# 50 wierdest World Records **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [January 31, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/50-wierdest-world-records/177298 "2006-01-31T20:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![esnetni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/50-wierdest-world-records/177298/1 "2006-01-31T20:59:50Z")
[LEFT] **1 FASTEST TALKER:** In 1995, Canadian Sean Shannon recited Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” soliloquy, 260 words, in 23.8secs.[/LEFT] \*\*2 HEAVIEST VEHICLE PULLED OVER 100FT: \*\*This year, Derek Boyer of Australia pulled a 30.68-tonne truck-trailer combination 30.5 metres. \*\*3 HIGHEST SHALLOW DIVE: \*\*In January, Danny Higginbottom of Louisiana dived 8.90m into 30cm of water. [LEFT]\*\*4 BREATH HELD VOLUNTARILY: \*\*The USA’s Robert Foster held his breath for 13mins 42.5secs in 1959. \*\*5 LONGEST TIME TO ENDURE FULL BODY ICE CONTACT: \*\*Wim Hoff of the Netherlands stood in an ice cube-filled tube for 1hr 17mins in January. \*\*6 MOST CONSECUTIVE POGO-STICK JUMPS: \*\*In 1990, Gary Stewart did 177,737 in California. \*\*7 MOST GLASSES BALANCED ON THE CHIN: \*\*In 2001, Ashrita Furman managed 75 pint beer glasses for 10.6secs in New York. \*\*8 MOST ONE-FINGER PUSH-UPS: \*\*In 1992, Paul Lynch performed 124 in London. \*\*9 OLDEST PERSON TO LOOP THE LOOP: \*\*In 1998, Adeline Ablitt, 95, did a glider loop over Leicestershire. \*\*10 HIGHEST TIGHTROPE WALK: \*\*Frenchman Michael Menin walked a 3,150 metre-high tightrope in 1989. \*\*11 WALKING - GREATEST DOCUMENTED LIFETIME MILEAGE: \*\*Between 1969 and 2000, Arthur Blessitt of Florida, USA, walked 34,501 miles on seven continents while carrying a 3.7-metre cross. \*\*12 HAIRIEST FAMILY: \*\*Mexicans Victor and Gabriel Ramos Gomez have 98% of their bodies covered in fur. \*\*13 HIGHEST G-FORCE ENDURED VOLUNTARILY: \*\*82.6g for 0.04secs by Eli L Beeding Jr of the USA in 1958. He spent three days in hospital afterwards. \*\*14 LONGEST ATTACK OF HICCUPS: \*\*Charles Osborne of the USA - 1922 to 1990. \*\*15 LONGEST TATTOO SESSION: \*\*In 2003, Chris Goodwill spent 33 hours tattooing Kevin Budden in Plumstead, South East London. \*\*16 LONGEST TIME WITH A NAIL IN THE HEAD: \*\*Robin Hanshaw of Stoke Poges, Bucks, had a one-inch rusty nail stuck between his ear and eye for 22 years. \*\*17 MOST COMPULSIVE SWALLOWER: \*\*In 1927, a Canadian woman had 2,533 objects removed from her stomach, including 947 pins. \*\*18 MOST LIGHTNING STRIKES SURVIVED: \*\*Roy C Sullivan from Virginia, USA, was struck for the seventh time in 1977. \*\*19 MOST PIERCED MAN: \*\*Luis Antonio Aguero from Cuba has 230 piercings. \*\*20 MOST CHILDREN DELIVERED: \*\*American Bobby McCaughey had seven delivered by Caesarean in 1997. \*\*21 MOST FEET SNIFFED: \*\*In a 15-year career, Madeline Albrecht sniffed 5,600 feet while working for footcare experts Dr Scholl in the USA. \*\*22 MOST ELASTIC MAN: \*\*Pierre Beauchemin is nicknamed Mr Gumby for his ability to contort his arms and legs. \*\*23 FASTEST BALLOON DOG MADE BEHIND BACK: \*\*Britain’s Craig “Blink” Keith made a balloon poodle in 