The latest edition of the Guinness Book of World Records boasts a number of record-breaking feats. In all, there are 2,500 new records in the Guinness Book of World Records. Here are some of the more bizarre records:
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New Zealand entertainer Skye Broberg can fold herself into a box the size of a small suitcase.
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Telecoms computer expert Rolf Buchhol, 52, has 453 body piercings, making him the world’s most pierced man.
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Udo Kretzshmann has the world’s largest playable violin, seven times normal size with a bow 17 feet long.
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California college student Chanel Tapper has the world’s
longest tongue, which measures 3.8 inches. The 21-year-old’s lizard-like
tongue is about the same length as an iPhone.
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In 2009, Reverend Darrell Best of Illinois converted his 1940s
fire truck into a wedding chapel. Just two years later it is featured in
the Guinness Records Book as the fastest wedding chapel in the world.
“The Best Man” will let couples to tie the knot while travelling at
speeds of up to 62 mph.
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Charlotte Lee of Huntington Beach owns 5,249 different rubber
ducks. Her rubber friends are kept in glass showcases in a dedicated
duck room.
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W.R. “Rusty” Haight of San Diego owns the dubious distinction
of being in the most car collisions. By February 2003, the traffic
collision reconstructionist had endured 718 collisions as a human
crash-test dummy.
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The person who holds the most Guinness World Records is Ashrita
Furman. He holds the titles for, among other things, long-distance
pogo-stick jumping, most glasses balanced on the chin, most hopscotch
games in 24 hours and fastest time to pogo-stick up Toronto’s CN Tower.
You can see more at www.guinnessworldrecords.com.
