The Guinness Book of Records is updated every year with new achievements from around the world. But some of them can only be called dubious and absurd.
The largest number of spoons on the human body The Guinness World Record in the nomination "The largest number of spoons on the human body" belongs to Etibar Elchiev. He set the record in Tbilisi, Georgia, in December 2011, when he won the title by magnetizing 50 spoons to his body.
The heaviest bow
Pete Glazebrook from Northern England looks lovingly at the nearly 9 kg bulb he has grown. She entered the Guinness Book of Records as the heaviest bulb and has held this mark since September 2011. 
Simultaneous application of face masks
On July 28, 2013, 1,213 people set the Guinness World Record in Taiwan for wearing face masks simultaneously for 10 minutes. 
The owner of the longest fingernails
According to the Guinness Book of Records, Chris "The Duchess" Walton currently holds the world record as the owner of the longest fingernails. According to the latest measurements taken in New York in 2011, her nails (which she had grown for 18 years at that time) reached 1.1 m on her left hand and 2.92 m on her right. 
Record for simultaneous hula hoop twisting
In February 2013, 4,483 people hula hooped for 7 minutes, setting a world record for simultaneous hula hooping. The event took place at the Thammasat University stadium in the suburbs of Bangkok. 
The longest stay in the snow without clothes
Chinese Jin Songhao set the world record for the longest stay in the snow without clothes: in January 2011, he spent 46 minutes and 7 seconds in the snow. 
The world's largest serving of Cantonese rice
These 52 chefs set a record in February 2013 by cooking the world's largest portion of Cantonese rice in Costa Rica. It was enough for 7 thousand people, and it weighed almost 1.3 thousand kg. 
Record in juggling three chainsaws
Slovak Milan Roskopf in June 2009 broke his own previous record in juggling three chainsaws, having made 62 successful throws in a row. The previous record was 35 tosses. 
Costume of 330 thousand bees
In April 2012, Chinese beekeeper Shi Ping covered his body with 331,000 bees ( total weight 33.1 kg) to beat the previous record of 26.8 kg of bees. 
The largest jigsaw puzzle made from tents
A brand new Guinness World Records category is "largest jigsaw puzzle made out of tents": 900 tents were set up on a beach in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China in October 2012, with a pattern shaped like a Chinese dragon. 
tallest mohawk
Japanese fashion designer Kazuhiro Watanabe holds the world championship for the "highest Mohawk" - 1.13 m. His hairstyle entered the Guinness Book of Records in September 2012. 
largest national flag
In May 2013, Romania set a world record by making the largest national flag in Clincheni, near Bucharest. Its dimensions are 350 by 227 m. 
The world's largest aquarium
The resort island of Sentosa in Singapore not only houses the world's largest aquarium with 80,000 animals, 800 species and 42.9 million liters of water. The "world's largest acrylic panel" is also installed there. 
Race in inflatable sumo suits
In the summer of 2010, the inflatable sumo race was billed as the world's largest sumo event. It all happened in Battersea Park in London. 
The largest suitcase in history
This suitcase, presented to the public at the 100th China Export Goods Fair held in 2006 in Guangzhou, was qualified by the Guinness Book of Records as the largest in history - its height is about 180 cm. 
The largest wine glass in the world
In the photo, workers at the Marynissen Estate Winery pour ice wine - "ice wine" - into a glass that got into the Guinness Book of Records as the largest in the world. The event took place at the Niagara Icewine Festival in Ontario on January 14, 2011. More than 30 Ontario wine producers poured 27 liters of ice wine into a 1.2 m high glass, setting what local media said new record.
World record in air balancing act
Samat Hasan, a 24-year-old stunt performer from China, walks on a tightrope (Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, April 25, 2009). Walking 700m and 3cm in diameter at a 39º angle, Hasan successfully broke the Guinness World Record for aerial gymnastics after failing to do so on a previous attempt. 
Wedding with the most bridesmaids
Nissansala and Nalin, a Sri Lankan couple, smile during their 2013 Negombo wedding ceremony, which broke the Guinness record for having the most bridesmaids. The wedding, which was attended by 126 bridesmaids, 25 groomsmen, 20 page boys and 23 flower girls, broke the previous record of a wedding in Thailand with 96 bridesmaids. 
Record in the race for 100 meters on four limbs
Takashi Kokubu, a 37-year-old actor, runs the 100 meters on all fours. Tokyo, 2013 According to media reports, 31-year-old Kenichi Ito, who spent 10 years developing this skill based on the running style of African patas monkeys, set a new Guinness World Record in the 100-meter four-limbed race, finishing with a time of 16.87 seconds and breaking his own. previous record at 17.23 s. 
