Guinness Records of different years (47 photos). The most unusual records from the Guinness Book of Records (52 photos)

Do you like to learn something interesting and new? What if it’s so surprising that your eyes “roll out of their sockets”? You can then show off your knowledge among your friends, striking their imagination with your erudition. When choosing a set of information “just in case,” be sure to study the most unusual Guinness records. This is where you can find facts that will not leave anyone indifferent. It is especially striking that all this is the work of human hands.

Did the Lord know when he conceived Adam that his children would be so different? Let's get acquainted with their “masterpieces”.

Fearless people

If we consider not all, but the most unusual Guinness records, then we should start with human qualities. What else can delight and inspire respect so much, if not “peaceful deeds”? People commit them of their own free will, sometimes exposing themselves to unimaginable tests. There is no need to talk about risk at all. Evil tongues claim that these brave citizens are ready to “bite off a paw” just to become famous. We will not contradict, although you and I know that it is their soul that requires them to do something extraordinary and important for humanity. For example, Jin Songhao was clearly trying to prove to the whole world how limitless the ability to resist cold lies in our bodies. He plunged naked into the snow and sat there for more than forty-six minutes. The Chinese has rightfully earned a place in the “Dangerous Guinness Records” section.

Milan Roscolff demonstrates the same idea somewhat differently. He “sings a hymn” to the strength and agility characteristic of the citizens of Slovakia, where he lives, and not only. The man distinguished himself with his abilities as a juggler. At the same time, he threw and caught motor saws - as many as three! Sixty-two throws of this juggler filled the Guinness World Records (the photo demonstrates a similar “feat”).

Health fear

How do you feel about bees? Are you afraid? And Shi Ping proved with his “feat” that your perception is unfounded. He is without any unnecessary worries and negative emotions undressed and “invited” the insects to “sit” on his body. There were thirty-three kilograms of bees. Only his face and hands remained free from insects (probably he decided to be careful after all). Maybe Mr. Ping was afraid of being bitten, as evidenced by his idle hands, but only such a demonstration of self-control replenished the virtual section “The Most Unusual Guinness Records.” And even criticizing him for stupidity will not work. Perhaps it was not a desire for fame, but a mistake during medical procedures. is known to be used to treat certain diseases.

Phenomenal people

The Lord, having created man, offered him the most valuable gift - freedom of will. It is usually used to a limited extent, but not by everyone. There are extraordinary individuals who decided to reach the limit in using this “gift”. For example, Chris Walton, whose achievement, without a doubt, can be included in the “Most Unusual Guinness Records” section. This citizen used his freedom of choice in a unique way. He didn't want to cut his nails. Please note that he refused the necessary hygienic procedure for eighteen years! How he served himself at that time is completely unknown; in any case, this information is not contained in the Book. People are free to fantasize on this topic as much as they like. However, this will not change the fact that Chris Walton's name is included in this publication.

Let's continue: phenomenally stubborn people

Kazuhiro Watanabe, of Japanese origin, applied his freedom of choice to his hair. It is not known what the fashion designer was thinking about, maybe about new trends. Only his hair entered the Guinness World Records (photo shown above). Thus, he proved that a person with hair one meter and thirty centimeters long can live in peace, and even reach certain heights in the profession. He made a mohawk out of his curls and ended up in a famous publication. Here, undoubtedly, suspicions of a desire for fame will be justified, given the scope of the record holder’s talents.

Etibar Elchiev demonstrated completely different abilities, revered by esotericists. He is one of the people-magnets, which, by the way, are not as rare as they might seem. But this gentleman has unprecedented power. He calmly holds fifty spoons on bare skin, as reported by the Guinness Book of Records. People with similar abilities, even after taking “spoon bender” courses, are not able to catch up with the record holder.

Amazing child and more

Everything incredible is collected by the Guinness Book of Records. A photo of an eleven-year-old boy who amazes with his calm attitude towards snails almost gives many people a heart attack. It is known that not everyone associates these creatures with pleasant emotions. Many will not touch them for any price. But the baby mentioned in the publication apparently lacks such a disgusted feeling towards slimy creatures. He calmly withstood their “attack” on his own face. As many as forty-three snails crawled on his delicate skin, and he endured. This is what the desire for fame is! The child shared his recipe for success. To repeat the experiment (or beat his record), you need to close your eyelids tightly and retract your lips. Otherwise, the snails will crawl into places where they can cause harm, such as your mouth.

The edition of “Guinness Records” in Russian has been published not so long ago. But we often hear about amazing kisses. The message about the Israelis caused envious “oohs” and “aahs.” This is how much spouses need to love each other in order to kiss without a break for almost thirty-one hours! Surely this couple’s experience has not yet reached a serious level. Otherwise, the spouse would definitely ask: “Where is lunch?” (or about clean socks, for example).

Group records

The Guinness Book of Records contains many incredible public events. Photos of the “Santa Claus Convention” regularly appear on its pages. Can you imagine what an unusual Christmas some children and adults might have? In the town of Porto (Portugal), more than fourteen thousand Santa Clauses (14,200) gathered. Apparently, the locals are big fans of either Christmas or the Guinness Book of Records. But every year they try to “flock together”, dressed in chic suits of the main New Year's character. It’s just that at that time they decided to surpass the achievement of the Irish, who gathered a slightly less numerous Santa community in the town of Derry City. There were about thirteen thousand dressed up for the Grandfathers' holiday. But the Irish were unable to keep the record under the stubborn pressure of the Portuguese.

