Chris ‘The Duchess’ Walton
holds the Guinness World Records for the longest fingernails. Her nails measure
9 ft. 7 inches on her right hand and 10 ft. 2 inches on her left.
The largest jigsaw made of
tents was constructed in Qingdao, Shandong province in China. It took around
900 tents to complete and is the first record of its kind.
At 46 minutes and seven
seconds, China’s Jin Songhao set the Guinness World Record for the longest time
spent in direct full body contact with snow on January 2011.
4,483 people hula-hooped
for seven minutes at Thammasat University stadium on the outskirts of Bangkok
on February 2013. They successfully set the Guinness World Record for most
number of people simultaneously hula-hooping.
Franz Paternosta holds up a
Christmas tree bauble in the Bavarian glassblowing company Joska on December
17, 2008. The company produced the world’s biggest glass Christmas tree
decoration with a diameter of 25.6 inches and a weight of 44 pounds.
Pete Glazebrook’s prize
winning onion is the Guinness World Record holder for heaviest onion and has
held the title since September 2011. It weighed a stunning 17 pounds.
Milan Roskopf of Slovakia
broke his own previous world record in June 2009 by juggling three motor saws
62 successful times in a row. His previous record was 35.
Standing nearly six feet
tall, this piece of luggage (which was introduced in China), has been certified
as the world’s largest.
On January 14, 2011, over
30 Ontario wineries poured 27 liters of icewine into a four-foot-tall flute,
successfully setting the pouring record.
Kazuhiro Watanabe, a
Japanese fashion designer, currently holds the Guinness World Record for
“tallest mohawk” at 3 feet and 8.6 inches tall.
1,010 bikini-clad women
posed on Australia’s iconic beach Bondi Beach, setting a Guinness World Record
for the largest swimsuit photo shoot.
In May of this year,
Romania set the Guinness World Record for world’s biggest national flag in
Clinceni. The flag measured 1,146 feet long by 744 feet tall.
Samat Hasan, a 24-year-old
stuntman from China, walked on a 2,300 ft rope with a 1.2 inches diameter and
set at a 39-degree gradient and successfully broke the Guinness World Record
for aerial tightrope walking.
Sri Lankan couple Nisansala
and Nalin breaks the Guinness record for a wedding with the most bridesmaids
for a bride in Negombo in 2013. They had 126 bridesmaids and 25 groomsmen, accompanied
by 20 page boys and 23 flower girls.
A golden retriever named
Charlie, owns the Guinness World Record for the loudest bark. He registers in
at 113.1 decibels.
Saimir Strati, an Albanian
artist, set a record by gluing 229,764 corks of various shapes and colors over
a plastic banner measuring 42.5 by 23 feet to make the art piece. He worked 14
hours a day for 28 days straight.
A group of 1,000 women set
a record by simultaneously receiving a facial massage in Jinan, China.
At an event aimed at
raising awareness for breast cancer prevention, this 82 by 141 ft. swimming
pool was filled with one million ball pink and green plastic balls during a
Guinness World Records attempt at the Largest Ball Pit at Kerry Hotel in
Pudong, Shanghai in 2013.
Jack Tsonis (left) and
Lindsay Morrison (right) attempt to break the world record for the longest
handshake in Sydney on September 21, 2009.
Paddy Jones holds the
record for the oldest Salsa Dancer in the world.
Jordan Michael Geller owns
one of every model of Air Jordans ever made. He poses here with his collection
of Nike Air Jordan Retro sneakers at the “ShoeZeum” in downtown Las Vegas,
Nevada. He owns more than 2,500 pairs.
On February 17, 2012,
French cyclist Robert Marchand set a world record for cycling non-stop for one
hour in the over 100-year-old category at the Union Cycliste Internationale
velodrome in Switzerland. Marchand, born November 26, 1911, cycled 15 miles
around the 200 meter indoor track to set the record.
On February 6, 2012,
villagers perform the annual “dragon march” to celebrate the Lantern Festival
in Gutian township, China. The marching dragon, which was made of paper and
bamboo connected by wood planks, set the new Guinness World Record of the longest
parade float with 2596.8 feet, according to local media.
Freddy Nock from
Switzerland balances on the ropeway of a cable car leading to Germany’s highest
mountain, the 9,718 feet Zugspitze. He balanced on the 3264.4 feet-long rope to
break his own world record.
With a total of 453
piercings, Rolf Bucholz of Germany, is the Guinness World Record holder for the
‘Most Pierced Man.’
Stretching 268 feet 4
inches (or most of the length of a football field), this Havana is the world’s
longest cigar.
On July 28, 2013 in Taipei,
1,213 people broke a Guinness World Record by applying facial masks for 10
minutes at the same time.
On February 2013, 52 chefs
set the world record for the largest Cantonese fried rice cooked at one time.
The 3,000 pounds fried rice served over 7,000 people.
Chinese beekeeper She Ping
covered his body with 73 pounds of bees (around 330,000 bees) to shatter the
previous record of 59 pounds.
The most expensive dessert
in the world is the Frrrozen Haute Chocolate. It costs around $25,000.
With a free-falling angle
of 121 degrees, the ‘Takabisha’ roller coaster is the Guinness World Records
holder of the world’s steepest roller coaster. It is located at the Fuji-Q
Highland amusement park near Tokyo.
Runners dressed in
inflatable Sumo costumes claimed the new world record for a mass Sumo Suit
gathering at a run in London in June 2010.
Singapore’s S.E.A Aquarium
is so massive that it holds two records: the world’s largest aquarium (80,000
animals, 800 species and 42.9 million liters of water) and the aquarium that
has the world’s largest acrylic panel.
Isobel Varley from Spain
holds the record for the most senior tattooed woman in the world.
On August 8, 2010, 102
thrill-seekers gathered to set the record for the most naked riders on a theme
park ride.
Using the ‘African Patas
monkey’ style, 37-year-old Takashi Kokubu set a new Guinness World Record for
running a four-legged 100 meter race in Tokyo. He clocked in at 16.87 seconds.
The world’s largest 3D
painting. It measures 12,000 square feet and is located at the Canary Wharf in
London.
Etibar Elchyev took the
title for ‘Most spoons balanced on a human body’ by putting 50 metal spoons on
his body. No, he didn’t stick them to his skin.
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