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A Review Of The Strangest Guinness Records

A Review Of The Strangest Guinness Records

Get To Know The History Of Guinness Records And Read About Records That You Didn’t Know About Before. Don’t Miss This Article To Learn About Mr. Guinness Record, The World’s Strangest Diet And The World’s Fastest Dog Skater.

Guinness World Records, or originally,  the Book of World Records,  is a reference book that records a collection of international records. This book has been published since 1995 and every year it becomes one of the best selling books in the world with hot records and a collection of new information.

The idea of ​​compiling this book came up in the early 1950s when Sir Hugh Beaver , the CEO of the Guinness Beverage Company, discussed with his hosts about the fastest bird that is hunted in Europe; But he could not find the answer to this question in any reference book.

In 1954, Sir Hugh, recalling the discussion at the party , invited fact-finding researchers Twins Norris and Ross McWhorter to produce a book of illustrated facts.

After an initial research phase, the work of writing the book began and took 13 weeks and 90 hours, including weekends and office holidays. At the time  , McWhorter  never imagined that he was shaping a book that would become one of the best-selling books of all time and one of the most recognized and respected brands in the world .

More than 65 years later, the prestigious Guinness World Records brand is still a famous brand.

For generations, this book continues to become one of the best sellers with the publication of newer editions, and many people try to find out about the latest and craziest records by buying this book.

In this Zomit article, you will get acquainted with records that people had no involvement in and that happened to them due to genetics or disease.

Also, against people who have achieved records by enduring reasonable hardships, you see people who have entered the Guinness Book of Records through irrational pain and suffering.

Join us to see the funniest, most dangerous and stupidest Guinness World Records and the weirdest records that you can’t even think of.

The farthest throw of an arrow using the foot

Guinness Record / Farthest foot shot

The farthest shot put by feet is 31.12 meters, which was recorded by American Brittany Walsh  on March 31, 2018. Before setting this record, Brittany had been showing off her acrobatic and shooting skills in the theater and circus for more than 11 years.

The maximum speed of the motorcycle is when it is running

The fastest motorcycle speed while running the headset / Guinness records

Marco George  , 31, from Hampshire, broke the record for the fastest headstand on a motorcycle on August 17, 2019, when he reached 122.59 km/h. Marco had trained for more than 3 years to break this record.

The world’s fastest motorized toilet

Guinness record / world's fastest motorized toilet

The world’s fastest motorized toilet is the Mk1, built by Robert England, Thomas Ellis, Joe Summers and William Beatty . The speed of this toilet reaches 113.531 km/h. While setting the record, the toilet was driven by Ellis, and at the end of the job, they pulled the siphon to prove it worked!

The longest chain with a pack of gum

Longest chain with a pack of chewing gum / Guinness World Records

Gary Duchel from the United States holds the record for making the longest chain with gum bark, which is 32,555.68 meters long. In the 60s, it was fashionable to make these chains, and boys and girls would make a chain as tall as their lover.

Most alternative control methods in Dark Souls 

Guinness record/ Dark Souls game

The action game Dark Souls is known as one of the most difficult games available; But that doesn’t stop Benjamin Gwin aka Beardsley from playing with the weirdest controllers he can find. As of March 2016, the Canadian gamer has completed the PC version of FromSoftware’s game using nine different control methods. These controllers each offer a unique alternative to the standard gamepad and mouse and keyboard. Benjamin’s list of controllers includes a guitar, drum kit, Rock Band brand piano and Donkey Kong banjo, microphone (using voice control only), v-remote, dance pad, steering wheel and Xbox 360 pad.

Beardsley says he uses the PC version of the game; Because it is much easier to connect different controllers to the computer than to the console. In the future, Brisley wants to complete the game with other controllers, such as a Power Glove, a Kinect, and a bunch of bananas! Visit Benjamin’s YouTube page to see gameplay videos and learn how to use the controllers .