London surprises

This glorious city is apparently full of eccentrics. Some of them decided to collect evidence of the fact that people are not afraid of bad weather. They did it in a very strange way. Having stripped down to their underwear, these miracle heroes (one hundred and sixteen people in total) stood in the cold. This information could not go unnoticed. Official Book Guinness World Records now contains it on its pages. The capital of Foggy Albion also presented the public with a joke of a dubious nature (depending on how you treat it). Judge for yourself: a marathon took place there, but not an easy one. It was attended by ladies dressed in costumes of sumo wrestlers. Let's assume that this is how they showed their attitude towards fast food. In any case, the sight of fat women running in a crowd through the streets could make zealous zealots of slimness faint.

The biggest Guinness records

Information on this topic is constantly updated. It is divided into sections, since you can find something huge everywhere. Let's take our little brothers, which are already included or may be added to Guinness Records (2014, etc.). For example, a fat cat, who is a resident of the Urals, named Katie.

By the age of five, she managed to gain twenty-three kilograms. For this type of animal, scientists believe, this is a huge indicator. And the cat still has prospects. After all, previously an animal that slightly exceeded twenty-one kilograms was considered a record holder. And that Australian cat was ten years old! Ural Katie still has a chance to far surpass the previous record holder.

The “Science and Technology” section has its own heroes. Girls, how do you like a limousine that is more than thirty meters long? Do you want one for your wedding? This is no longer a bus or even a carriage. Nevertheless, it is built and safely plows the roads, mainly in Hollywood. He could well claim first place in the Guinness World Records 2014 competition.

The smallest

Not only giants have the right to glory! Small creatures are no less valuable for their uniqueness and originality. For example, in 2008, a snake was discovered, later named the Barbados narrowmouth. The joker who first saw her gave her the name of his wife. So, the longest specimen was just over ten centimeters (10.4, to be precise). This is a male, and females resemble earthworms, they are so small. These snakes, more like pieces of thread, live only in Barbados. They live only one season. They hatch quickly, grow up and lay one egg. With the onset of cold weather, all the snake threads die. I wonder how they didn’t completely die out, since only their eggs survive the winter?

Russian Guinness Records

This publication, it must be said, collects interesting information, regardless of the national characteristics of the candidates. Therefore, there are many of our achievements there. For example, in 2006, St. Petersburg was singled out. The publishers found out that the city had built a tram network that was the largest in the world. At that time, 2,402 trams were in operation there, on lines with a total length of almost seven hundred kilometers. Some consider it a remarkable fact that Guinness Records are published in Russian. But they don’t always write well about us there (unfortunately).

For example, the publication informed the world about the most polluted settlement. It turned out to be the town of Dzerzhinsk, located not very far from the capital (four hundred kilometers). The phenol content in soil water there exceeded the norm by seventeen million times!

But we have something to be proud of

But let’s not remind the publishers of bad things. Maybe they didn’t want to offend us, they’re just pushing us to love our land more. There you can read about the coldest village. This is also our record. The village of Oymyakon, located in Yakutia, is considered the frostiest. The temperature there drops to seventy degrees below zero, and the average cold period is fifty.

You can still talk about Moscow State University with pride. Let him not take it yet high places in the university rankings, but it stood out because of its building. And it’s up to us to judge the quality of education; don’t let record collectors come here. It is enough that they gave him the title of the most big building. It has a height of two hundred and forty meters and forty thousand rooms, including classrooms and administration offices.

Baikal is probably not worth mentioning. The fact that this is the largest and, as they now say, valuable reservoir fresh water, everyone knows. Unfortunately, our “political partners” are also aware. They don't even hide the fact that they have designs on him.

Our undoubted records

It is interesting that back in May of the distant nineties, one Russian publication demonstrated such a circulation that neither Western nor Eastern media could overtake it. Namely: Komsomolskaya Pravda printed twenty-two million copies. Naturally, they sold out to buyers and subscribers. The record has stood for fourteen years. The modern press does not have such topics as we had in the nineties (although perhaps we should not be proud of them).

The Guinness Book of Records also considers Yeltsin's success with voters in the same year to be unprecedented. He overtook his opponent in the voting by twelve times (this has never happened anywhere else).

Many more records

There is so much interesting information in the Guinness Book of Records that you can choose something for every taste. Among other things, you can tell, for example, about Kenichi Ito. This resident of the Land of the Rising Sun, on all fours, managed to overcome the hundred-meter race in just nineteen seconds (to be precise, in 18.58). But a resident of the States, Ashrita Furman, generally ran in fins. He adjusted himself so well that he has one hundred and thirteen official records! Everything is included in the publication. The latest: this gentleman “with frog legs” covered the mile in almost eight minutes. And here you won’t get to the water if you want to swim with fins!

Or let's take soap bubbles. Many people admired them as children. Some capable physicists carried this feeling throughout their entire life, filled with important reflections about the structure of the world. So, in the city of Santa Ana there is an annual celebration, part of which is a traditional show with this entertainment. There they managed to place one hundred and eighteen people inside a soap bubble! And a record-breaking buffalo was born in Africa. Its horns are recognized as the largest in girth. The world, as we see, is full of miracles. And it’s good that there is such an informant publication!