The loudest bark in the world
Golden Retriever Charlie barks during the Royal Easter Show in Sydney on March 29, 2013. Charlie, according to the Guinness Book of Records, has the loudest bark in the world - 113.1 decibels. 
The largest collection of balls
A man jumps into a pool filled with pink and green plastic balls as he attempts to break a Guinness World Record at the Kerry Hotel in Pudong, Shanghai, where the Pink October campaign was held in 2013. According to the local press, the event aimed at raising awareness of breast cancer prevention has set a world record: swimming pool measuring 25 by 12.6 m was filled with a million plastic balls. 
High art of crowd organization
IN sports center in Jinan, China, a group of 1,000 female clients receive a 30-minute facial massage on May 4, 2015. This entered the Guinness Book of Records as the world record for the largest group of people who did a cosmetic procedure at the same time and in one place. 
Cork paintings
Albanian artist Saimir Strati pasted 229,764 corks of various shapes and colors onto a plastic banner measuring 12.9 by 7 m, composing the painting "Romeo with a crown of grapes, playing the guitar and dancing with the sea and the sun." The author worked 14 hours a day for 28 days. 
longest handshake
Jack Tsonis and Lindsey Morrison attempt to break the world record for the longest handshake, September 21, 2009, Sydney. For their record-breaking attempt, the couple chose the United Nations International Day of Peace; the event also collected charitable donations. 
The world's largest sneaker collection
Jordan Michael Geller poses with his Nike Air Jordan Retro collection on September 25, 2012 at ShoeZeum in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The Guinness World Records staff recently confirmed that Geller's Shoezeum - as he calls it, the Nike altar - includes one piece from every Air Jordans model that has ever been released, and puts it that way. a record as the world's largest sneaker collection with over 2,500 pairs, all but eight of which are Nike sneakers. 
The coolest roller coasters in the world
The world's steepest 121° free-fall Takabisha roller coaster is located at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, west of Tokyo. According to the amusement park, the roller coaster is registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the coolest roller coaster in the world; their construction cost about 37 million dollars. 
The largest Christmas toy
Franz Paternost holds a glass Christmas tree decoration made by the Bavarian glassworks Joska on December 17, 2008. The company produced the largest Christmas decoration with a diameter of 65 cm and a weight of 20 kg. 
Longest festival structure
Provincial residents perform the annual Dragon Dance during the Lantern Festival celebrations in Gutian province, China February 6, 2012. According to local media, the 791.5 m long walking dragon, made of paper and bamboo and connected by wooden planks, has set a new Guinness record for the longest festival structure. 
Record of continuous one-hour bike ride in the category of athletes over 100 years old
French cyclist Robert Marchand is pictured here trying to set the world record for a continuous one-hour bike ride in the over 100 year old category. Photo taken at the UCI Swiss velodrome on February 17, 2012. To set the record, Marchand, who was born on November 26, 1911, rode 24 km on a 200-meter covered bike path. 
The world's largest piece of 3D painting
Actors pose with exercise equipment to mimic what the Guinness Book of World Records holds as the world's largest piece of 3D painting. The picture was taken at Canary Wharf in London on November 17, 2011. The creation of the British artist Joe Hill exceeds 1114 m². 
Pushing the boundaries of human capabilities
August 20, 2011. Freddie Knock from Switzerland balances on cable car cable car up Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Southern Bavaria, at 2,962m. Knock balanced on a 995m rope as part of a charity event to break his own world record. 
The longest cigar in the world
The world's longest cigar, at 81.7 meters (or almost the length of a football field), was photographed in Havana on May 3, 2011. The cigar, which eclipsed the previous 45.3m long cigar record, was, like the previous one, rolled by José Castelar Cairo, better known as Cueto. 
The most expensive dessert in the world
On November 7, 2007, Frrrozen Haute Chocolate was presented to the public at New York's Serendipity-3 restaurant after Guinness World Record appraisers determined that $25,000 frozen hot chocolate had become the most expensive dessert in the world. 
Biggest tuna ever caught off the coast of Nova Scotia
For two whole hours, fisherman Mark Towers pulled out of the water a huge fish - a record tuna, weighing half a ton.
Experts have already called this specimen, caught in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Canso in Nova Scotia, in southeastern Canada, the largest tuna in the world, because the weight of the record holder is about 450 kilograms.
The fish turned out to be so big that the fishermen could not drag it on board, they tied a huge tuna with a rope to the boat and delivered it in this way to the port.
In the port, a real sea monster, whose name sounds like Thunnus thynnus in Latin, was lifted out of the water with a crane, weighed and sent to the refrigerator.
