30 odd world records
Nathan Johnson
Published
08/24/2014
some of the more strange Guinness world records
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Guinness World Record holder for the ''Most Pierced Man,'' Rolf Bucholz of Germany, poses showing some of his 453 piercings in Dortmund, Germany, Oct. 24, 2011. -
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Participants get ready to apply facial masks in Taipei, Taiwan, July 28, 2013. A total of 1213 people broke the Guinness World Record by applying facial masks for 10 minutes at the same time, according to event organizers. -
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A girl runs to take pictures of fish in the Resorts World Sentosa's S.E.A. Aquarium in Singapore, April 8, 2013. The aquarium, which houses more than 80,000 animals of over 800 species in 11 million gallons of water, is the official record holder of two Guinness World Records -- for the world's largest aquarium and for the world's largest acrylic panel in its Ocean Gallery. -
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Sixty-three women skydivers set a new world record for the largest all-female formation while jumping head down, Nov. 30, 2013, in Eloy, Ariz. The record was certified by the Federation of Aeronautics International. -
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Japanese fashion designer Kazuhiro Watanabe, who holds the world record for the "Tallest Mohawk," poses for a photographer at a media event held by the Guinness World Records to launch their 2013 book edition in New York, Sept. 12, 2012. According to the Guinness World Records, Watanabe's do stands at 3 feet 8.6 inches and, presumably, growing. -
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Kerry Hotel in Shanghai has set a new Guinness World Record by creating the world's largest ball pool. The hotel drained its 82-foot-long swimming pool and filled it instead with 1 million pink and green colored plastic balls. According to the hotel, the balls used in the record will now be sold and the money will be donated to Shanghai Cancer Recovery Club. As well as benefiting from the donation, members of the club also got to enjoy themselves in the giant ball pool. -
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Matt Roe, an acoustical consultant with SSA Acoustics, measures noise levels in CenturyLink Field during an NFL football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New Orleans Saints, Dec. 2, 2013, in Seattle. Fans set a Guinness World Record for crowd noise during the game, at 137.6 decibels. -
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21,000 women take part in a breastfeeding world record attempt across the Philippines on Oct. 24, 2013. -
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Sri Lankan couple Nisansala and Nalin smile during their wedding ceremony as they break the Guinness World Record for a wedding with the most bridesmaids for a bride in Negombo, Sri Lanka, Nov. 8, 2013. With 126 bridesmaids, 25 best men accompanied by 20 page boys and 23 flower girls, the wedding ceremony broke a previous record of having 96 bridesmaids for a bride at a wedding in Thailand. -
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Two British teachers have broken the world record for the longest journey in a tuk-tuk after pushing their failing vehicle the last 43 miles. Here, Nick Gough is seen hauling the broken-down tuk-tuk in the Sechura Desert, Northern Peru, Nov. 25, 2013. -
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"Elves" celebrate their world record in Gravesend, Kent, Britain, Nov. 22, 2013. A group of 938 adults and children dressed as elves to break the record of the most elves in one place. -
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A construction of a heart shape using tea candles during the Festival of Lights in Halle Saale, eastern Germany, on Nov. 3, 2013. The organizers attempted to beat the existing Guinness World Record for forming a heart, using over 11,000 tea candles, in Austrian Wien back in 2006. This construction consisted of over 12,000 tea lights. -
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"Sweet Pepper Klopek" breaks the Guinness World Record by lifting a 10-pound sledgehammer from hooks in his cheek next to partner "Burnaby Q. Orbax" during a stunt at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, British Columbia, Oct. 30, 2013. -
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Chefs cook the "world's largest Cantonese fried rice" during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown in San Jose, Costa Rica, Feb. 12, 2013. Some 52 chefs from various Chinese restaurants in Costa Rica cooked the rice, which weighed 2,965 lbs., and served over 7,000 people. -
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Staff from Macmillan Children's Books lay out paper dolls at the setting of a new Guinness World Record for longest chain of paper dolls at the Royal Festival Hall on Nov. 11, 2013, in London, England. The paper dolls were made by children from all over the world to coincide with the publication of best-selling children's author Julia Donaldson's book "The Paper Dolls." -
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People take part in "TWERKERS," an event organized to break the Guinness World Record for largest number of people to perform a dance known as "twerking," in New York, Sept. 25, 2013. -