On May 4, 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver - then managing director of the Guinness Brewery - went hunting in County Wexford, Ireland.
He witnessed a dispute over the fastest bird in Europe, and then realized that it was impossible to find out in reference books.
Then the idea occurred to him that such a book could become popular.
The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records, 197 pages long, appeared on August 27, 1955, and by Christmas it had already become the most popular book in Britain.
Since the first edition, more than 400 million copies have been sold. The latest book published is “Guinness Book of Records 2010”.

The largest gastropod is the African giant snail (Achatina achatina). The largest of the individuals reached 39.3 cm from head to tip of tail.
The length of the shell was 27.3 cm, and the snail weighed exactly 900 grams. (Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records)


Joel Wohl from the USA pushes his masterpiece - the largest ball made of rubber bands.
The 4,097 kg ball was measured in Lauderhill, Florida on November 13, 2008. (Guinness World Records)


The most a large number of The number of people dressed as Smurfs numbered 1,253. These are the people who attended the Muknomania festival in Castleblayney, Ireland, on July 18, 2008. (Guinness World Records)


The record for the 100-meter steeplechase was 22.35 seconds.
The record holder was the German Maren Zonker in Cologne, Germany, on September 13, 2008. (John Wright/Guinness World Records)


The world's largest pocket knife is 3.9 meters when unfolded and weighs 122 kg.
It was designed by Telmo Cadavez from Portugal, and handmade by Virgilio Raul also from Portugal on January 9, 2003. (Guinness World Records)


The heaviest lemon in the world weighed 5 kg 265 g and was grown by Aharon Shemel on a farm in Kfar Zeitim, Israel. (Guinness World Records)


Scott Murphy of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, bent aluminum frying pan 30 cm in diameter in 30 seconds on July 30, 2007.
The girth of the resulting “lump” was 17.46 cm. (Guinness World Records)


The largest number of beer mugs carried by a woman 40 meters is 19.
This was done by Anita Schwartz in Mesenich, Germany, on November 9, 2008, Guinness World Records Day. (Nick Hannes/Guinness World Records)


Sam Wakeling rode 453.6 km on a unicycle in 24 hours in Aberystwyth, Wales, from 29 to 30 September 2007. (Guinness World Records)


Jean-Francis Vernetti from Switzerland has collected 8,888 different "Do Not Disturb" signs from hotels in 189 countries since 1985. (Guinness World Records)


The total length of Melvin Booth's nails (left) from Michigan is 9.05 meters. Lee Redmont (right), who hasn't cut her nails since 1979 and kept them neatly filed to grow them to 8.65m, lost her 'wealth' in an accident in February.
The 68-year-old record holder says this is the most dramatic event of her life, but also admits that it is much easier without them. (Ranald Mackechnie / Guinness World Records)


227 shirts were worn by Jeff Van Dyck at the Unizo event in Brecht, Belgium on April 24, 2008. (Guinness World Records)


Harry Turner from the UK can stretch his stomach skin up to 15.8 centimeters, all because of his Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - a connective tissue disorder that affects the skin, ligaments and internal organs.
This disease affects collagen, which strengthens the skin and determines its elasticity, which leads to weakening of the skin and increased joint mobility.
In more serious cases, it can be fatal due to ruptured blood vessels. (Ranald Mackechnie / Guinness World Records)


1,911 – exactly how many bottles of Mentos soda were collected in one place, namely in Latvia by students high school business TURIBA June 19, 2008.


The largest jicama weighs 21 kg and was grown by Leo Sutisna in West Java, Indonesia. (Guinness World Records)


The largest collection of LEGO Star Wars clones consisted of 35,310 individual models and was compiled by LEGO in Slough, UK on June 27, 2008. (Guinness World Records)


The oldest person to bungee jump is Helmut Wirtz.
Wirtz was 83 years, 8 months and 7 days old when he bungee jumped in Duisburg, Germany on August 9, 2008. (Guinness World Records)


The largest collection of watches belongs to Jack Shoff from the USA, who collected 1094 watches on June 17, 2008. (Guinness World Records)


A new record was set on January 23, 2009 by Wim Hof ​​from the Netherlands - he spent 1 hour 42 minutes 22 seconds completely buried in the snow. (John Wright/Guinness World Records)


The largest chalk drawing measured 8,361.31 meters and was drawn by 5,578 children from schools in Alameda, California, for a special children's project from May 27 to June 7, 2008. (Guinness World Records)


The record for the fastest wheelie while sitting on the handlebars was achieved by Enda Wright in York, UK on July 11, 2006 at 173.81 kilometers per hour. (Guinness World Records)


The longest skis in the world are 534 meters long. These skis were used by 1,043 skiers at the event in Sweden on September 13, 2008. (Jonas Borg/Guinness World Records)


The oldest table tennis player is Dorothy de Lowe.
She was 97 years old when she represented Australia at the 14th World Masters Table Tennis Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 25, 2008. (Guinness World Records)


The Snake Boat from Aleppey, Kerala, India is 43.7 meters long.
Her crew consists of 143 people, including 118 oarsmen, 2 drummers, 5 helmsmen and 18 singers.
The boat appeared in public in Kerala, India, on May 1, 2008. (Guinness World Records)


