by running at 43.97 miles per hour.
In 2005, a UPenn researcher announced the discovery of a 5,000 year old Mesopotamian cup containing traces of tartaric acid, honey, apple juice, and barley.
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Each year Pittsburgh holds Anthrocon, the world's largest furry convention.
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Head & Shoulders has insured football player Troy Polamalu's hair for $1 million.
PPG Pittsburgh Paints set this record in 2011 with a 68 square foot swatch of spring green paint.
Kurt Steiner, of Red Bridge, PA, broke the world record for skipping a stone across water. He achieved 88 skips.
In May 2014, a group of volunteers at the Deer Run Camping Resort in Gardner created a 267 pound s'more. No one was left wanting any... s'more.
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Josph Orsino walked 35 dogs at one time on the North Shore of Pittsburgh. The walk took place in October of 2011 for the Lupus Loop Walk. We can only hope that no squirrels were in the area on the day of the event.
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John Cassidy was not clowning around the day he created 747 balloon animals in Newton in November of 2007.
James Martin initially filed what became the Martin v Sample case on December 14, 1972, when he experienced academic discrimination after being declared disabled by the selective service.
The University of Philadelphia Medical Center performed successful cardiac bypass surgery on not one, but five centarians.
On November 19, 2013, Kyle Moyer ate a muffin in 28.18 in Coopersburg.
Six pygmy goats were born in Julian in 2006.
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At the 2002 annual Sideshow Gathering and Sword Swallowers Convention in Wilkes-Barre, 19 sword swallowers swallowed 50 swords. Try saying that ten times fast.
On April 18, 2011, 330 zombies rode the Steel Force rollercoaster at Dorney Park in Allentown, PA.
What an interesting array of accomplishments. What records do you aspire to break?
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