We humans always tend to push our limits. Hence we get to know about numerous world records across the world, and with every passing year, new records are broken, and the bar is set increasingly higher. Many times Humans tried to create craziest documents implementing their unique bodily potentialities—some are inborn, some skilled. In this list, I have compiled some of these fantastic records to date.
A Brazilian woman named Elaine Davidson is the world record holder for most body piercings. With her first skin piercing in January 1997, she has a total of 4225 piercings as of June 8, 2006.This former restaurant owner continually experiments with her jewelry on her face and is also known for her tattoos, makeup, and feathers in her hair.
Rolf Bucholz of Germany, with a total of 453 piercings, is the Guinness World Record holder for the 'Most Pierced Man.'
Oleksiy Gutsulyak of Ukraine holds the record for the longest time spent in full body contact with snow – 60 minutes, 8 seconds, in January of 2013.
Chris' The Duchess' Walton holds the fantastic Guinness World Records for possessing the longest fingernails ever. Her nails extend up to 9 ft. Seven inches on her right hand and 10 ft. 2 inches on her left.
The world record holder for being the shortest man, Chandra Bahadur Dangi greets the tallest living man on earth, Sultan Kosen to mark the Guinness World Records Day in London. Kosen of Turkey towers at 8 feet 1 inch due to a tumor affecting his pituitary gland whereas Dangi from India is only 54.6cm tall. This is how The Guinness World Records celebrated its 60th edition of the annual records book.
Jack Tsonis (left) and Lindsay Morrison (right) broke the world record for the longesthandshake in Sydney on September 21, 2009.
Measured on the set of “Guinness World Records: Primetime” in Los Angeles, Kim Goodman from the USA has most distant eyeball pop in the world. She popped her eyeballs 12mm beyond the confines of her eye sockets.
Don’t poke your nose because here comes Mehmet Ozyurek of Turkey-to whom the most extended nose in the world belongs In 2010, he broke the record having a whopping length of 8.8 cm.
Aaron Caissie achieves this extraordinary record from Canada. He balanced 17 spoons on his face at a single time.
Etibar Elchyev grabbed the title for 'Most spoons balanced on a human body' by placing 50 metal spoons on his body. No, he didn't stick them to his skin, he balanced them on his flesh. Isn't it impressive?
Zdenek Zahradka of the Czech Republic shockingly survived ten days buried in a coffin underground without any food or water. He only used a breathing pipe connecting him to the outer atmosphere. The previous record for the same was four days.
Ram Singh Chauhan's mustache is the longest on earth. Measured about 14 feet in Rome, Italy, on March 4, 2010, he grabbed the record.
Because of a rare disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Garry Turner of the United Kingdom can stretch his abdomen skin up to 6.25 inches.
Dad-of-two, Ted Hastings of Ontario, Canada, has done just that by setting a new record on 17th February for themost T-shirts worn at oncewith 260.
India’s Manoj Kumar Maharana has just broken this amazing Guinness World Records title that stood unbeaten for about eight years. The 23-year-old from Odisha achieved theMost straws stuffed in the mouth (hands off), cramming a massive 459 drinking straws into his mouth all at once!
This amazingly talented man named Mohammed Kursheed Hussain can type 103 characters in just 47 seconds – with his nose! Such a useful talent.