In the future, Mark Towers and his team plan to sell a truly huge tuna to Japan, where such fish is considered an exquisite delicacy and traditional sushi is made from it.
Approximately for such a tuna, Canadians will be given about 32 thousand dollars, because at least 20 thousand servings of sushi can be prepared from such fish.
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The most expensive T-shirt in the world worth $400,000 was designed by the British company Superlative Luxury and presented in London in January 2012. This "masterpiece of light industry" is made only from natural materials and exclusively using "green" technologies. The technological process is fundamentally different from the traditional production of T-shirts: to generate electricity, it uses environmentally friendly renewable energy sources - solar and wind, and CO2 emissions are reduced to almost zero.
The most expensive T-shirt in the world from Superlative Luxury is decorated on the front with an original pattern, which is a geometric pattern decorated with 16 diamonds. Eight of them are ordinary white diamonds weighing 1 carat, and the second half of the stones are a rare variety of black diamonds. Each black diamond weighs over one carat.
The total length of the nails of Melvin Booth (left) from Michigan is 9.05 meters. Lee Redmont (right), who hasn't cut her nails since 1979 and filed them carefully to grow to 8.65 meters, lost her "wealth" in an accident in February.
The 68-year-old record holder says that this is the most dramatic event in her life, but also admits that it is much easier without them. (Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records)
Jalapi Roland from Hungary set an unusual record on November 12, 2008: a horse dragged a burning Roland 472.8 meters. (Guinness World Records)
Residents of the American city of Livermore are preparing to celebrate the anniversary of the world's oldest light bulb. For 110 years now, it has been shining almost without interruption, writes The Telegraph.
A four-arm light bulb installed in the fire station in Livermore, California, entered the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest light bulb still in operation on the planet.
A businessman gave it to local firefighters in 1901. Since then, the light bulb has faithfully served the fighters with fire. The days when it suddenly stopped shining seem to be remembered by all the inhabitants of Livermore by heart: one day in 1903, a week in 1937, and during rare power outages in the 30s and 70s of the XX century. According to Livermore power engineer Lynn Owens, the mysterious light bulb baffles many scientists.
“No one knows why an ordinary four-light bulb has not burned out in 110 years. Scientists from all over the country came to look at it, but no one could put forward a single more or less plausible version. True, we didn’t let anyone touch it, ”the power engineer said.
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The owner of the longest legs in the world - Svetlana Pankratova from Volgograd. Now the length of her legs is 1 meter 32 cm and this is a world record.
She was born quite an ordinary child: height: 51 cm, and weight-3500 grams. But soon she began to grow much faster than her peers. In kindergarten, she was already two heads taller than the rest of the children. At school, the gap began to widen. Moreover, the girl grew exclusively in the area of \u200b\u200bthe legs, her parents became worried and put the girl in the hospital for examination. But the doctors did not find any genetic mutations. When the doctors saw her father, whose height was 190 cm, everything became clear. The girl went to her father.
While studying at school, in the 80s, Sveta experienced problems with clothes. Imagine how difficult it is to find suitable pants or tights for such a tall girl?! Because of this, the girl was very complex. The boys made fun of her long legs and great growth.
Only after visiting the sports section, the girl was able to breathe a sigh of relief: "There, all the girls are like me," she exclaimed when she returned home. The basketball player's career went up, the girl was invited to St. Petersburg. She went to play in the USA and Spain.
The most interesting thing is that, despite her huge growth, Sveta always wears heels. Perhaps only sports hardening helped Sveta survive her wedding.
Now Sveta lives in Spain and works in a real estate agency. Sometimes remembering those boys who teased her in childhood, I wonder how they would react now, having met with the longest-legged woman in the world.
scariest movie according to the Guinness Book of Records - "The Exorcist" (more correct name " Exorcist"/"The Exorcist").
The film was made back in 1973, but is still included in the top 250 films that have ever been shown on screens. The film's budget is quite modest. $12 million, film lovers will understand that for the films of our time this is a very small budget, although this is not an indicator. The global box office is another matter - in its entire history, the film "The Exorcist" has collected more than $400 million
The film was nominated 10 times "Oscar" and received this award twice. Interesting, that the film was consulted by a priest, author of the book "Devil Possession and Exorcism".
Plot:
The little girl is possessed by the devil. At first, the mother tries to heal her child with the help of classical medicine, but this does not work. Then, the desperate mother turns to the church for help. The young priest Daemen agrees to help along with his elderly colleague. During the rite of exorcism, the old priest dies and Daemen has no other choice but to...
