The tongue is nearly 10cm long, usurping the old record

Stephen Taylor, 51, is the record holder of the world's longest tongue, officially recognized by Guinness World. A bit better than Chanel's tongue, Stephen's tongue has an accurate length of 3.86 inches (9.8cm).

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Stephen's record, 9.8cm long tongue

The owner of the longest tongue in the world said, since the time of registration in 2009, it has grown by 0.2 inches (0.5cm).

It was this particular tongue that brought popularity as well as some unexpected invitations to Stephen. In it, there is a 10-second kiss with actress Brigitte Nielsen in a live television show in Italy."Brigitte Nielsen agreed to kiss me. She was quite shocked about my tongue , " Stephen said.

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Stephen appeared in many television shows thanks to his special tongue

However, Stephen also said, Rachel, 45 - her partner initially felt a bit scared when she saw this giant tongue.

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The giant tongue startled many people when they saw it

Scientists cannot explain why Stephen's tongue is so long. But from his humorous point of view, he said, because he often had the habit of sticking out his tongue to make fun of it, it was growing so unusually.