Paul michael hughes, courtesy of guinness world records achieved by louis georgiou of the uk, may 11, 2017. People dedicate their free time, and potentially their lives, to some strange things. Cliff young at the age of 61 ran an ultramarathon and broke the record by two days. In 2009, jonathan lee riches sued the guinness book of world records when he heard that they were about to name him as the most litigious man in the world source.
For the 2020 edition, guinness world records expands its book with new records that highlight the trends and technologies of our day and age. The record was made by upsacs, index, iim lucknow and hlfppt. The idea for the guinness book of world records came out of an. You will be need to register login for access comments below may relate to previous holders of this record. Dan rollman was present to adjudicate, and mike phirman held the cue cards. But there are some that will leave you puzzled and, quite frankly, amused. This beat the previous record of 1202, set in 1983. The tallest and tiniest dogs in the world sized each other up in central park on sept. Joe also holds the world records for longest beetroot, 7. About ripleys believe it or not the company has a long successful history in book publishing, product licensing, radio and popular tv shows. Fox hunting, bull fighting, camel wrestling, elephant polo and other weird categories of animal sports have long been excised from the record books. Woman breaks record for the worlds longest name a charity worker from hartlepool has broken the record for the worlds longest name, it was announced today.
In 1997, oprah met a girl, who broke the guinness world record for the longest personal name in the world. The quartet of richard dawson, rhodri davies, dawn bothwell and sally pilkington will release their third lp and first for weird world on 16th november. May 06, 2015 record keepers at the guinness book of world records recently certified that gellers shoezeum, a shrine to nike that he says includes one of every model of air jordans ever made, holds the record. May 27, 2009 with the news that a group of blue wannabes in swansea have entered the guinness book of records for the largest number of people dressed as smurfs, here are our top 10 favourite weird world records. The record for most guinness world records is held by ashrita furman source. However, there are many people who entered their name with weird records. Nevertheless, these odd achievements are quite interesting to know.
Hes also the author of various weird, nonfiction, sciencethemed books such as elephants on acid and psychedelic apes. The following is a small sample of thirty odd or unusual world records. His unsettling piercings means that 22yearold is one of the stars in the upcoming book of guinness world records. From the worlds longest eyelashes, which reach a whopping 12. We knew right from the very beginning that we were set up for success, and you all took good care in replying to our question with hundreds of record store names. Nov 17, 2014 the day marked the 10th annual guinness world records day and the 60th anniversary of the guinness world records book.
Books are a versatile recordsetting prop, able to be stacked in towers, balanced on heads and, last of all, read. When he heard of this, he sued the guinness book of world records source. Kevin cole of carlsbad, new mexico, usa, holds the record for the longest spaghetti strand blown out of a nostril in a single blow. Find out more about all the latest guinness world records books, including the annual, gamers edition and brand new. The grossest, smelliest, weirdest and noisiest achievements. Joey miggler has broken the world record for the most number of flesh tunnels. From planets and human marvels to videogaming and instagram, guinness world records 2019 is packed with thousands of new and updated records. A journey into the strange community of actors and enthusiasts who record full audio books for free at librivox. Paul michael hughes guinness book of world records achieved by geronimo, a female border collie and kelpie cross, and her owner, samantha valle of the us, on april 7, 2014. Watch the video for its first single problem child now. The animal kingdom is crawling with incredible recordbreakers that put us humans to shame. If youre looking for world records, you cant go wrong with the guinness world records.
And the 2016 edition complete with an updated round of titles. She carefully followed the recipe to make the recordbreaking blue slime. The 2020 book of guinness world records is full of brand new feats and others that have gone unbroken for years because theyre too strange to be outdone. Navayuga engineering company limited necl entered the guinness book of world record for concrete pouring on january 07, 2019. Records list of guinness world records weird guinness world.
In october 2011, 571 of them dressed up as sunflowers to enter the record books. The current worlds record of 1,000 continuous miles is claimed by a team from ontarios queens university, which kept its simmons rolling day and night for a week. Some world records take years of conditioning or practice. Pinky pull ups, mayo eating and other weird feats in the new guinness world records book. Break one of those, and your name is in print as a world record holder. She has also been, variously, a musician, a performing poet, a record store clerk, and an adjunct professor of creative writing at manhattanville college in purchase, ny. In 1995, canadian sean shannon recited hamlets to be or not to be soliloquy, 260 words, in 23. Record keepers at the guinness book of world records recently certified that gellers shoezeum, a shrine to nike that he says includes one of every model of air jordans ever made, holds the record. Record keepers at the guinness book of world records recently certified that gellers shoezeum, a shrine to nike that he says includes one of every model of air jordans ever made, holds the record for the worlds largest collection of sneakers, with more than 2,500 pairs, all but eight of which are nikes. This allows us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. Woman breaks record for the worlds longest name weird. Jonathan lee riches got the guinness world record for having filed the highest number of lawsuits in the world. One of the oldest records on this list is the worlds largest condom, which. Coolest world records ever set by kids readers digest.
In this edition, we celebrate the maker movement with a feature dedicated to those who design and build supersized items, such as the largest yoyo, the tallest toothpick sculpture and the fastest jetpowered gokart. Everything from most onefinger pushups, to longest tattoo. Vincent college who pushed a bed in laps around a shopping center. A career guide for misfits, fckups, and failures romolini, jennifer on. The girl with 1,000plus letters in her name the oprah. Weird world record co free listening on soundcloud. Nilanshi patel, 17, who has been awarded the 2019 guinness world record for the longest hair in the teenager category, 190 cm, poses for a picture at modasa town, some 110 kms from ahmedabad on january 19, 2020. The record incidentally is held by kevin shelly an american, who splintered 46 of them in just one minute.