The fastest internet in the world

In 2018, Singapore had the highest average internet speed in the world at 60.39 Mbps, based on a 12-month analysis of worldwide broadband speed tests. Sweden with a speed of 46, Denmark with a speed of 43.99 and Norway with a speed of 40.12 Mbps were in the next ranks. You can see the latest news about this here. In 2021, Singapore still tops the list.

The loudest burp in the world

Loudest burp in the world / Guinness record

In 2009, Paul Hoon from London held the record for the world’s loudest burp with a volume of 109.9 decibels (equivalent to the sound of a jet engine when taking off)! Doctors have advised that frequent burping of this type can damage the stomach muscles.

The longest milk tooth in the world

Longest milk tooth in the world / Guinness record

9-year-old Luke Bolton from Canada set a Guinness World Record after pulling his 2.6 cm baby tooth. Previously, a 10-year-old boy with a 2.4 cm  milk tooth held the record for the world’s longest milk tooth.

The loudest language in the world

The longest language in the world / Guinness World Records

The longest tongue from the tip to the middle of the upper lip with the mouth closed is 10.1 cm long and belongs to Nick Stoberl from America. This record among men has not been broken since 2012. The record holder for the longest female tongue  belongs to Los Angeles’  Shanel Tepper with a 9.75 cm long tongue. According to the University of Edinburgh, the human tongue is about 8.5 cm in men and 7.9 cm in women.

The biggest mouth in the world

Guinness record/ world's biggest mouth

The record for the widest mouth in the world with a size of 17 cm belongs to Francisco Domingo Joaquim from Angola. Francis can fit a soda can horizontally in his mouth.

The longest nose in the world

Guinness record/ world's longest nose

The longest nose in the world with a length of 8.8 cm belongs to Mehmet Ozyurek from Turkey .

The longest ear hair in the world

The longest ear hair in the world / Guinness record

Anthony Victor , from Madurai, India, is a retired school principal known to his students as the ear-haired teacher . His name was first recorded in the Guinness Book of Records in 2010 with hair 18.1 cm long from the center of the inner ear.

The longest eyelashes in the world

Longest eyelash / Guinness record

Since 2016, Jianxia holds the record for the longest eyelashes in the world. This Chinese woman’s eyelashes have continued to grow since the record year, until she broke her previous record with her new longest eyelashes of 20.5 cm.

The youngest bearded woman in the world

Guinness World Record/ world's youngest bearded woman

Born and living in England, Harnam Kaur holds the record for the world’s youngest girl with a full beard. Mrs. Kaur is suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome. This syndrome is a hormonal disease that can lead to the growth of excess facial hair. In March 2016, he became the first bearded woman to model at London Fashion Week. This young model considers his beard as a blessing that has helped him stand up against bullying and judging people based on their appearance. He says about this:

I realize that when people see me for the first time, they are shocked; But the truth of people is more than their physical appearance. I always use this analogy: just as flowers grow from the ground, hair grows from our body.

The longest women’s beard belongs to American Vivian Wheeler , which is 25.5 cm long.

The oldest man in the world

The oldest man in the world / Guinness record

The longest age that a human has survived and is completely validly recorded is 122 years and 164 days. French Jean Louise Clement was born on February 21, 1875 and died on August 4, 1997 in a nursing home in the south of France.

The tallest man recorded in Guinness

Guinness tallest man / Guinness record

Robert Wadlow was born in 1918 to parents of average height.  At the age of 8, he was taller than his father with a height of 180 cm. With a height of 2.72 meters, Robert is the tallest man ever recorded in Guinness. It is said that his unique growth is due to gigantism. If the secretion of growth hormone during childhood and before the closure of the growth plate is much higher than normal, it causes longitudinal growth of long bones and gigantism.

The record holder of the world’s tallest woman recorded in the Guinness Book of Records is  Zeng Jinlian , born in 1964 in China, with a height of 243.6 cm.

The tallest living man in the world

Tallest living man in the world / Guinness World Records

Sultan Kosen from Turkey is the tallest living man in the world with a height of 251  cm. The height of all Sultan family members is average. Sultan Kosen is also suffering from gigantism. The record of the largest hands in the world with a size of 28.5 cm and the record of the second largest feet in the world with a size of 36.5 cm belong to this tall Turkish man.

