Top 10 Unusual Guinness World Records

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We have all heard about Eye-Popping Man or Lee Redmond and her 28 ft and 4.5 in long nails. So , here’s a list of top10 list of other unusual Guinness World Records.

10. Heaviest pumpkin

Heaviest Pumpkin Record
October 09, 2010 a new Guinness World Records was set for a gigantic pumpkin grown in Wisconsin was officially the world’s heaviest. It weighed 1,810 lb 8 oz and was unveiled by Chris Stevens at the Stillwater Harvest Fest in Minnesota. The proud farmer said his secret is a precise mixture of rain, cow manure, good soil, seaweed and fish emulsion.

9. Most T-shirts worn at once

Most T Shirts record
Krunoslav Budiseli? set a new world record on May 22, 2010 for wearing 245 T-shirts at the same time. This man from croatia was officially recognized as the new record holder by Guinness World of Records after he managed to put on 245 different T-shirts in less than two hours. The T-shirts weighted 68 kg. He dethroned the Swedish Guinness record holder who wore 238 T-shirts.

8. Most living generations

Most Living Generations Picture
Did you ever wonder what is the Guinness World Record for most living generations in one family? The anser is Seven.
The ultimate authority on record- breaking mentions on the website that the youngest great-great-great-great-grandparent of this family was Augusta Bung “aged 109 years 97 days, followed by her daughter aged 89, her grand-daughter 70, her great-grand-daughter 52, her great-great grand-daughter 33 and her great-great-great grand-daughter aged 15 on the birth of her great-great-great-great grandson on 21 January 1989.” OMG

7. Longest ears on a dog

Longest Dog Ears Picture
A bloodhound from Illinois has the longest ears ever measured on a dog. The right ear is 13.75 inches long and the left one 13.5 inches. The dog named Tigger earned this title in 2004 and is owned by Christina and Bryan Flessner.

6. Most body piercings in one session

Most Body Piercings
In May 2010, Chris Elliot and Tyson Turk (USA) set the world record for most body piercings in one session: 3100 in 6 hours and 15 minutes. It all happened at the Tyson Turk Tattoo Studio, Bedford, Texas.

5. Most people inside a soap bubble

most people inside a bubble
The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California celebrated this year the 15th anniversary of the BubbleFest. A bubble’s math principles and science were presented and demonstrated at the three-weeks long exhibition.The Yang family collaborated with the Discovery Science Center to set a new Guinness World Record for most people inside a soap bubble and they succeeded.
The family that has been working for soap bubbles since 27 years created a huge soap bubble and got 118 people inside it. The record was set on April 4, 2011.

4. Fastest individual 1 mile run wearing swim fins

fastest 1 mile run wearing swim fins
Ashrita Furman, nicknamed Mr. Versatility ,an american citizen, is no stranger to Guinness World of Records. He set more than 340 official Guinness records since 1979 and currently holds 113, including the record for fastest mile run in swim fins: 7 min 56 sec. Ashrita achieved this record in 2010 at the Marswiese Sportzentrum in Vienna, Austria.
Marco Frigatti, head of the global records management team for GWR, declared that Ashrita won “the official record for The most current Guinness world records held at the same time by an individual.

3. Largest horn circumference – steer

largest horn circumference record
Now , this is amazing ! Lurch was the record holder of the world’s largest horn circumference, 37.5 inches. He was an African Watusi steer born October 11, 1995 on a ranch in Missouri. Janice Wolf adopted Lurch when he was only 5 weeks old.

2. Fastest 100m running on all fours

Fastest running on all fours
The 2008 Guinness World Records Day was, according to GWR,  their biggest day of record-breaking ever, with more than 290000 people taking part in record attempts in 15 different countries. Kenichi Ito’s record attempt was part of this special day. He is just another example of Japanese with ‘super powers’. His ‘super power’ is to run with great speed on all fours. Kenichi Ito run 100m on all fours in 18.58 seconds.

1. Heaviest weight pulled with eye sockets

Heaviest weight pulled with eye
Believe it or not, the heaviest weight pulled with eye sockets is 907 pounds (411.65 kilograms). This extreme record was set by Chayne Hultgren, also known as The Space Cowboy. The Australian achieved the record  in Milano on the set of “Lo Show Dei Record” in 2009.
One of the many acts that brought him large media coverage is when he swallowed 27 swords decorated with the flags of all European Union’s members. The record was set on the day when Ireland rejected the Lisbon Treaty on European Union reform.



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