| There are a number of world records held in by the | | | | kind of dancing, winning the world's longest dance |
| city of Toronto and by residents of Toronto. Some | | | | marathon by a couple at 31 hours and one minute. |
| are serious and have had a lasting impact on the | | | | Sticking with the dance theme, instructors from |
| world for the good, while some are somewhat | | | | Toronto's Davar Indo Jazz Dance Movement taught |
| frivolous. | | | | the world's biggest dance class. |
| Nonetheless, all add to the reputation and 'fame' of | | | | The fastest marathon time with a baby buggy and |
| the great city of Toronto, Canada. | | | | the world record for joggling are both held by |
| The University of Toronto was the location for the | | | | Toronto resident Michal Kapral. He pushed a baby |
| discovery of insulin, a medication that has assisted | | | | buggy for a marathon time of 2 hours, 49 minutes |
| millions of diabetic patients have lives that are much | | | | and 43 seconds, while he jogged while juggling three |
| closer to normal than they ever before could hope, | | | | beanbags ten kilometers - and never dropped a bag. |
| thanks to Fredrick Banting and Charles Best. | | | | Toronto is home to the world's longest street - |
| Toronto was also first in a new way to collect | | | | Yonge Street, measuring in at 1,178 miles/1,896 |
| money from drivers, with the first fully electronic toll | | | | kilometers, and also boasts the world's longest |
| highway - Highway 407. | | | | free-spanning staircase, found in the Four Seasons |
| While some Americans get the notoriety for the | | | | Cenre for the Performing Arts. |
| radio tube, Edward Rogers Sr. invented the world's | | | | Toronto residents also know how to chow down: |
| first AC (alternating current) radio tube in Toronto in | | | | Pete Czerwinski holds the record for eating the most |
| 1925. | | | | latkes after downing 46 in 8 minutes flat. |
| The first pacemaker was set in motion in 1950, again | | | | Toronto is also generous with its food, having |
| at the University of Toronto. This time Dr. John A. | | | | donated 119,068 kilograms of food to charities in 24 |
| Hopps gets the credit. | | | | hours. |
| The CN Tower in Toronto holds two world records; | | | | Toronto resident Suresh Joachim makes a habit of |
| one for the highest wine cellar in the world, and | | | | collecting world records - he has at least 5 - longest |
| another for the world's tallest glass-floor elevator. | | | | amount of time watching television (69 hrs., 49 |
| The exemplary PATH system is on record as the | | | | minutes), the longest time impersonating Elvis (55 |
| largest underground retail complex in the world, while | | | | hrs.), longest time watching movies (123 hours), the |
| the world's first, permanent AIDS memorial was | | | | longest karaoke marathon (25 hourse and 49 |
| dedicated in 1993 at Toronto's Cawthra Park. | | | | minutes), and the longest time conducting a musical |
| In the frivolous vein, the Radio City Music Hall | | | | band (42 hours and 52 minutes). |
| Rockettes joined with thousands of participants at | | | | These are just a few of the fascinating and frivolous |
| the Hummingbird Center in Toronto to form the | | | | world records held in Toronto! When looking for |
| world's longest kick line, while Arulanantham Suresh | | | | some of these GTA places, you can check the |
| Joachin and Tiffany Lesko set a record for another | | | | visitors and information on Travel Insurance Canada. |