In the picture above, Sultan Kosen is next to the shortest man and human recorded in Guinness, Chandra Bahadur Dengi , who is 54.6 cm tall.

The shortest woman in the world

The shortest woman in the world / Guinness World Records

The record holder for the world’s shortest living woman is Jyoti Amji,  an Indian actress who is  62.8 cm tall. Jyoti has limited growth due to a short stature genetic disorder. Edward Nino Hernandez  is the shortest living man in the world with a height of 72.1 cm.

The shortest bus driver

The height of the shortest bus driver / Guinness World Records

57-year-old Frank Fike Hachem from Hampshire, England, broke the record for the shortest bus driver on February 5, 2018 with a height of 136.2 cm. In 1989, Frank passed the normal driving test and in 2017, he got his bus driver’s license.

The longest nails in the world

The longest nail on one hand

Longest nail on one hand / Guinness record

The longest fingernails on a hand with a total length of 909.6 cm (the size of a double-decker bus) belongs to Shridhar Chilal of India, measured on November 17, 2014.

  • Little finger: 179.1 cm
  • Ring finger: 181.6 cm
  • Middle finger: 186.6 cm
  • Index finger: 164.5 cm
  • Thumb: 197.8 cm

Chilal started growing his nails in 1952 when he accidentally broke his teacher’s nail and was insulted by him; But after 66 years of bearing the weight of her nails and the limitation that was created for her, she decided to cut them in 2016. He says about his experience:

I have pain. With every beat of my heart I feel pain in all five fingers, wrists, elbows and shoulders. There is always a burning sensation in the tips of my nails.

The longest nails on both hands

Longest nails on two hands / Guinness record

The record holder for the longest nails on a woman’s hand with a total length of 8.65 meters belongs to Lee Redmond  from the United States of America. Redmond began growing his nails in 1979 as a challenge to see how long he could go without clipping them. He lost his nails in a car accident in 2009.

The record holder for the longest nails on both hands in men is  Melvin Booth with a total length of  9.85 meters.

The most elastic skin in the world

Skin with the most elasticity / Guinness record

Gary Turner has held the record for the most elastic skin in the world since 1999. Due to a rare disease called Ehlers-Denlos syndrome, Gary can stretch the skin of his stomach by 15.8 cm. Ehlers-Denlos syndrome is a connective tissue disease in which collagen production becomes problematic and increases the range of joint movements and skin elasticity . In fact, when Gary pulls his skin, he feels no pain.

The most changes made in the body

Guinness record/ the most changes made in the body

Ralf Buchhals is a German man who holds the Guinness World Record for the most changes in the body. With more than 516 body changes, he says he still hasn’t changed his body enough!

The largest number of spoons on the human body

Guinness record/ the most spoons on the body

In 2016,  Dalibor Jablanovic from Serbia managed to hold 79 spoons on his body. The teaspoons used for this purpose were of different sizes.

The farthest distance to throw a marshmallow into the mouth

Guinness record / the farthest distance to throw a marshmallow into the mouth

The record for the farthest distance to throw a marshmallow into the mouth is 68.34 meters, set by Dallas Anderson and Jon Palka  from the United States on December 14, 2020. Jon and Dallas decided to do this to gain followers on social media to cheer people up and reduce the global stress caused by covid-19.

The farthest distance a pea has died

Guinness record / farthest dead pea

The farthest distance a pea has flown is 12m 58cm, recorded by David Rush of the United States in October 2018.

The tallest hat ever made in the world

Guinness record / world's fastest motorized toilet

In 2018, Odilon Ozare from the United States made a hat that was 4.8 meters tall. Odilon had to walk 10 meters with his helmet to be a valid record holder for this title. Ozar also holds the record for the longest extended nails with a length of 1.21 cm.

The longest horn among buffaloes

Longest horn among buffalo / Guinness records

Jericho is a buffalo with very large horns measuring 346.4 cm (136.4 inches) in the pages of the Guinness World Records 2021 edition. This buffalo belongs to a couple who live in Minnesota, USA.