Directed by William Friedkin Based on the work of William Blatty USA, 1973
The film "The Exorcist" / "The Exorcist" got into the Guinness Book of Records for a reason. scariest movie. This picture is truly scary and is not recommended for viewing by persons under 16 years old.
Exorcist
Braid to the floor and below
A simple Chinese girl Xi Qiping is the owner of the longest hair - more than five meters! This is exactly the case when quantity turns into quality, that is, beautiful long hair turns into a great inconvenience when traveling or banal hygiene procedures. Xi has been growing her braid since childhood, and has not cut her hair since 1973. According to her, this feature makes her train confidence and endurance, because washing and combing five-meter hair is a very difficult task. Now a worthy replacement is growing up for her - Cheng Shikwong, who also set herself the goal of growing the longest hair, and “started” in 1996. Now her hair has reached three meters in length.
Record - wild boar 524 kg
The Guinness book captured the record size of a wild boar. The largest wild boar that has been found by mankind is 3.9 meters long, 524 kilograms in weight, fangs 21 centimeters long. A very young hunter managed to get such a trophy, Jemison, a boy of 12 years of age, managed to shoot such a huge beast with a rifle.
Some hunters are afraid of wild boars large sizes or age. After all, according to estimates, every year people die from the fangs of wild boars.
According to Jemison, he was very lucky at that moment, because the boar almost nailed him to a tree. The boy has been hunting since the age of 6, but it was not easy for him to survive such a shocking moment, because death ran before him.
Girl whose height is 2.6 meters
A Brazilian girl at the age of fourteen gained 2.6 meters in height. Elisani got into the Guinness book as the tallest teenager. It would seem that slender girls are good, but Elisani's such height causes a lot of trouble. She had to leave school, as it is completely impossible to sit at school desks, her legs do not fit.
The girl lives a completely normal life, she has quite enough friends. Elisana's most cherished dream is to become a model, after thinking about the question of what she can do with her height, she immediately got the idea ... to show the clothes of famous fashion designers.
A man whose weight is 580 kilograms
A unique person whose weight is 580 kilograms is listed in the Guinness Book. Manuel Uribe, 46, has known all his life to put as much food in his mouth as possible. A Mexican man has been rapidly gaining kilograms all his life for the sake of one goal ... To get into the Guinness book !!!
Few would choose to do this. Manuel Uribe was able to lose 200 kilograms of his weight in a year. It would seem that this is not possible, how many women go in for fitness in the hopes of losing about 10 kg, and here such results were presented by a Mexican man.
Manuel does not want to live with such a weight anymore and now he is determined to lose weight, according to him, “If I could a short time lose 200kg, I can do more.” Now Manuel wants to get into the Guinness book as a person who loses weight faster or sheds pounds quickly.
Bodybuilder dog is the most inflated
The dog got into the Guinness Book of Records as the most inflated. The dog breed is "hound", she herself is from Canada. You immediately thought that this is all skillful work of Photoshop, but it is not. In fact, the dog Big Wendy was fed Myostatin asteroids, she received daily large doses of asteroids and training. Asteroid Myostatin is a protein that accelerates muscle growth and does not require any physical training.
Big Wendy's weight is only 27 kilograms. People always pay attention to the strangeness of a dog, sometimes even with horror. But in fact, the dog is very friendly and affectionate.
Normal dog appearance
On May 4, 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then Managing Director of Guinness Brewery, went hunting in Wexford County, Ireland.
He witnessed an argument over the fast bird in Europe, and then I realized that it was impossible to find out in reference books.
Then the thought occurred to him that such a book could become popular.
The first edition of the 197-page Guinness Book of Records appeared on August 27, 1955, and by Christmas it had already become the most popular book in the UK.
Since the release of the first edition, over 400 million copies have been sold. The latest published book is Guinness World Records 2010.
The largest gastropod is the African giant snail (Achatina achatina). The largest of the individuals reached 39.3 cm from head to tail tip.
The length of the shell was 27.3 cm, and the snail weighed exactly 900 grams. (Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records) 
Joel Wall from the USA pushes his masterpiece - the largest ball of rubber bands.
The 4,097 kg ball was measured in Lauderhill, Florida on November 13, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The largest number of people dressed as Smurfs was 1,253. These are the people who came to the Muknomania festival in Castleblaney, Ireland, on July 18, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The record for the 100-meter hurdle race was 22.35 seconds.
The record holder was the German Maren Zonker in Cologne, Germany, September 13, 2008. (John Wright/Guinness World Records) 
The world's largest pocket knife is 3.9 meters long when unfolded and weighs 122 kg.
It was designed by Telmo Cadavez from Portugal and handcrafted 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 a 30 cm diameter aluminum pan in 30 seconds on July 30, 2007.