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Jyoti Amge, 19, from Nagpur, India, is measured by a Guinness World Record official on top of the Empire State Building in New York, Sept. 12, 2013. Standing 24.7 inches tall, Amge has held the title of the "Shortest Living Woman" since her 18th birthday on Dec. 16, 2011. -
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People play mahjong during their attempt to break the Guinness World Record of the most number of people playing mahjong simultaneously in Dujiangyan, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, Sept. 19, 2013. Around 2380 people broke the record after playing mahjong simultaneously. -
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Etibar Elchiyev poses with 50 metal spoons magnetized to his body during an attempt to set the Guinness World Record for "most spoons on a human body" in Tbilisi, Georgia, Dec. 14, 2011. -
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People take part in a mass morning exercise in Kiev, Ukraine, Sept. 30, 2012. About 15,000 people participated in the event to establish a new Guinness World Record for the most amount of people taking part in a mass morning exercise, organizers said. -
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Jin Songhao drinks beer as he sits in snow during a cold endurance performance in Yanji, Jilin province, China, Jan. 12, 2013. Jin set the Guinness World Record for the longest time spent in direct full body contact with snow on Jan. 17, 2011, with a time of 46 minutes and seven seconds. -
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People take part in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most number of people simultaneously hula-hooping at Thammasat University stadium in Pathum Thani province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, Feb. 12, 2013. Thailand broke the previous record held by Taiwan, with a new record of 4483 people hula-hooping for 7 minutes. The event was organized by the public health ministry to promote exercise and good health. -
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Charlie, a golden retriever with the world's loudest bark, according to Guinness World Record, barks at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney, Australia, March 29, 2013. Charlie holds the Guinness World Record for the loudest bark, registering at 113.1 decibels. -
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Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, poses for a picture with his certificate after being announced as the world's shortest man living, as well as shortest person ever measured by the Guinness World Records, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 26, 2012. Dangi was measured at 21.5 inches, beating former record holder Junrey Balawing of the Philippines, who stands at a height of 23.5 inches. -
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Beekeeper She Ping is covered with bees during a challenge to break the world record in Chongqing Municipality, China, April 18, 2012. She Ping, 32, broke the world record by covering his body with 73 pounds of bees about 331,000 bees, overtaking the last world record of 59 pounds of bees, which was attempted by a Jiangxi province beekeeper Ruan Liangming in 2008. -
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Thaneshwar Guragai spins a basketball on a toothbrush while holding the toothbrush in his mouth for exactly 22.41 seconds to break the last Guinness record of 13.5 seconds set by Thomas Connors of U.K., in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 19, 2012. -
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Jordan Michael Geller poses with his collection of the Nike Air Jordan Retro line at the "ShoeZeum" in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, Sept. 25, 2012. Record keepers at the Guinness Book of World Records recently certified that Geller's ShoeZeum, a shrine to Nike that he says includes one of every model of Air Jordans ever made, holds the record for the world's largest collection of sneakers, with more than 2,500 pairs, all but 8 of which are Nikes. -
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Villagers perform the annual "dragon march" to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Gutian township, Fujian province, China, Feb. 6, 2012. The traditional march, usually performed during Lantern Festival, has a history of more than 200 years. The marching dragon, made of paper and bamboo and connected by wood planks, set the new Guinness World Record of the longest parade float, with 2596 feet. -
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Calligrapher Mohammad Sabir Khedri center right gives information about the biggest Koran in the world to Afghan officials during its inauguration ceremony in the Hakim Nasir Khosrow Balkhi library in Kabul, Jan. 12, 2012. The Afghan calligrapher has worked for five years to create the world's biggest Koran, a bid to show the world that Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage and traditions have been damaged but not destroyed by 30 years of war. -
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People leave the 59-foot-high drum-shaped building in Hefei, in east China's Anhui province, Nov. 4, 2013. The building is believed to be an attempt at setting a Guinness World Record for the world's largest drum-shaped building.
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