Useless Records That Were Made in History
The record for traveling from New York to Los Angeles by motorcycle is 45 hours, 41 minutes. It was set in 1968 by Tibor Sarossy, riding a BMW Model R69S. Sarossy made four fuel stops, never slept, fainted twice, and averaged 58.7 miles per hour all the way across.
Babe Ruth, besides holding the world lifetime record for home runs up to the 1970's, he holds the world record for strikeouts as well.
Harry Drake of Lakeside, California, competing in a footbow archery contest at Ivanpah Dry Lake, California, in October, 1970, shot an arrow that traveled 1 mile, 101 yards, and 21 inches. A foot bow is fired by lying on one's back, stringing the bow, and pushing out the wooden part of the bow with one's feet.