In girth, the resulting “lump” turned out to be 17.46 cm. (Guinness World Records) 
The largest number of mugs of beer that a woman carried 40 meters is 19.
This was done by Anita Schwarz in Mesenich, Germany on November 9, 2008 on Guinness World Records Day. (Nick Hannes/Guinness World Records) 
Sam Wakeling traveled 453.6 km unicycle per day in Aberystwyth, Wales, from 29 to 30 September 2007. (Guinness World Records) 
Jean-Francis Vernetti of Switzerland has collected 8,888 different Do Not Disturb signs from hotels in 189 countries since 1985. (Guinness World Records) 
The total length of the nails of Melvin Booth (left) from Michigan is 9.05 meters. Lee Redmont (right), who hasn't cut her nails since 1979 and filed them carefully to grow to 8.65 meters, lost her "wealth" in an accident in February.
The 68-year-old record holder says that this is the most dramatic event in her life, but also admits that it is much easier without them. (Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records) 
227 T-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, and 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 the level of its elasticity, which leads to weakening of the skin and increased joint mobility.
In more serious cases, it can be fatal as a result of ruptured blood vessels. (Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records) 
1 911 - exactly the same number of bottles of soda with Mentos were collected in one place, namely, in Latvia by students of the TURIBA Higher School of Business on 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 clones from the LEGO Star Wars game 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 Schoff from the USA, who put together 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 was 8,361.31 meters and was drawn by 5,578 children from Alameda, California schools for a special children's project from May 27 to June 7, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The record for the fastest ride on the rear wheel of a motorcycle sitting on the handlebars was achieved by Enda Wright in York, UK, on July 11, 2006 and was 173.81 kilometers per hour. (Guinness World Records) 
The longest skis in the world are 534 meters long. These skis were used by 1043 skiers at an event in Sweden on 13 September 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 Veteran Table Tennis Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 25, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The "Snake Boat" from Aleppi, Kerala, India, is 43.7 meters long.
Her team consists of 143 people, including 118 rowers, 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 Sull, Brazil on October 20, 2007. (Guinness World Records) 
The largest gathering of Santa Clauses took place at Gilhall Square in Derry, Northern Ireland, December 9, 2007 and amounted to 13,000 people. (Guinness World Records) 
PAV1 Badger, created by Howe and Howe Technologies, became the smallest armored vehicle, being only 1 meter wide.
It's strong enough to knock down doors, yet compact enough to fit in an elevator. It was commissioned by the California Public Protective Service. (Guinness World Records) 
Jalapi Roland from Hungary set an unusual record on November 12, 2008: a horse dragged a burning Roland 472.8 meters. (Guinness World Records) 
The highest speed of the lawn mower was 98 km per hour.
The record was set by Tommy Passemante from the USA at Miller Park in Utah on November 18, 2008, especially for the MTV show Nitro Circus. (Nate Christenson/Guinness World Records) 
The Japanese Kenichi Ito got into the Guinness Book of Records as the person who ran the fastest 100 meters on all fours - in just 18.58 seconds.
The record was set in Tokyo on November 13, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The longest distance that a person has traveled on a bicycle without touching the ground for exactly one day is 890.2 km.
The record holder was Marko Balo from Slovenia on September 6-7, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The beard of Sarwan Sing 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 Furman cracked 80 eggs on his head in one minute at New York's Panorama Cafe on December 10, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The longest ears of the 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, which reaches a length of 18.1 cm. (Guinness World Records) 
The space cowboy, also known as Cheyne Hultgren from the show "Lo Show Dei Record", set a world record on April 25, 2009 in Milan: he dragged 411.65 kilograms only with the help of his eye sockets. (Guinness World Records) 
The heaviest transport that a person moved 30.48 meters weighed 57,243 kg.
It was dragged by Kevin Fast from Canada 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 Mally's Grill in Southgate, Michigan. This yummy was made on August 29, 2008. (Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records) 
Victor "Lari" Ramos Gomez (pictured) and Gabriel "Danny" Gomez (both from Mexico) are two members of a five-generation family who suffer from a rare disorder called congenital hypertrichosis, characterized by increased facial and body hair.
Women in the family have a light coat of hair, while men have hair on about 98% of the body, excluding the palms and 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 the UK walked the beam between two 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. (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 plucked on October 24, 2005. (Guinness World Records) 
On July 7, 2006, the smallest horse was Tambelina, a miniature bay mare 44.5 cm at the withers, owned by Kay and Paul Gossling of St. Louis, Missouri.
