It’s almost six decades since we have been introduced to the Guinness World Records. People have been trying to do all that might help them to find the top spot. It all started with records limited to physical anomalies only but over the past few years, there have been instances of people trying some crazy as* things to get their name on the list. For example, there are people who have set a record of keeping most apples in their mouth or even couples who did a long kiss just to bag “I do this best” title. While these are only a few strangest Guinness World Records there are some, that may force you to scratch your head.
1. Farthest Arrow Shot Using Feet
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The record was set by Nancy Siefker, who managed to shot the arrow to a distance of 20ft.
2. Most Toilet Seats Broken In A Minute!
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Kevin Shelley set one of the strangest Guinness World Records where he broke 46 wooden toilet seats in a minute using his head. Why would you that, pal?
3. Longest Fingernail
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Sridhar Chinnal of India holds a world record for having the longest Fingernail on a single hand. It measured an approximate length of 910 cm! Monstrous, right?
4. Most Spoons Balanced On Face
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Dalibor Jablanovic from Serbia has a record of balancing 31 spoons on his face.
5. Pulled By A Horse While On Fire
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Josef Tödtling from Austria managed to set one of the strangest Guinness World Records, where he was pulled by a horse while he had fire all over his body. The stupidity recorded a distance of 500 metres.
6. Longest Sword Swallow
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A woman named Natasha Veruschka from The US swallowed a 58 centimeters long sword just for the sake of a record. However, she did it on purpose on 28th February, which is celebrated as World Swallowers Awareness Day.
7. Largest Bubble Gum Bubble Without Using Hands
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On 24th April 2004, Chad Fell set a new world record where he blew a bubble of 50.1cm diameter.
8. Consecutive Stairs Climbed On Head
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Li Longlong of China successfully climbed 36 consecutive chairs on head. She did it on the sets of CCTV – Guinness World Records.
9. Pea Blown To A Farthest Distance.
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The farthest distance to blow a pea is approximately 7ft, and is achieved by Andre Ortolf of Germany.
10. Heaviest Weight Lifted By Pierced Ears
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Johnny Strange of UK was successful in making the strangest Guinness World Records, where he lifted approximately 15kgs of weight using his pierced ears.
11. Tearing Most Telephone Directories.
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Linsey Lindberg is one such strong woman who can bend metal bars and even crush fruits with her arms. Linsey has set a record of tearing down most number of telephone directories in a minute. She tore down 5 such directories having over 1,000 pages each.
12. Fastest Time To Burst Balloons From The Back.
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You can set a world record for bursting balloons. But Julia Gunthel from Germany set a record by bursting three balloons with her back in just 12 seconds. How the hell are you so stretchable?
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