The highest speed on a skateboard in a standing position was 113 km per hour.
This record was set by Douglas da Silva in Rio Grande do Sulla, Brazil, on October 20, 2007. (Guinness World Records)


The largest gathering of Santa Clauses took place in Guilhall Square in Derry, Northern Ireland, on December 9, 2007 and amounted to 13,000 people. (Guinness World Records)


The PAV1 Badger, created by Howe and Howe Technologies, was the smallest armored vehicle, measuring just 1 meter in width.
It's strong enough to blow down doors, but small enough to fit in an elevator. It was ordered by the California Public Defenders Service. (Guinness World Records)


Halapi Roland from Hungary set an unusual record on November 12, 2008: a horse dragged the burning Roland 472.8 meters. (Guinness World Records)


The highest speed of the lawnmower was 98 km per hour.
The record was set by Tommy Passemante from the USA in Miller Park in Utah on November 18, 2008, especially for the MTV show “Nitro Circus”. (Nate Christenson/Guinness World Records)


Japanese Kenichi Ito entered the Guinness Book of Records as the person who ran 100 meters on all fours the fastest - in just 18.58 seconds.
The record was set in Tokyo on November 13, 2008. (Guinness World Records)


The most long distance The distance traveled by a person on a bicycle without touching the ground for exactly 24 hours is 890.2 km.
The record holder was Marko Balo from Slovenia on September 6-7, 2008. (Guinness World Records)


Sarwan Singh's beard from Canada measured 2.33 meters from the tip of his chin to the tip of his beard.
The record was recorded on November 11, 2008. (Guinness World Records)


Ashrita Fuhrman broke 80 eggs on his head in one minute at the Panorama Cafe in New York on December 10, 2008. (Guinness World Records)


The longest ears of a dog reach 34.9 cm on the right and 34.2 cm on the left. The ears belong to Tigger, a bloodhound owned by Brian and Christina Flessner of Illinois. (Ranald Mackechnie / Guinness World Records)


Indian Anthony Victor has hair growing from his ears, the length of which reaches 18.1 cm. (Guinness World Records)


The space cowboy, also known as Chain Hultgren from the show "Lo Show Dei Record", set a world record on April 25, 2009 in Milan: he pulled 411.65 kilograms using only his eye sockets. (Guinness World Records)


The heaviest vehicle that a person moved 30.48 meters weighed 57,243 kg.
Kevin Fast from Canada brought it to the TV show “Live with Regis & Kelly” in New York on September 15, 2008. (Ranald Mackechnie / Guinness World Records)


The largest edible hamburger weighs 74.75 kg and costs $399 on the menu at Malley's Bar and Grill in Southgate, Michigan. This yummy was made on August 29, 2008. (Ranald Mackechnie / Guinness World Records)


Victor "Lary" Ramos Gomez (pictured) and Gabriel "Danny" Gomez (both from Mexico) are two members of a five-generation family who suffer from a rare condition called congenital hypertrichosis, characterized by increased facial and body hair.
Women in the family are lightly haired, while men have hair covering approximately 98% of their body, excluding the palms and soles of their feet. (John Wright/Guinness World Records)


Ilrek Yilmaz of Turkey squeezed 279.5 cm of milk out of his eyes at the Armada Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey on September 1, 2004. (John Wright/Guinness World Records)


Mike Howard from Great Britain walked along the beam between two balloons at an altitude of 6,522 meters near Somerset, UK, September 1, 2004.
This feat was filmed for the television show Guinness World Records: 50 Years of 50 Records. (Guinness World Records)


The heaviest apple weighed 1,849 grams. He was raised by Hisato Iwasaki on his farm in Hirosaki, Japan. The apple was picked on October 24, 2005. (Guinness World Records)


On July 7, 2006, the smallest horse was Tambelina, a diminutive bay mare measuring 44.5 cm at the withers, owned by Kay and Paul Gossling of St. Louis, Missouri.
Radar - a Belgian draft horse - on July 27, 2004, was 19 hands without hooves. Radar lives on the farm of Priefert Manufacturing Inc. in Texas.
The horses were photographed together for the Guinness Book of Records on September 3, 2006. (Richard Bradbury/Guinness World Records)


Bigfoot 5 is 4.7 meters tall, its wheels reach 3 meters in height, and this miracle weighs 17,236 kg.
This is one of 17 Bigfoot Jeeps built by Bob Chandler of St. Louis, Missouri.
This model was built in the summer of 1986. The car is "parked" in St. Louis and occasionally appears at city events. (Richard Bradbury/Guinness World Records)


He Pingping from Mongolia is the most small man in the world (his height is 74.61 cm) - stands between the legs of Svetlana Pankratova - the woman with the longest legs.
Pankratova’s legs are officially 131.83 cm.
Svetlana says she loves being the woman with the longest legs, but that comes with its downsides—it's not easy to find a man who enjoys being with such a tall woman. (Andy Rain/EPA)


Michael Jackson impersonator Hector Jackson performs with hundreds of people at the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City on August 29, 2009.
The Guinness Book of World Records recorded 13,597 people dancing simultaneously in Jackson's style. (Dario Lopez-Mills/AP)


