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Weird entries from the guinness book of world records. Youll meet a dog who likes to ride a scooter, an orchestra that plays with vegetable instruments, plus a man who owns more than 1,500 pairs of converse shoes. It takes chronic effort and dexterous skills to set a world record in guinness book of world records. Some of them are strange books that are a bit disturbing.
The measurement was taken at avondale haslet animal clinic, texas, in may 2009, when. Everything from most onefinger pushups, to longest tattoo. People will do some strange things to get into this book. People dedicate their free time, and potentially their lives, to some strange things. Top 50 weirdest guinness world records listafterlist. See the latest record breakers from the 2016 guinness world records book. Now, this is a cute record that would make anyones garden a virtual fairyland. Guinness world records weirdest records of 2015 by david moye some people get into the record books by a nose, but nick stoeberl got into guinness world records by a tongue. Think of the strangest thing a person can do, and theres likely someone who has set a record for it. While characterizing a record as strange is a subjective effort, the.
From planets and human marvels to videogaming and instagram, guinness world records 2019 is packed with thousands of new and updated records. They set or broke guinness world recordsand you wont believe how they did it. Paul michael hughes, courtesy of guinness world records achieved by louis georgiou of the uk, may 11, 2017. For the last 64 years, guinness world records has continued to amaze generation after generation by chronicling the limits of what humans are capable of. 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. Nevertheless, these odd achievements are quite interesting to know. After decades in the business, guinness world records knows weird. To that end, we rounded up 17 ways you could feasibly earn a legitimate world record certificate from the folks at guinness world records. The record holders are astoundingly strong or fast or otherwise able.
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Some guinness world records have to be seen to be believed. Weirdest world records in new guinness world records book. Navayuga engineering company limited necl entered the guinness book of world record for concrete pouring on january 07, 2019. A lot of entries in the guinness world records are oddly specific and a little weird. The guinness book of world records holds the world record for being the most stolen book from public libraries source. Get ready to meet some of the worlds weirdest world record holders. All you need to do is follow the rules, record your. The feat was videotaped for the guinness world records.
The tallest and tiniest dogs in the world sized each other up in central park on sept. Since september 2011, a man named pete glazebrook from northern england has held the world record for the largest onion in existence. Though some worldrecord holders are physical anomalies like the worlds tallest person, or the shortest the guinness book of world records is filled with some incredibly strange attempts. 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. One of the most weird world records is to have the biggest onion in the world. The most bizarre world records ever set business insider. Guinness world records, in theory, are amazing and seemingly unattainable. Since then it has sold more than 143 million copies in over 100 countries, and has been translated into at least 22 languages.
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Meet guinnesss bizarre new record breakers the largest afro, tallest teenager and longest club are all making it in to the guinness world records book. Guinness book of records world record for the most. Though some worldrecord holders are physical anomalies like the worlds. The brainchild of sir hugh beaver, the book was cofounded by twin brothers norris and. After needing liters of blood for a surgery at the age of, a man named james harrison pledged to donate blood once he turned 18. Weird als leaky microwave oven causes harvey the wonder hamster to grow to the size of a baby elephant which earns him the title of worlds largest rodent. However, there are many people who entered their name with weird records. Guinness world records weirdest records of 2015 huffpost. The grossest, smelliest, weirdest and noisiest achievements.
Weird entries from the guinness book of world records featured 10062019 in wtf there are all kinds of crazy things that people have managed to make their way into the record books for. From the absurd to the near impossible, these books have inspired generations of readers and has come to reflect the trends and innovations of each passing era. Theres around 7 billion people on the planet which means theres quite a few that do some pretty weird stuff. The book of alternative records world records, record breakers and more. It was released on the weird world records label, a subsidiary of t. A man has earned a place in his favourite records book for owning the worlds biggest collection of guinness world records annuals. 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 weird al show one for the record books tv episode.
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