Saturday, March 21, 2009

Smallest Waist on a Living Person

Cathie Jung's waist is about the same size as a regular jar of mayonnaise. She's been wearing a corset every day for the past 12 years, and she now wears one 24 hours a day. "I probably have around 100 of them," says the corset queen.

Friday, January 23, 2009

The Furthest Eyeball Popper in the world


Kim Goodman (USA) can pop her eyeballs to a protrusion of 12 mm (0.47 in) beyond her eye sockets. Her eyes were measured in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 2, 2007.

The Loudest Burp in the world


The record for the loudest burp is 107.1 db achieved by Paul Hunn (UK) on the set of The New Paul O’Grady Show, London, UK, on 24 September 2008.

The Most Powerful Lungs in the world



The inflation of a standard meteorological balloon (1,000g (35 oz)) to a diameter of 2.44 m (8 ft) against time was achieved by Manjit Singh (UK) in 42 min at Rushley Pavilion Centre, Leicester, UK on September 16, 1998.

Most Fingers and Toes - Living Person


There are two holders for this record:
Pranamya Menaria (India; born August 10, 2005) has 25 in total (12 fingers and 13 toes). This is as a result of the condition Polydactyly and Syndactyly.
Devendra Harne, pictured above, (India; born January 9, 1995) also has 25 in total (12 fingers and 13 toes) as a result of the condition polydactylism.

The longest tongue in the world


Stephen Taylor (UK) has a tongue that measures 9.5 cm (3.74 in) from the tip to the centre of his closed top lip. It was measured on the set of 'Lo Show dei Record' in Milan, Italy on January 5, 2006.

The longest hair in the world



The world's longest documented hair belongs to Xie Qiuping (China) at 5.627 m (18 ft 5.54 in) when measured on May 8, 2004. She has been growing her hair since 1973 from the age of 13.