Kim Goodman from the USA can protrude her eyes 11 mm out of her sockets. This record was recorded on the Guinness World Records Primetime TV show in Los Angeles on June 13, 1998. (Drew Gardner/Guinness World Records)


Participants in the biggest pie fight at the ABC studios in New York on September 17, 2009 during the show “Live with Regis & Kelly.” (Afton Almaraz/AP)


The tallest man in the world, Sultan Kosen from Turkey, is measured by representatives of the Guinness Book of Records on September 21, 2009.
Kosen's height is 246.38 cm. Sultan Kosen, 27, says he is "proud and happy" to bear the title of the most tall man and men in the world.
“Before this, I had a pretty difficult life,” says the giant, whose height was the result of a pituitary gland disease. “Now my life will be much easier.” (Seth Wenig/AP)


Great Dane Gibson was the tallest dog in the world. His height was 107.18 cm from floor to shoulder, and on his hind legs he reached 2.19 meters.
In this photo, Gibson plays with his friend Zoey, a 19-centimeter Chihuahua. The tallest dog in the world died of bone cancer on August 12, 2009. (Deanne Fitzmaurice/EPA)


The greatest underwater depth at which a person has ridden a bicycle is 66.5 meters.
This was done by Vittorio Innocente in Santa Margherita Ligur, Liguria region, Italy, July 21, 2008. (John Wright/Guinness World Records)


93% of Isobel Varley's body is covered in tattoos. An absolute record among the elderly. (John Wright)

The executive director of the Guinness brewing company, Hugh Beaver, once argued with his hunting friends over a completely trivial matter: which English bird flies the fastest. Not only could no one shoot her, no one could give an authoritative opinion. The dispute ended inconclusively. And then it occurred to Hugh that thousands of people across Britain in pubs made bets every day on the most ridiculous topics. It would be good to provide them with an authoritative source for resolving disputes so that they do not kill each other in the heat of the moment. This is how the famous Guinness Book of Records appeared.

It was first published in 1955 and has since gained wild popularity in dozens of countries and among millions of people. But over time, among the more or less “frequently used” and understandable record-breaking phenomena, completely ridiculous record holders began to appear. It is unlikely that anyone in their right mind would argue about the longest distance that a person who was set on fire had traveled. But after reading our material, you can easily overthrow your opponent: 119 meters and 91 centimeters. So that!

Who was the first to vomit in space?

Astronauts pass the most complex preparation before the flight. Centrifuge testing is one of the key points selection and training, but weightlessness tests the strength of the vestibular apparatus worse than a roller coaster. Even the best of the best are not immune from troubles, and they too get dizzy.

So, the first person to vomit in space was our compatriot German Titov, who did it on the Vostok-2 spacecraft on August 6, 1961. To be fair, it must be said that this is not the most important achievement of the Soviet cosmonaut. German Titov - Hero Soviet Union, the youngest astronaut in history (went into space at age 25), the first person to fly a spacecraft alone, and the first to photograph and film the Earth from space using a hand-held camera and a movie camera.

So remember, when you are unsuccessfully fighting the “helicopters” while lying in bed after a good party, leave this useless activity and go have a good puke. If astronauts do this, then you definitely have nothing to be ashamed of!

Weeeee!

Everyone has a neighbor who needs to do repairs on Sunday morning. Don't be so quick to curse him, maybe he's training for a new Guinness World Record. In the meantime, the crazy achievement belongs to Thay Khui Giang from Germany, who made 148 revolutions around a working drill in a minute. How far he threw his lunch after that we do not know.

And I also eat in it

The head is a very valuable part of your body. For example, it will be useful to set a world record for the number of strikes on it. Not very successful boxers who did not train their defense well could easily compete here, but we are talking about something completely different. How about hitting yourself over the head? " Great idea!” - thought Pushkar Nepal and did this 134 times in a minute, which earned him his place in the hall of fame of the Guinness Book of Records.

The biggest and dumbest book

Writing or journalism is not an easy task, especially when you are collecting the ten dumbest Guinness World Records for your readers. But this is nothing compared to the feat of the humble Les Stewart from the wonderful town of Mujimba in Australia. He won our hearts.

Les wrote the biggest and dumbest book ever. Over the course of 16 years and seven months, he wore out seven typewriters, spent 1,000 ink ribbons, and almost went deaf from the clatter of the keys, but he achieved his goal.

19,890 pages that are filled with numbers in words from one to a million. The last line of the brilliant creation reads: “nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine, one million.” Why did he do this? Because it can.

On the road

In 1995, a traffic accident occurred in Wroclaw (Poland). A drunken racer crashed into a tree at full speed. When the injured driver was taken to the hospital and began to be rescued, the doctors could not believe their eyes. Tests showed the presence of 1.48% alcohol in the blood. The lethal level of pure alcohol in the blood is 0.5%, and the Pole was still alive. All equipment was checked several times, but repeated tests showed the same numbers. Two hours later, the man still died, but not from alcohol poisoning. Doctors were unable to stop the blood loss due to the fact that alcohol dilated blood vessels and reduced blood clotting. We don’t know how much that guy weighed, but let’s assume that he was a strong eighty-kilogram Pole, and in order to get such a shock dose, he needed to drink at least 4 bottles of vodka in one person. It’s hard to believe, but science is science.

Sleight of hand

I slowly take off your clothes, the room is filled with muted candlelight, light romantic music is playing...