Radar - a Belgian heavy horse - on July 27, 2004 was 19 palms 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 in height, 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 - the smallest 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 that she likes to have the title of woman with the longest legs, but this has its drawbacks - it's not so easy to find a man who likes to be with such a tall woman. (Andy Rain/EPA) 
Michael Jackson impersonator Hector Jackson performs with hundreds of people at the Revolution Monument in Mexico City August 29, 2009.
The Guinness Book of Records recorded 13,597 people simultaneously dancing in the style of Jackson. (Dario Lopez Mills / AP) 
Kim Goodman from the USA can protrude 11 mm from their sockets. This record was recorded on the television show "Guinness World Records: Primetime" in Los Angeles on June 13, 1998. (Drew Gardner/Guinness World Records) 
Participants in the biggest pie fight at ABC Studios in New York on September 17, 2009 during the show “Live with Regis & Kelly.” (Afton Almaraz/AP) 
The world's tallest man Sultan Kosen from Turkey is measured by Guinness World Records on September 21, 2009.
Kosen's height is 246.38 cm. Sultan Kosen, 27, says he is "proud and happy" to be the tallest man and man in the world.
“Before that, I had a pretty difficult life,” says the giant, whose growth was the result of a pituitary gland disease. “Now it will be much easier for me to live.” (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 is playing with his friend Zoe, a 19cm 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 rode a bicycle is 66.5 meters.
This was done by Vittorio Innocente in Santa Margherita Ligur, Liguria region, Italy on July 21, 2008. (John Wright/Guinness World Records) 
93% of Isobel Varley's body is covered in tattoos. Absolute record among the elderly. (John Wright)
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World-class athletes have to train intensively for years to set a world record. But there are records in the world that have nothing to do with sports. They can handle even mere mortals. In our review of 17 unusual records that provide a unique opportunity to get into the Guinness Book of Records. Unless, of course, one of our readers manages to beat them.
1. Number of discs held on one finger
Current record: 50 pieces
Rules: You can not put a CD on your finger, the discs must lie flat on your finger without falling.
2. Number of T-shirts worn in one minute
Current record: 31 shirts
Rules: You can use T-shirts of any size, short or long sleeves, you can also use the help of a friend. T-shirts must be worn on top of each other.
3. The amount of jelly eaten per minute with Chinese sticks
Current record: 90.72 grams
Rules: jelly can be of any taste. But you can only eat it with Chinese chopsticks held with one hand. The other hand should be behind the back.
4. The number of stickers pasted to the face in one minute
Current record: 58 pieces
Rules: You must use stickers of at least 73 mm on each side. A person must stick stickers on his face himself, and they must stay on his face for another 10 seconds after the end of the competition. Also, you can not stick stickers on the eyelids.
5. The amount of time in which 24 cans can be put in the refrigerator
Current record: 9.76 seconds
Rules: jars must be intact and closed, but the refrigerator can be anything. The countdown starts from the moment the refrigerator door is opened. If at least one can falls or is damaged in the process, the attempt does not count.
6. Number of tennis balls held in one hand
Current record: 26 pieces
Rules: balls must be placed one at a time with the free hand, and all balls must be held in place for 5 seconds after the last one is placed on the hand.
7. How many times can you pass a basketball between your legs in 30 seconds
Current record: 68 times
Rules: you can use football or basketball standard size. If the ball touches the floor, the try is not counted.
8. Fastest reverse alphabet typing time on iPad
Current record: 2 seconds (currently under review)
Rules: a non-upgraded store-bought iPad with official firmware must be used. Letters can be typed in any case, without errors in their order.
9. The number of jumps in leapfrog by two people in 30 seconds
Current record: 32 times
Rules: Competitors must take turns jumping over each other, with one person placing both hands on the ground and the other placing both hands on a friend's shoulders.
10. The fastest time to drink 500ml of water
Current record: 2.35 seconds
Rules: you must use a transparent glass and do not spill a drop.
11. Number of saltine crackers eaten in 1 minute
Current record: 10 pieces
Rules: Only 1 cracker may be placed in the mouth and after it has been eaten, the competitor must show an empty mouth before proceeding to the next one. The number of crackers eaten in one minute is counted. In this case, you can not drink crackers.
12. Number of jumps in shorts and back in 30 seconds
Current record: 9 times
Rules: no "sizeless" shorts can be used, their size must correspond to the actual size of the participant. Underpants must be fully worn to the waist while jumping into them, and completely removed before the next jump. Only jumps from two legs are counted.
13. Air clapping push ups per minute
Current record: 77 times
Rules: you can not bend your knees or back, and push-ups must be done "all the way."
14. Blindfolded Mister Potato Head Quick Assembly
Current record: 16.17 seconds
Rules: only hands must be used, and all parts of the toy must be in place.
