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  2. Man breaks world record for longest phone call - AOL

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    Much to the chagrin of teenage girls everywhere, a menacing looking, middle-aged man named Tony Wright has broken the world record for the longest phone call. According to reports, the man talked ...

  3. Longest word in English - Wikipedia

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    The longest single-word town names in the U.S. are Kleinfeltersville, Pennsylvania and Mooselookmeguntic, Maine. The longest official geographical name in Australia is Ma­mungku­kumpu­rang­kunt­junya. [28] It has 26 letters and is a Pitjantjatjara word meaning "where the Devil urinates". [29]

  4. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - Wikipedia

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    Pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis is the longest word in the English language. The word can be analysed as follows: Pneumono: from ancient Greek (πνεύμων, pneúmōn) which means lungs; ultra: from Latin, meaning beyond; micro and scopic: from ancient Greek, meaning small looking, referring to the fineness of ...

  5. Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr.

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    Hubert Blaine Wolfe­schlegel­stein­hausen­berger­dorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.

  6. What Is the Longest Word in English? Hint: It’s 189,819 ...

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  7. The longest Uber ride ever was surprisingly long -- and cheap

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    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... The longest Uber ride ever was surprisingly long -- and cheap. Kelsey Weekman. December 12, 2016 ...

  8. Longest recorded sniper kills - Wikipedia

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    The longest confirmed kill in World War II was by German sniper Matthäus Hetzenauer at 1,100 metres (1,200 yd). The science of long-range sniping came to fruition in the Vietnam War. US Marine Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock held the record from 1967 to 2002 at 2,286 m (2,500 yd). [12] He recorded 93 official kills.

  9. Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957

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    Thurmond concluded his filibuster after 24 hours and 18 minutes at 9:12 p.m. on August 29, making it the longest filibuster ever conducted in the Senate as of 2025. [9] [26] This surpassed the previous record set by Wayne Morse, who spoke against the Submerged Lands Act for 22 hours and 26 minutes in 1953.