Long foreplay, that's all - not our choice. We must act quickly and decisively! Watch and learn: Irishman Sean Murray unclasped 91 bras with one hand within a minute. Ninety one! With one hand! In just a minute! And you, as always, spend half an hour digging around with one girl!

Record Rekordsmenovich Rekordov

Ashrita Furman has set more than 400 records since 1979. You definitely can’t deny him a rich imagination. He tried everything he could and became a record holder in many disciplines, perhaps because he was the first to do such tricks. Ashrita juggled while hanging upside down, wore the heaviest shoe, skipped an incredible number of kilometers, balanced a baseball bat on one finger, twirled the largest hula hoop, and did hundreds of other ridiculous things. To date, he holds the lead in 148 records, which means that the remaining 252 have already been broken by someone else. Truly, the world is full of eccentrics!

Hardest kick to the balls

Hold your breath, you certainly won’t want to repeat this record. Roy Kirby received a kick in the groin with a force of 500 kilograms - from Jesse Smith, a two-meter martial artist. His feet left the floor, but his face remained completely calm, and he did not make a sound. And all because Roy Kirby is the owner of a black belt in karate and has received such blows more than once - the bones of his pelvis, due to constant training, have become stronger than the bones of an ordinary person, and the nerve endings in the testicles have dulled their sensitivity, and the pain from the blow is not transmitted to the body. Roy's brain.

This specific action was organized by the television show Sports Science, which finds out the physical nature of certain techniques in sports. One can only guess what fee Roy received for filming. And yes, Roy is married, has children and, according to him, does not experience any problems in bed - so everything is in order, exhale.

Bearded and happy

Classic... The most bearded woman in the world is Vivienne Wheeler. She grew a beard 30 centimeters long and is proud of it. In general, she is not quite a woman, since she was born with both primary sexual characteristics, but the doctors in her childhood decided everything for her and released her into the world as a sweet girl, cutting off the excess. In her youth, Vivien gave birth to a son, but her husband left her, taking the child. Thirty years later, the family was reunited, the son found his mother, and they are happy! A real bearded Santa Barbara!

Huge robot dragon

Length 15 meters, height 5.5 meters, weight 11 tons, walks and breathes fire. This is the world's largest walking robot dragon, included in the Guinness Book of Records. German company Zollner Elektronik manufactured it in 2013. The robot is driven by a two-liter diesel engine of 140 Horse power and complex hydraulic system. Each of the four legs has 7 degrees of freedom, which allows it to move quite realistically (if it's appropriate to say "realistic" and "dragon" in the same paragraph), it is controlled using nine radio controllers and is equipped with 238 sensors that evaluate its position in space.

Why was it necessary to build it? Damn it, it's a huge walking fire-breathing dragon!

Oh yes! This is, of course, not an individual record. But the record holder may be the first person who doesn't shit himself when he meets this dragon. dark night in a narrow alley.

Joel Wohl from the USA pushes his masterpiece - the largest ball made of rubber bands. The 4,097 kg ball was measured in Lauderhill, Florida on November 13, 2008.

The largest number of people dressed as Smurfs was 1,253 who attended the Muknomania festival in Castleblayney, Ireland on July 18, 2008.

The record for the 100-meter steeplechase was 22.35 seconds. The record holder was the German Maren Zonker in Cologne, Germany, on September 13, 2008.

The world's largest pocket knife is 3.9 meters when unfolded and weighs 122 kg. It was designed by Telmo Cadavez from Portugal, and handmade by Virgilio Raul also from Portugal on January 9, 2003.

The heaviest lemon in the world weighed 5 kg 265 g and was grown by Aharon Shemel on a farm in Kfar Zeitim, Israel.

Scott Murphy of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, bent a 12-inch-diameter aluminum frying pan in 30 seconds on July 30, 2007. The girth of the resulting “lump” was 17.46 cm.

The most number of beer mugs carried by a woman 40 meters is 19. This was done by Anita Schwarz in Mesenich, Germany, on November 9, 2008, Guinness World Records Day.

Sam Wakeling rode 453.6 km on a unicycle in 24 hours in Aberystwyth, Wales, from 29 to 30 September 2007.

Jean-Francis Vernetti from Switzerland has collected 8,888 different "Do Not Disturb" signs from hotels in 189 countries since 1985.

The total length of Melvin Booth's nails (left) from Michigan is 9.05 meters. Lee Redmont (right), who hasn't cut her nails since 1979 and kept them neatly filed to grow them to 8.65m, lost her 'wealth' in an accident in February. The 68-year-old record holder says this is the most dramatic event of her life, but also admits that it is much easier without them.

227 shirts were worn by Jeff Van Dyck at the Unizo event in Brecht, Belgium on April 24, 2008.

Harry Turner from the UK can stretch his skin on his stomach up to 15.8 centimeters, all because of his Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that affects the skin, ligaments and internal organs. This disease affects collagen, which strengthens the skin and determines its elasticity, which leads to weakening of the skin and increased joint mobility. In more serious cases, it can be fatal due to ruptured blood vessels.

1,911 - exactly the number of bottles of Mentos soda that were collected in one place, namely in Latvia by students at the TURIBA Graduate School of Business on June 19, 2008.