The biggest cat in the world

Guinness record/world's biggest cat

Hercules is the largest living cat in the world. He, who is a shiber or  cat born from the mating of  a female tiger  and  a  male  lion , is 3.33 meters long, 1.25 meters high and weighs 418.2 kilograms. Every day, Hercules eats about 13.6 kg of meat (about the weight of a two-year-old child) and washes it down with several liters of water.

The most effective tricks in 30 seconds by mice

Most tricks by a mouse / Guinness World Records

Two of the smartest mice that were able to appear in the Guinness World Records 2021 are talented mice that can perform 28 paw tricks or 8 hoop jumps in half a minute. The owners of these mice  , Luke Roberts and Jess Timis  , are also Guinness record holders.

The longest distance skated by a dog

Guinness record/skating dog

Otto is a bulldog who managed to set a new Guinness record by skating through the legs of 30 people. Tillman previously held the record for the fastest dog skater in the world with a speed of 100 meters in  19.678 seconds .

Open the most number of cans by the parrot

Guinness record/ opening the most number of cans by a parrot

In 2012, this macaw parrot set the world record for opening the most cans in one minute. “Zack the parrot” managed to open 35 cans of drink in one minute.

Fastest 5 meter run on front paws by a dog

Guinness World Record / Fastest 5 meter run on front paws by a dog

On December 22, 2014, Kenjo ran 5 meters on his front paws in 2.39 seconds, beating Jeff  , a Pomeranian, by 5.37 seconds.

The biggest dog in the world

Guinness record / world's biggest dog

The world’s largest dog , Zeus, is a male Great Dane who was 1,118 meters tall on October 4, 2011. At 70.3 kg, Zeus eats about 13.6 kg every two weeks. The record for the world’s largest living dog belongs to the 1,031  -meter Atlas , which is also a Great Dane.

The smallest dog in the world

Guinness record / world's smallest dog

The world’s smallest living dog is a female Chihuahua named Millie , who was 9.65 cm tall on February 21, 2013. When Millie was born on December 1, 2011, she weighed less than 28 grams, could fit on a teaspoon and had to be fed through a dropper. Milly’s weight at one year old reached approximately 567 grams.

The largest tongue among dogs

Guinness record / Longest tongue among dogs

The world record for the longest dog tongue belongs to a Boxer named Brandy with a tongue of 43 cm. Unfortunately, Brandi’s owner had to put her to eternal sleep due to a stomach disorder that is common in boxers. The record for the longest living dog tongue belongs to a female Saint Bernard named Mochi with a tongue of  18.58 cm.

The longest snake in the world

The longest snake in the world / Guinness record

Medusa is a python owned by Full Moon Productions in Kansas City, USA. With a length of 7.67 meters, he holds the title of the longest living and captive snake in the world.

The most dangerous ant in the world

Guinness record / the world's most dangerous ant

The most dangerous ant in the world is the bulldog ant, which is found in the coastal areas of Australia. It uses its bite and jaw simultaneously in its attack. Since 1936, there have been at least three cases of human killing by this ant, the last of which was a Victorian farmer in 1988.

The bulldog ant earned its name because of its ferocity and determination when attacking. This ant is very aggressive and has little fear of humans. When attacking, it bites several times in a row and with each bite, it injects more poison into the prey. The sting of this 20 mm ant with a lifespan of 21 days is enough to kill an adult within 15 minutes.

The highest standing jump on the lamp

Guinness record / Silvio Seba

The highest standing jump on the lamp is 101.3 cm, recorded by Italian Silvio Saba in 2020. Silvio is a serial record breaker who has more than 200 records to his name in the Guinness World Records. After achieving his first record in 2011 for the most one-legged squats in one minute, the private trainer realized that breaking a record wasn’t enough for him and wanted to be the best at everything. Another motivation for him to break the record is to surpass Mr. World Record, Arishta Forman. Christian Saba , Silvio’s son, also holds the record for the most single-legged cross rope jumps.

