10 Most Bizarre World Records
Published on 6/27/2007
01
Eye-Popping Record
Claudio Pinto can pop both of his eyes 4 cm (about 1 and a half inch)
or 95% out of their sockets. He's now aiming (poppin'?) for a world
record.
Mr Pinto has undergone various tests and doctors say they have never
seen or heard of a person who can pop the eyes as much as him. Mr
Pinto, from Belo Horizonte, said: "It is a pretty easy way to make
money. "I can pop my eyes out four centimetres each, it is a gift from
God, I feel blessed."
02
World's Longest Fingernails
wenty seven years ago, Lee Redmond's life was too busy for beauty
treatments, so she decided to cut corners and stop filing her nails.
Now, 33 inches later, the Salt Lake City woman holds the world's
record for longest fingernails: Astonishingly, she claims it does not
hamper her efforts to cook, clean and look after her husband. But the
extraordinarily long fingernails are a sight so bizarre, many feel
they have to look away - and even Mrs Redmond admits her unsightly
nails terrify children.
03
Typing to One Million
Les Stewart from Mudjimba, Australia, holds the world's record of
typing all numbers from one to one million in words (not numbers). He
began in 1982 and finished with the entry "one million" on November
25, 1998.
Seven manual typewriters, 1000 ink ribbons, 19,890 pages, 16 years and
seven months later, he finished with the lines "nine hundred and
ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine. ---one million."
When asked why he has undertaken this time consuming and repetitious
task, Les says that he has little else to do now that he has been
classed as an invalid, and can no longer work. Besides that, Les
enjoys typing and used to be a police typing instructor before his
sickness which meant his withdrawal from the force. Typing an average
three pages a day with one finger since April 1982, Les said his
secret was to type for 20 minutes on the hour, every hour
04
Most t-shirts worn at one time: 121
David Alexander wore 121 t-shirts to break the world's record of most
t-shirts worn at one time! Alexander, who weighs 210 pounds shirtless,
tipped the scale at 285 pounds in full garb.
Sharp spent roughly two hours wrestling the tees - which ranged in
size from small to 8XL - over his friend's head and arms, calling out
each number as they progressed, per Guinness rules. In 93 degree heat,
Alexander sweat through the first 36 shirts. The duo had wondered why
the previous record holder had stopped at 107. By 60, they understood:
The necks grew tight, the shoulders constricting, and the sleeves so
long that Alexander couldn't bend his elbows. It took 30 minutes and
four guys with scissors to cut Alexander out of the cloth. All was
documented on videotape, which the duo plans to send to Guinness to
earn the official title.
05
World's Longest Diary
For twenty years, Robert Shields of Dayton, Washington, has kept a
written record of absolutely everything that has happened to him, day
and night. For no less than four hours each day, Shields holes himself
up in the small office in his home, turns on his stereo, and types.
His diary, at 35 million words, is believed to be the world's longest.
Shields did this from 1972 until 1996, when he was disabled by a
stroke. Shown above is a page from the diary, showing what he did
every 5 minutes interval!
06
1,016 Piercings in One Sitting
Robison, a Marseilles resident who graduated from Ottawa Township High
School, originally planned to get 1,000 piercings, 400 more than the
600 that Kam Ma of Britain got in one sitting in 2002. But apparently
the British record holder heard about what Robison was planning,
because last week he broke his own record by getting pierced 1,015
times in one sitting.
That prompted Robison to increase the number of piercings he planned
to get up to 1,200. But after experiencing the pain of hours of
piercings all over his back and arms, he decided to settle for the
world record and not go any further.
Before Saturday, Robison had 26 piercings on his body. After the
record was set Saturday, 1,015 of his new piercings were removed,
07
World's Longest Eyebrow
Leonard Traenkenschuh of Port Townsend, Washington, has a 3 and a half
lived in Port Townsend since 1980 and works at the hospital
never been a particularly hairy person. He does not have a beard and
08
World's Tallest Chocolate Skyscraper
Pastry chef Alain Roby got into Guiness World Records by making the
world's tallest chocolate skyscraper: a 20-foot, 8-inch tall
skyscraper made with a dark chocolate infrastructure and white
chocolate windows. This 6.6 meter tall chocolate sculpture located in
a toy shop in Manhattan, New York, is made entirely of more than 1,000
kg of chocolate. Modeled after Rockefeller Center, Empire State
Building and Chrysler Building in the United States, its construction
took Alain Roby more than 30 hours to complete. Guinness officials
present at the scene have confirmed it as the world's tallest
sculpture made from chocolate. This sets a new Guinness Record.
09
World's Largest Rubber Band Ball
Steve Milton of Eugene, Oregon, created this 4594-pound rubber band
ball by using more than 175,000 rubber bands. It was certified as the
world's largest by Guinness World Records officials during a weigh-in
Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006, in Chicago.
10
World's Biggest Cookie
Immaculate Baking Co. baked the world's biggest cookie in 2003. The
cookie is about 100 ft. in diameter and 40,000 lb in weight (yes, that
is a photo of the cookie taken from 100 feet above - the red speck is
a guy standing in the center of the cookie!)
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