The largest jicama weighs 21 kg and was grown by Leo Sutisna in West Java, Indonesia.

The largest collection of LEGO Star Wars clones consisted of 35,310 individual models and was compiled by LEGO in Slough, UK on June 27, 2008.

The oldest person to bungee jump is Helmut Wirtz. Wirtz was 83 years, 8 months and 7 days old when he bungee jumped in Duisburg, Germany on August 9, 2008

The largest collection of watches belongs to Jack Shoff from the USA, who collected 1094 watches on June 17, 2008.

A new record was set on January 23, 2009 by Wim Hof ​​from the Netherlands - he spent 1 hour 42 minutes 22 seconds completely buried in the snow.

The largest chalk drawing measured 8,361.31 meters and was drawn by 5,578 children from schools in Alameda, California, for a special children's project from May 27 to June 7, 2008.

The record for the fastest wheelie while sitting on the handlebars was achieved by Enda Wright in York, UK on July 11, 2006 at 173.81 kilometers per hour.

The longest skis in the world are 534 meters long. These skis were used by 1,043 skiers at the event in Sweden on September 13, 2008

The oldest table tennis player is Dorothy de Lowe. She was 97 years old when she represented Australia at the 14th World Masters Table Tennis Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 25, 2008.

The Snake Boat from Aleppey, Kerala, India is 43.7 meters long. Her crew consists of 143 people, including 118 oarsmen, 2 drummers, 5 helmsmen and 18 singers. The boat appeared in public in Kerala, India, on May 1, 2008.

The highest speed on a skateboard in a standing position was 113 km per hour. This record was set by Douglas da Silva in Rio Grande do Sulla, Brazil, on October 20, 2007.

The largest gathering of Santa Clauses took place in Guilhall Square in Derry, Northern Ireland, on December 9, 2007 and amounted to 13,000 people.

The PAV1 Badger, created by Howe and Howe Technologies, was the smallest armored vehicle, measuring just 1 meter in width. It's strong enough to blow down doors, but small enough to fit in an elevator. It was ordered by the California Public Defenders Service.

The largest gastropod is the African giant snail (Achatina achatina). The largest of the individuals reached 39.3 cm from head to tip of tail. The length of the shell was 27.3 cm, and the snail weighed exactly 900 grams.

Halapi Roland from Hungary set an unusual record on November 12, 2008: a horse dragged the burning Roland 472.8 meters.

The highest speed of the lawnmower was 98 km per hour. The record was set by Tommy Passemante from the USA in Miller Park in Utah on November 18, 2008, especially for the MTV show “Nitro Circus”.

Japanese Kenichi Ito entered the Guinness Book of Records as the person who ran 100 meters on all fours the fastest - in just 18.58 seconds. The record was set in Tokyo on November 13, 2008.

The longest distance a person has traveled on a bicycle without touching the ground for exactly 24 hours is 890.2 km. The record holder was Marko Balo from Slovenia on September 6-7, 2008.

Sarwan Singh's beard from Canada measured 2.33 meters from the tip of his chin to the tip of his beard. The record was recorded on November 11, 2008.

Ashrita Fuhrman broke 80 eggs on his head in one minute at the Panorama Cafe in New York on December 10, 2008.

The longest ears of a dog reach 34.9 cm on the right and 34.2 cm on the left. The ears belong to Tigger, a bloodhound owned by Brian and Christina Flessner of Illinois.

Indian Anthony Victor has hair growing from his ears, the length of which reaches 18.1 cm.

The space cowboy, also known as Chain Hultgren from the show "Lo Show Dei Record", set a world record on April 25, 2009 in Milan: he pulled 411.65 kilograms using only his eye sockets.

The heaviest vehicle that a person moved 30.48 meters weighed 57,243 kg. Kevin Fast from Canada brought it to the TV show “Live with Regis & Kelly” in New York on September 15, 2008.

The largest edible hamburger weighs 74.75 kg and costs $399 on the menu at Malley's Bar and Grill in Southgate, Michigan. This yummy was made on August 29, 2008.

Victor "Lary" Ramos Gomez (pictured) and Gabriel "Danny" Gomez (both from Mexico) are two members of a five-generation family who suffer from a rare condition called congenital hypertrichosis, characterized by increased facial and body hair. Women in the family are lightly haired, while men have hair covering approximately 98% of their body, excluding the palms and soles of their feet.

Ilrek Yilmaz of Turkey squeezed 279.5 cm of milk out of his eyes at the Armada Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey on September 1, 2004.

Mike Howard of Great Britain walked on a beam between two hot air balloons at an altitude of 6,522 meters near Somerset, UK, on ​​September 1, 2004. This feat was filmed for the television show "Guinness World Records: 50 Years 50 Records"

The heaviest apple weighed 1,849 grams. He was raised by Hisato Iwasaki on his farm in Hirosaki, Japan. The apple was picked on October 24, 2005.

On July 7, 2006, the smallest horse was Tambelina, a diminutive bay mare measuring 44.5 cm at the withers, owned by Kay and Paul Gossling of St. Louis, Missouri. Radar - a Belgian draft horse - on July 27, 2004, was 19 hands without hooves. Radar lives on the farm of Priefert Manufacturing Inc. in Texas. The horses were photographed together for the Guinness Book of Records on September 3, 2006.