Guinness record holder for breaking the most records

Guinness record/Arishta Forman

Arishta Forman  is the Guinness “Mr. Record Breaker” who has officially broken more than 700 world records, the record for the most records held by a single person. This American man has been breaking records since 1979, at the age of 25, and has now maintained nearly 200 records. Records that the tough guy has broken so far include halving the most apples in mid-air with a samurai sword, balancing the tallest object on his chin, and catching the most ping-pong balls with a chopstick.

Most underwater magic tricks

Most underwater magic tricks / Guinness World Records

On Guinness World Records Day 2020, Martin Rees from Hertfordshire, England, set the record for most magic tricks performed underwater in three minutes by performing 20 tricks. He is the first person to break this record in the last 10 years.

Heaviest weight lifted with little fingers

Heaviest weight lifted with little fingers / Guinness record

Darius Slovic is  a former Canadian discus champion and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist. In 2020, Darius decided to break a record to help Khira on Guinness World Records Day. In addition to breaking the record of the heaviest weight lifted with little fingers (105.67 kg), he broke the record of the most number of chest presses with clapping after lifting the weight with 41 repetitions and the farthest horseshoe throw with a distance of 53.34 meters. Click here to see the video of these records  .

The biggest ice cream cone in the world

World's tallest ice cream cone / Guinness record

A Norwegian ice cream company managed to record the longest ice cream cone in the world with a length of 3.08 meters.

The biggest blown gum

Guinness record/biggest bubble gum bubble

On April 24, 2004, the world’s largest bubble gum bubble with a diameter of 50.8 cm was blown by Chad Fell in Alabama. Chad blew the bubble gum without using his hands to steady or pull the bubble. He used three pieces of Dubble Bubble gum to make this pink bubble.

The strangest diet

The strangest diet / Guinness record

French Michel Lotito has been regularly eating metal and glass since he was 9 years old. Gastroenterologists X-rayed Michelle’s stomach and described her ability to consume 900 grams of metal per day as unparalleled. His strange eating habits were the result of a disorder called pica . This disorder causes a strong appetite for things that are not food.

Michel’s diet since 1966 included 18 bicycles, 15 supermarket baskets, 7 televisions, 6 chandeliers, two beds, a pair of skis, a light plane and a computer. This strange man first became aware of his ability when the glass he was drinking from broke and he started chewing on the broken piece.

He who had eaten nearly 9 tons of metal until October 1997, said that bananas and hard-boiled eggs made him sick! Mr. Lotito died of natural causes in 2007.

The biggest underwater mermaid show

The largest underwater display of perimarines / Guinness record

On April 28, 2021, 110 professional performers broke the record for the largest underwater mermaid show at Atlantis Sanya, an ocean resort in China. For the performance of this official show, months of training and effort had been done. We suggest you watch the video of this dream performance here  .

The biggest performance of traditional Kanyak dance

Guinness record/ World's largest Kennik dance

The biggest performance of Konyak traditional dance which consisted of 4687 participants was organized by Konyak Union of India on 5th April 2019.

The world’s largest family reunion

The record of the largest family gathering in the world with the presence of 4514 people was achieved on August 12, 2012 by the French family of Porto Boileau. The genealogy that was in hand showed that this family originated from Mr. Georges Porto and Mrs. Madeleine Boileau from the 17th century .

The most expensive dessert in the world

Guinness record/world's most expensive dessert

The world’s most expensive dessert is a $25,000 nutty ice cream that was added to the menu at Serendipity 3 in New York on November 7, 2007. Created in collaboration with New York luxury jeweler Euphoria, this dessert is decorated with 5 grams of edible 23 carat gold and served in a goblet covered with edible gold.

The base of the cup is an 18 carat gold bracelet with 1 carat of white diamonds. This dessert is eaten with a golden spoon decorated with white and chocolate colored diamonds and can be taken home with you.

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We hope you are surprised enough to see these records! Which record do you think was weirder, weirder, or dumber?