15. Number of coins stacked in 30 seconds
Current record: 51 pieces
Rules: Any coins with a maximum thickness of 3 mm can be used. In this case, the coins must be folded with one hand, the other must be wound behind the back. After 30 seconds, the stack of coins must stand for at least 5 seconds.
16. The fastest time to put on a duvet cover on a double duvet
Current record: 26.03 seconds
Rules: The duvet must be "neatly" placed in the duvet cover, with all four corners matching exactly.
17. The largest amount of marshmallows eaten in one minute
Current record: 25 pieces
Rules: marshmallows must be a standard size, and you can only eat one marshmallow at a time. Drinking marshmallows is strictly prohibited.
The Guinness Book of World Records is one of the most authoritative sources, encyclopedias, reference books that can confirm certain words, resolve this or that dispute.
The main goal of the book is reliable information about the record achievements of people and animals, unique natural phenomena, outstanding achievements of show business, media and culture ...
First published in 1955 by order of the Irish brewing company Guinness. The idea belonged to Hugh Beaver, who came up with the idea to create an authoritative source for visitors to Irish and British pubs in order to resolve their disputes about the record of this or that phenomenon.
Over time, the popularity of the Book led to the emergence of special editions that explore one particular area of popular culture, as well as national versions of the Book, including the Russian Book of Records, published by the PARI Agency, and the Levsha Book of Records, project of the Russian club of records "Levsha".
Throughout its history, the book has received both positive and negative reviews. The book itself claims on its pages to be the best-selling copyrighted publication.
"Russian Book of Records"
The Guinness Book of Records is published in 37 languages of the world, including Russian. In 1989, the first edition of the Guinness Book of Records appeared in Russian. In the same year, a purely Russian version Books, called the "Book of Records of Russia" and including the achievements of Russians of world and national significance.
The Russian edition includes records of a very different nature. According to statements on the official website of the Russian Book, "most of the book is devoted to records in the categories: sports, architecture, people, geography." In particular, the Moscow-Voronezh double-decker train assembled in Tver is recorded in the Russian Book of Records, which is the only train in Russia capable of simultaneously carrying 1,320 passengers.
Among the achievements of people there are such records as the longest stay in orbit (Gennady Padalka, 803 days and increasing), the longest distance traveled in a round-the-world trip (Oleg Nishanov and Olesya Nishanova, 200,095 km) and the person who became the world champion in kickboxing number of times (Ufa resident Vil Gabdullin became the champion 29 times). The Pari Agency collects information regarding the Russian Book.
The Guinness Book of Records has gained immense popularity over the years of its existence. On October 1, 2013, the total circulation of copies sold since 1955 exceeded 130 million copies, and the Guinness Book of Records, published in more than 100 countries in 25 languages, hit its own pages as the best-selling annual publication. "Only the Bible, the Koran, and Mao Zedong's quotation book have a larger circulation."
13 RUSSIAN GUINNESS RECORDS
1. Chukotka-Alaska, swim
Krasnoyarsk swimmers Nikolai Petshak and Natalya Usacheva swam 134 kilometers of the Pacific and Arctic oceans from Chukotka to the Arctic. Thus, they set a world record for the distance of a swim in icy water and received the right to carry a torch with the 2014 Olympic flame. The swim was part of the first Intercontinental polar relay race from Russia to America through the Bering Strait.
2. Beautiful ride!
Another record related to swimming suits. This time - by the number of people in swimsuits, simultaneously descending from the mountain on snowboards and skis. It happened on ski resort in Sheregesh, Kemerovo Region, where more than 1,000 people descended half-naked from the mountain. The previous record for mass descent in bathing suits was set in Canada, where 250 naked people slid off the slope.
By the way, On April 16, 2016, a new record is planned at the same place - The declared number of participants: 2000 half-naked snowboarders and skiers.
3. Tricolor at 707 meters.
Vladivostok was already listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the city with the longest channel span, when almost 27,000 residents set another record. This time it is the world's largest living image of the national flag. The total length of the living canvas was 707 meters. The previous record was held by Pakistan with 24,200 participants.
The flash mob “I love Vladivostok”, during which residents and guests of the city made a living 707-meter image of the Russian flag on the Golden Bridge, got into the Guinness Book of Records due to the large number of participants, the official judge of the publication Craig Glinday said during the event.
“Seeing how and with what mood the participants of the flash mob gather on the bridge, I believed that they would manage to become champions. I am very pleased that I was not mistaken, because the people who gathered to set a record, despite the intense heat and pandemonium, looked so happy, ”the judge said during the flash mob over the speakerphone.