Bigfoot 5 is 4.7 meters tall, its wheels reach 3 meters in height, and this miracle weighs 17,236 kg. This is one of 17 Bigfoot Jeeps built by Bob Chandler of St. Louis, Missouri. This model was built in the summer of 1986. The car is "parked" in St. Louis and occasionally appears at city events.

He Pingping from Mongolia - the smallest person in the world (his height is 74.61 cm) - stands between the legs of Svetlana Pankratova - the woman with the longest legs. Pankratova's legs officially measure 131.83 cm. Svetlana says she loves being the woman with the longest legs, but that comes with its downsides—it's not easy to find a man who enjoys being with such a tall woman.

Michael Jackson impersonator Hector Jackson performs with hundreds of people at the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City on August 29, 2009. The Guinness Book of World Records has recorded 13,597 people dancing simultaneously in Jackson's style.

Kim Goodman from the USA can protrude her eyes 11 mm out of her sockets. This record was recorded on the Guinness World Records Primetime TV show in Los Angeles on June 13, 1998.

Participants in the biggest pie fight at the ABC studios in New York on September 17, 2009 during the show “Live with Regis & Kelly.”

The tallest man in the world, Sultan Kosen from Turkey, is measured by representatives of the Guinness Book of Records on September 21, 2009. Kosen's height is 246.38 cm. Sultan Kosen, 27, says he is "proud and happy" to bear the title of the tallest person and man in the world. “Before this, I had a pretty difficult life,” says the giant, whose height was the result of a pituitary gland disease. “Now my life will be much easier.”

Great Dane Gibson was the tallest dog in the world. His height was 107.18 cm from floor to shoulder, and on his hind legs he reached 2.19 meters. In this photo, Gibson plays with his friend Zoey, a 19-centimeter Chihuahua. The tallest dog in the world died of bone cancer on August 12, 2009.

The greatest underwater depth at which a person has ridden a bicycle is 66.5 meters. This was done by Vittorio Innocente in Santa Margherita Ligur, Liguria region, Italy, July 21, 2008.

93% of Isobel Varley's body is covered in tattoos. Absolute record among seniors

Incredible facts

As a rule, unusual records are specially invented in order to be included in the Guinness Book of Records.

However, most of the records in the world are standard nominations, such as the tallest and the most short person in the world, the fattest and thinnest person, the highest standing jump, etc.

But still, few people think of setting, for example, a record for juggling chainsaws or growing the longest nails.

Unusual records

Below are the funniest and most unusual records set to date. Here they are:

A huge number of women (1213 people) gathered on July 28, 2013 in the square Chinese city Taipei for 10 minutes together and at the same time put on cosmetic masks on their faces.

A woman named Chris Walton, who went by the name Countess, spent 18 years growing her nails.

In 2011, the length of the nails of the 46-year-old singer from Las Vegas was right hand 291 cm, and on the left 309 cm.

The longest nail is located on the thumb of the left hand (91 cm).

In February of this year, 4,483 people simultaneously came out to one of the largest stadiums in Bangkok to twirl hula hoops. This action lasted for 7 minutes.

In December 2011, in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi, a record was set for the number of metal spoons magnetized to the body.

There were 50 of them, and Etibar Elchiev became the record holder.

46 minutes and 7 seconds. This is how long Chinese Jin Songhao sat in the snow in 2001.

Wim Hof ​​from the Netherlands broke this record in 2009 by staying buried in the snow for 1 hour, 42 minutes and 22 seconds.

Here's a record from the world of cooking. Cantonese rice, beloved by the Chinese, took a direct part in setting the record.

Unusual Guinness Records

In February 2013, 52 cooks cooked rice, total weight which amounted to almost 1300 kg, for 7000 people.

Slovakian resident Milan Roskopf skillfully juggles three chain saws. In June 2009, he set a record of 35 tosses.

Just recently he beat him by throwing saws 62 times.

In England, in the summer of 2010, an unusual record was set in one of the amusement parks. 102 naked man decided to ride a roller coaster.

The photo below shows Englishman Peter Glazebrook hugging the record holder he raised with great love.

This is a bow that weighs almost 9 kg. The vegetable grew in September 2011.

Last spring, a great fan of bees, Shi Ping, allowed these stinging insects to cover his body almost entirely. In total there were more than 331 thousand (that’s almost 33 kg of bees).

The previous record was 27 kg of insects on the human body.

Another strange record. This one is huge Chinese dragon consists of 900 tents that were brought to the beach of the Chinese city of Qingdao in the fall of 2012.

This is the largest puzzle ever made from tents.

1.3 meters. This is the length of the mohawk of Japanese fashion designer Kazuhiro Watanabe.

"Hairstyle" was shown to the world in September 2012.

The largest national flag. This record belongs to Romania, which deployed its assets near the capital, Bucharest, in May 2013.

The length of the flag was 350 meters and the width was 227 meters.

On the resort island of Sentosa, which is located in Singapore, there is the world's largest aquarium called S.E.A.

It is home to 800 various types animals (80,000 individuals) that live in 43 million liters of water.

Moreover, the aquarium houses the largest acrylic wall in the world: its height is 8 meters and its width is almost 36 meters.

In the summer of 2010, a mass race of people dressed as sumo wrestlers took place in one of the parks in London.

This fact also earned an entry in the book of records.