There are numerous world records out there and we have all heard of at least one of them.
Some are common, while others are pretty rare and strange.
Today, we count ten of the strangest world records.
#1 Largest thriller dance
On August 29th 2009, 13,597 Michael Jackson fans all met up in Mexico city and excitedly
performed the dance routine to 'Thriller' at the same time.
A well known Michael Jackson impersonator led the whole performance and many people
also dressed like Michael or dressed like the zombies seen in the music video.
This mass dance was performed just 2 months after Jackson passed away, which would have
been his 51st Birthday.
The dedicated fans now hold the Guinness world record for the largest group to dance to the
song 'Thriller' simultaneously in one place.
#2 Biggest natural breasts
57 year old, glamour model Annie Hawkins from Atlanta, Georgia, has held the world record
for the biggest, natural breasts since 1999.
Hawkins has to wear the biggest US bra size made which is a 52l.
Her measurement under her breast is 109 centimetres and each breast weighs approximately 56 pounds
or 25kg.
In third grade, Hawkins had to wear an adult sized bra and this is when she noticed that
her breasts were bigger than her other female classmates.
She claims that she has never suffered from back ache and will never consider having breast
reduction surgery.
#3 Longest fingernails
Christine Walton, a forty five year old singer from Las Vegas, Nevada, holds the record for
the longest fingernails on a pair of female hands.
Unbelievably, Christine claims she has not cut her nails in over 26 years!
Her finger nails measured at an incredible 12ft 1 inches on her right hand and 11ft
10 inches on her left hand.
Christine claims that she never intended to let her nails grow so long, but she was too
busy in her life to maintain them.
She also says that her nails have not stopped her from living a normal live.
Christine took the world record title from former record holder Lee Redmond, who grew
her nails for over 30 years but lost them when she was involved in a car accident in 2009.
#4 Naked Roller coaster
This next world record involved a roller coaster and a bunch of naked people.
One day in 2010, in the South East of England, over a hundred adventurous people of all ages,
turned up to ride on a roller coaster at Adventure Island.. but they were all missing something
- clothing.
The group travelled from many different parts of the United Kingdom in order to complete
this world record.
They all appeared to have a lot of fun, and raised over 22,000 pounds for a breast cancer
charity.
This record has yet to be beaten, but I guess it's got to be tricky to manage an event with
more than a hundred and two naked people..
#5 The Strangest Diet
Michel Lotito, a Frenchman who also went by the name Monsieur Mangetout, holds the world
record for the strangest and craziest diet.
For forty eight years, Lotito consumed an enormous amount of glass, metal and rubber.
He started this bizarre diet in 1966, when he was 16 years old, due to suffering from
a mental disorder known as Pica.
This is where people crave non-food items.
His meals consisted of various bicycles, chandeliers, Televisions, beds, skis, a computer and even
a small Cessna aircraft.
Pretty much anything that wasn't food.
In fact, in his life time he was able to consume 15 supermarket trolleys and is the only person
in history who has ever been able to consume a whole coffin.. by 1997 it was predicted
that Lotito had eaten nearly 9 pounds of metal.
He passed away in 2007 due to natural causes at the age of 57.
#6 Stretchiest Skin
Garry Turner from Lincolnshire, England, holds the record for the worlds most stretchiest
skin.
Turner has a rare disorder known as Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.
This is a collection of conditions that affect connective tissues.
As a result, he is able to stretch his stomach to an astonishing 6.2 inches and the majority
of the rest of his body is just as stretchy.
His bizarre ability was shown on the set of 'Guinness World Records: Primetime' in 1999
and in many interviews since.
Turners skin is so stretchy, that he is actually able to take the skin from his neck and pull
it over his jaw!
#7 The hairiest family
There's a family of around 30 people from Mexico who suffer from a rare condition called
Congenital Generalised Hypertrichosis.
This condition is caused by genetic mutations which causes an increase in facial or torso hair..
The men in the family have extremely thick hair which covers over 95 percent of their
body.
while the female family members, have a light-to-medium coat of hair on their bodies.
This condition has has affected 5 generations of the family so far.
many of the male members have been part of numerous freak shows and circuses and around the world.
The family were awarded the Guinness world record for being 'the hairiest family' in
February of 2000.
#8 Most piercings in a lifetime
Elaine Davidson, a Brazilian born nurse who lives in Edinburgh, Scotland absolutely loves
piercings.
In fact, she holds the word record for the most piercings ever.
She currently has an astounding 9,800+ piercings all over her body.
It was 13 years ago when the the Guinness Book of Records acknowledged her achievement.
She had 462 piercings in total at that time.
About 192 of those piercings were in her face.
Currently, most of her piercings are not in her face, but are in other parts of her body,
including her intimate parts.
Davidson said in an interview, that she loves to feel pain which is why she can't stop getting
piercings, she also reportedly enjoys laying on beds of nails, as well as walking on broken
glass and fire.
#9 Largest flesh tunnel
Kalawelo Kaiwi, a tattoo and body-modification artist from Hawaii is known for having the
largest non-surgically made flesh tunnels or stretched earlobes.
The Hilo Natural Health Clinic in Hawaii measured the flesh tunnels in 2014 and they came to
10.5 centimetres or 4.14 inches.
This is large enough that a clenched fist can fit through.
It has been claimed that there are other people with bigger flesh tunnels, however Kalawelo
is the only one who has been fully verified.
As well as his strange looking earlobes, he also has many piercings, tattoos (including
his eyebrows), sub dermal horns in his head and even split his own tongue using dental floss.
Kalawelo was awarded the Guinness world record in August 2015.
#10 The worlds Loudest Penis
Micronecta scholtzi are extremely small freshwater insects, which are usually found in lakes,
ponds and rivers in Europe and measure at only 2mm in length.
Unbelievably, They were recently given the record for the 'world loudest penis'.
The Micronecta scholtzi are a species of water boatman, in the family Corixidae.
They must rub their penises against their abdomen in order to attract females.
This is called 'stridulation'.
Whilst they do this, they create a really, loud mating noise which sounds similar to
chirping.
It can be up to 99.2 decibels which has been described as the equivalent to sitting in
the front row listening to a loud orchestra playing or to the volume of standing 15 metres
away from a passing freight train.
Although most of the volume is lost due to being in the water, These insects can still
be heard from the bottom of a pond, by people walking along the shore.
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