4. Jump into the record book
The sports record was set by a tracer from St. Petersburg, Eric Mukhametshin. He broke the wall jump record previously held by English athletes. Mukhametshin made a somersault from the wall by 3 meters 20 centimeters, which is 16 cm more than the previous record. The jump was so far that during the somersault, Eric jumped over a car passing by.
5. 69 Vasiliev children
The world's largest number of children born to one woman is 69. This record, set about 200 years ago by a Russian peasant woman, has not yet been beaten by anyone.
The first of two wives of a peasant in the Shuya district Fyodor Vasiliev(1707 - 1782) gave birth 27 times: 16 twins (twins - a world record), 7 triplets and 4 quadruples. 67 children survived. And most of them survived to adulthood. On February 27, 1782, a message was received in Moscow from the Nikolsky Monastery about this unique family. Catherine II (the Great) herself noted this phenomenon of childbearing.
6. Record of rock musician Viktor Zinchuk
In 2001, the virtuoso guitarist played a variation of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" on the guitar at a very fast pace - 270 beats per minute. Zinchuk played 20 notes per second, performing the composition in just 24 seconds. His record was broken only in 2008 by the Brazilian guitarist Thiago Della Vega, who performed the same piece at a speed of 320 beats per minute.
7. Never lost
Rodnina Irina Konstantinovna is a famous Soviet figure skater, three-time Olympic and ten-time world champion, as well as a Russian public and statesman. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Registered in the Guinness Book of Records as an athlete who has not lost in a single competition in her entire life. professional career. It should be noted that Irina Konstantinovna collected record number medals, of which 33 are gold.
8. Records of the Russian hero
Alexander Muromsky, captain of the Russian Bogatyrs power team, set his 9th World Record in the Guinness Book of Records on May 7, 2015 in Orel. In one minute, the athlete bent 12 metal rods with a diameter of 10 mm about his head. Muromsky's previous records are also worthy of respect: not everyone can break 11 thousand-page reference books in a minute, and not everyone can break 23 metal bolts, 30 cm long, 12 mm in diameter, in the same time.
9. Round the world flight in 71 hours
Lev Vasilievich Kozlov is a 52-time world record holder in aircraft sports, lieutenant general of aviation, honored military pilot of the USSR, sniper pilot and master of sports of the USSR of international class. He got into the Guinness Book of Records for a round-the-world flight on the An-124 Ruslan aircraft in 1990. (in the video listing: Melbourne - South Pole - Rio de Janeiro - Rabat - North Pole - Yelizovo (Kamchatka) - Melbourne). In just 72 hours and 16 minutes of flight around the globe, the expedition led by Kozlov covered a distance of 50,005 kilometers, of which 93% were over the waters of all the oceans of the globe. In this flight, 7 world and 10 all-Union records were set.
10. Records of Vladimir Turchinsky
Vladimir "Dynamite" Turchinsky. He was a Russian TV and radio host, sportsman, showman, actor and entrepreneur. Vladimir is a record holder in power sports, as well as a diploma and a gold medal holder of the "International Guinness Book Record Club". Turchinsky's stunts, which got into the Book of Records, had an extraordinary showmanship: the athlete moved the 260-ton Ruslan aircraft, held the elephant weighing 3.5 tons in his arms, lifted the "nine" with 12 passengers, won the stretch with 30 participants, and one With his left he dragged a double-decker bus weighing 20 tons for 100 meters.
11. The youngest diver
The eldest daughter of Valdis Pelsh Eizhena entered the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest diver. A 14-year-old girl made a dive off the coast of Antarctica. The famous father did not worry about his daughter, because she dived with her mother, and according to Valdis, he does not doubt his daughter's abilities, so he allowed such an extreme form of entertainment. Before this record was set, the youngest diver was 20 years old.
12. Five performances in 8 hours
Evgeny Grishkovets, the author and actor of his famous and original performances, is also mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records. Once, at the Golden Mask Festival in 2004, the laureate of the festival Grishkovets showed all his solo performances in one day - at that time there were five of them. Grishkovets spent 8.5 hours on stage during one day. It is noteworthy that the entire load fell entirely on Grishkovets, because a solo performance is a theater of one actor. By the way, the spectators at these performances were different, as were the venues for performances, and incentive prizes relied on the most persistent fans.
13. 11 thousand parachute jumps
Valentina Zakoretskaya began to study parachuting since the age of 16. And she got so carried away that she got into the Guinness Book of Records three times - in 1976, 1987 and 1998 as the woman skydiver with the most parachute jumps in the world. Not surprising, because she has more than 11,500 parachute jumps to her credit! Valentina is a 50-time world record holder and 2-time absolute world champion. Of the men, only two were able to overtake her.