9.26secs in May, all with his hands behind his back. \*\*24 FASTEST SPEED DRAGGED BEHIND A MOTORBIKE: \*\*Gary Rothwell of Liverpool was dragged at 156mph on 2mm titanium-soled boots in 1999. \*\*25 MOST SPOONS BALANCED ON FACE: \*\*America’s Tim Johnston, 12, balanced 15 on his face for 30secs in May. \*\*26 HEAVIEST TRAIN PULLED WITH BEARD: \*\*Ismael Rivas Falcon of Spain pulled a 6,069lb train in 2001. \*\*27 MOST CONSECUTIVE FOOT JUGGLING FLIPS WITH A HUMAN: \*\*In 2000, Iranian Ali Bandbaz juggled his brother Massoud for twelve 360o revolutions using his feet. \*\*28 THE HEAVIEST TWINS: \*\*In 1978, Billy Leon McCrary weighed 51st 9lbs and his brother, Benny Lloyd, was 57st 1lbs. Both died from heart failure. \*\*29 ORANGE NOSE PUSH: \*\*Alistair Ross pushed an orange with his nose along Brighton seafront for a mile last year. \*\*30 MOST WATCHES EATEN: \*\*Kim Seung Do from Seoul, South Korea, ate five in 1hr 34mins in 1998. \*\*31 LONGEST MAGGOT BATH: \*\*Christine Martin of Horsham, West Sussex, sat in a bath of them for 1hr 30mins in 2002. \*\*32 MOTIONLESS: \*\*In 1997, Om Prakash Singh of India stood still for 20hrs, 10mins and 6secs. \*\*33 TALLEST LIVING WOMAN: \*\*Sandy Allen of the USA, at 7ft 7ins. \*\*34 HEAVIEST MAN: \*\*In 1978, Jon Brower Minnoch of the USA weighed more than 100st. \*\*35 LARGEST HANDS: \*\*Hussain Bisad of Somalia’s measure 26.9cm from the wrist to the tip of his middle finger. \*\*36 LARGEST CHEST: \*\*Robert Earl Hughes of the USA - 315cm. \*\*37 FARTHEST EYEBALL POPPER: \*\*Kim Goodman of the USA popped hers 1mm beyond her sockets in 1998. \*\*38 MOST BODY SKIPS: \*\*In 2003, handcuffed Ved Prakash Sharma of India skipped with his arms 27 times in a minute, stepping through his arms and bringing them over his head. \*\*39 MOST RATTLESNAKES HELD IN MOUTH: \*\*Jackie Bibby of the USA held eight live snakes by their tails for 12.5secs in 2001. \*\*40 FASTEST TIME TO TYPE A MILLION: \*\*Between 1982 and 1998, Aussie Les Stewart typed the numbers one to one million in words. \*\*41 LONGEST JOKE-TELLING MARATHON: \*\*In 1992, Mike Heeman of the USA cracked 12,682 in 24hrs. \*\*42 BLINDFOLDED SPEED RECORD: \*\*Briton Mike Newman hit 164.87mph on a motorbike in Wiltshire last year. \*\*43 LONGEST TIME ON ONE FOOT: \*\*Arulanantham Suresh Joachim of Sri Lanka balanced for 76hrs, 40mins in 1997. \*\*44 LONGEST TIME TRAPPED IN A LIFT: \*\*Cypriot Kively Papajohn, 76, was trapped from Dec 28, 1987, to Jan 2, 1988. She lived on the food in her shopping bag. \*\*45 LONGEST TONGUE: \*\*Britain’s Stephen Taylor has a tongue measuring 9.4cm from the tip to the centre of his closed top lip. \*\*46 STRANGEST DIET: \*\*Frenchman Michel Lotito has been eating metal and glass since 1959. \*\*47 SHORTEST MAN: \*\*In 1990, Gul Mohammed of India was just 57cm tall. \*\*48 MOST TENNIS BALLS HELD IN ONE HAND: \*\*Francisco Peinado Toledo of Spain held 18 for 10 seconds last year. \*\*49 OLDEST BAREFOOT WATER-SKIER: \*\*George Blair, 87, of the USA waterskied barefoot on Lake Florence, Florida, in 2002. \*\*50 MOST PEOPLE CRAMMED INTO A SMART CAR: \*\*13 girls in Munich, Germany, in 1999.[/LEFT]