Gunniess World Records

  • Hairiest man

    Hairiest man
    Victor “Larry” Ramos Gomez, pictured, and Gabriel “Danny” Gomez (both of Mexico) are two of a family of 19 that spans five generations all suffering from the rare condition called Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis, characterized by excessive facial and torso hair. The women are covered with a light to medium coat of hair while the men of the family have thick hair on approximately 98 percent of their body, apart from their hands and feet.
  • Largest snail

    Largest snail
    The largest known land gastropod is the African giant snail (Achatina achatina). The largest recorded specimen of this species measured 39.3 centmeters (15.5 inches) from snout to tail when fully extended. Its shell length was 27.3 centimeters (10.75 inches) and it weighed exactly 900 grams (2 pounds).
  • Largest chalk pavement art

    Largest chalk pavement art
    The largest chalk pavement art measures 8,361.31 meters (90,000 feet) and was created by 5,678 children from schools in Alameda, Calif., for the Kids’ Chalk Art Project between May 27 and June 7, 2008.
  • Farthest eyeball pop

    Farthest eyeball pop
    Kim Goodman of the U.S. can pop her eyeballs to a protrusion of 11 millimeters (0.43 inch) beyond her eye sockets.
  • Most Mentos in soda fountains

    Most Mentos in soda fountains
    The most Mentos and soda fountains achieved in the same place is 1,911, and was conducted by the people of Latvia and students of TURIBA in Riga, Latvia, on June 19, 2008.
  • Largest monster truck

    Largest monster truck
    Bigfoot 5 is 4.7 meters (15 feet, 6 inches) tall with 3-meter-tall (10 feet) tires and weighs 17,236 kilograms (38,000 pounds). It is one of a fleet of 17 Bigfoot trucks created by Bob Chandler of St. Louis, Mo., and was built in the summer of 1986. Now permanently parked in St. Louis, it makes occasional exhibition appearances at local shows
  • Largest display of Star Wars clone troopers built with interlocking plastic bricks

     Largest display of Star Wars clone troopers built with interlocking plastic bricks
    The world’s largest display of LEGO® Star Wars™ clone troopers was composed of 35,310 individual models and was built by LEGO® in Slough, U.K., on June 27, 2008.
  • Rubber Band Ball

    Rubber Band Ball
    Joel Waul, pictured, of the United States pushes his bouncing creation.The largest rubber band ball, which weighs 4,097 kilograms (9,032 pounds), was measured in Lauderhill, Fla., Nov. 13, 2008.
  • Fastest lawnmower

    Fastest lawnmower
    The fastest speed on an unaltered lawnmower is 98 km/h (61 mph) by Tommy Passemante of the U.S. at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, on Nov. 18, 2008, for the MTV show “Nitro Circus.”
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    Guinness World Records

  • Most eggs crushed with head in one minute

     Most eggs crushed with head in one minute
    Ashrita Furman crushed 80 eggs with his head in one minute at the Panorama Café, Jamaica, New York City, on Dec. 10, 2008.
  • Full body ice contact endurance

    Full body ice contact endurance
    The longest time spent in direct, full-body contact with ice is 1 hour 42 minutes and 22 seconds by Wim Hof of the Netherlands on Jan. 23, 2009.
  • Heaviest weight pulled with eye sockets

     Heaviest weight pulled with eye sockets
    The heaviest weight pulled with the eye sockets is 411.65 kilograms (907 pounds) and was achieved by The Space Cowboy, aka Chayne Hultgren of Australia, on the set of “Lo Show Dei Record” in Milan, Italy, on April 25, 2009.
  • Farthest squirting milk from eye

    Farthest squirting milk from eye
    Ilker Yilmaz of Turkey squirted milk from his eye a distance of 279.5 centimeters (9 feet, 2 inches) at the Armada Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey,
  • Worlds Tallest Man

    Worlds Tallest Man
    The world’s tallest man, Sultan Kosen of Turkey, is measured by Guinness Book of World Records’ officials on Sept. 21, 2009. Kosen towers over the rest of the world at an astounding 8 feet 1 inch
  • Heaviest apple

    Heaviest apple
    The heaviest apple weighed 1.849 kilograms (4 pounds, 1 ounce). It was grown by Chisato Iwasaki at his apple farm in Hirosaki City, Japan,