With the news that a group of blue wannabes in swansea have entered the guinness book of records for the largest number of people dressed as. The record is 45 and was achieved by italian fitness trainer silvio sabba. Hence, today we have brought you 10 weird world records straight from the guinness book. Book world records contain volumes of human achievement, from the highminded and literary ulysses, anyone. World records are usually awarded for best global performance ever recorded. People take part in an attempt to break the guinness world record for most number of people simultaneously hulahooping at thammasat university stadium in pathum thani province, on the outskirts of bangkok february 12, 20. Whether you think these are great feats of achievement or crazy gimmicks, they are definitely entertaini. Lucknow, india, holds the record for displaying world s largest condom mosaic made out of 4,418 condom packs. Jul 19, 2006 if youre looking for world records, you cant go wrong with the guinness world records. But it seems like something one of you minecraft experts might be able to top. Guinness world records 2019 guinness world records. Zack selwyn and eric schwartz name dropped 70 names in a freestyle rap, a recordsetter world record. The day marked the 10th annual guinness world records day and the 60th anniversary of the guinness world records book.
People will do some strange things to get into this book. Patel has been awarded the 2019 guinness world record for the longest hair at 190 cm in the teenager category. On this day in 1955, the first guinness book of records was bound and ready to be sold as a 198page edition. Top 50 weirdest guinness world records listafterlist. Record keepers at the guinness book of world records recently certified that gellers shoezeum, a shrine to nike that he says includes one of every model of. Home cool stuff the 12 weirdest guinness world records ever the 12 weirdest guinness world records ever. Guinness world records, known from its inception from 1955 until 2000 as the guinness book of records and in previous united states editions as the guinness book of world records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
What are the most weird world record listings in the. While characterizing a record as strange is a subjective effort, the publication. According to the guinness book of records joe atherton created the world record longest carrot record, a gigantic 20 feet 5. People will do some pretty crazy things to get in the record books. Nickname please do not use your real name advertisement. People will record films on 8mm and will play them back using laserdiskcd technology. Suddenly taken from the album the end of comedy out now on weird world. The weird, obsessive world of free diy audiobooks wired. With this revolution in delivery and distribution, anyone, in any size town or hamlet, will see the movies he or she wants to see. From the longest eyelashes to the tallest cat, see the guinness world record breakers of 2018. His unsettling piercings means that 22yearold is one of the stars.
The 12 weirdest guinness world records ever heads up by. Champions of musical comedy, a collective of musical comedians created by schwartz. And then there are some achievements listed in the record books that just involve sitting there or even lying there. For a full list of record titles, please use our record application search. Guinness world records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as the guinness book of. Bizarre guinness world records crazy guinness world records list of guinness world records weird guinness world records. Here are 50 of the strangest guinness world records ever recorded. That might not knock your socks off, but its appearance in our list is due to sabba being a serial world record holder. It takes chronic effort and dexterous skills to set a world record in guinness book of world records. These categories are often completely invented and submitted to the guinness book of world records. Gibson, the california dog dubbed the tallest in the world by the guinness book of world records, has died after a battle with bone cancer.
Weirdest world records in new guinness world records book. Then guinness book officially verify the performance or events and then award the best perform. Jan 04, 2019 in 1997, oprah met a girl, who broke the guinness world record for the longest personal name in the world. As far as i can tell, the world record for the most voluntary vasectomies performed in a single day and at a single event was set on december 5, 1987 in bangkok, when 1214 men received the operation. See the 10 world records held by women that prove their incredible skill. In 1977, garry sowerby and his two codrivers completed an aroundtheworld drive in just 21 days, 2 hours and 14 minutes. Book of world records, but has since been reopened with johnny strange breaking a.
Today show host al roker made quite a splash with his 34hourlong weather. The list of records which the guinness world records covers is not fixed, records may be added and also removed for various reasons. Stream tracks and playlists from weird world record co on your desktop or mobile device. The most bizarre world records ever set business insider. Meagan brothers is the author of three novels for young adults, debbie harry sings in french, supergirl mixtapes, and weird girl and whats his name. Whereas in the past these weirdos would have been chased out the local village, nowadays their strange antics are celebrated in a big book of world records. All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. The record holder for most survived lightning strikes, at 7, roy sullivan was struck while operating a truck, inside a ranger station, on two separate occasions after runningdriving away from the storm, and immediately after the seventh strike he had to fight off a troutstealing bear with a tree branch.
I found reports of students continuing to push beds long distances as late as 1979 when a new world record was set 1,980 miles by students from pennsylvanias st. Its still the place to go to find weird world records, like kevin coles farthest spaghetti nasal ejection world record. Ciela, a fifth grader, was inspired by an experiment in the guinness world records. What if there was a book that could settle once and for all of these arguments about world records, which he reasoned, happened every day in. Sep 08, 2017 news weird and wacky guinness world records 2018.
These totally wacky categories were mostly submitted to the guinness book of world records, while others were reported by local news. The record was set at the comedy store during recordbreakerz. Women are so much stronger than theyre given credit for. Its human nature we always try to push our limits, perform well day by day. Oct 07, 2015 joey miggler has broken the world record for the most number of flesh tunnels. Its been tough to stick to just 10 weird record store names given the incredible amount weve received and the outstanding creativity of record store owners to name their babies. The brainchild of sir hugh beaver, the book was cofounded by twin brothers norris and. She has also been, variously, a musician, a performing poet, a record store clerk, and an adjunct professor of creative writing at. What are the most weird world record listings in the guinness.
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