Unique and unusual Guinness records
The Guinness Book of Records has just released its 60th edition, bringing together the latest world records, including unique and unusual records. Here are a few of them.
The smallest mobile home
Caravan is usually large in size to serve the daily life and activities of at least one adult. However, the caravan of Yannick Read, an English website editor, is included in the Guinness Book of Records as the 'smallest mobile home'.
The house is 2.93m long, 1.53m wide and 0.79m high, inside it is still comfortable enough with beds, lamps, television, sink and kettle.
The world's tallest donkey
Romulus, a 9-year-old donkey who lives in the United States, is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the "tallest donkey in the world" , when he owns a 1.72m height, equivalent to an adult horse.
The donkey was rescued by the couple Cara and Phill Yellott (Texas, USA) when they were attacked by wolves in 2012. The couple is now feeding this 'big' donkey.
The world's most "heavy" juggling act
The athlete and circus actor Denys Ilchenko (Ukraine) set a Guinness world record when performing a juggling act with 3 tires, with a total weight of 26.98kg.
Not only good at juggling, Ilchenko can also pull a car with his teeth, turn five people at once on his shoulder or allow a car to run over him .
The longest tongue in the world
Nick Stoeberl, 24, who lives in California (USA) is recognized as having the longest tongue in the world with a length of up to 10.1cm.
Stoeberl said that his long tongue not only helped him lick his nose but could even lick his elbow, which most people can't do.
The largest collection of James Bond
Nick Bennett, 47, lives in Leigh town (England) owns 12,463 different souvenir items related to the talented agent 007 James Bond. This helps Bennett to be named in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Bennett said he saw a James Bond movie for the first time since he was 7 and he started his collection at age 28 until now.
Shoot the most distant and accurate names with your feet
Circus artist Nancy Siefker, 26, who lives in California (USA), combines the technique of bending and archery skills to set a Guinness World Record when she can shoot an arrow at a target of 14cm in size. distance more than 6m.
Siefker said the same effort will be made in the future, but will replace the arrow by launching a knife.
The longest golf club can be used
Professional golf player Karsten Maas, 46 from Denmark, can hit the golf ball at a distance of 165.4m with a golf club with a length of up to 4.37m.
This helped Maas' golf club to be included in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most 'terrible' golf player but still usable. However, Maas said it was not easy to use the golf club because of its size and its heavy weight.
The world's largest guitar
At nearly 12 times the Gibson Flying V electric guitar of 1967, the guitar of Scott Rippetoe (living in Conroe, Texas) is the world's largest electric guitar, with a length of 13.29m, width 5, 01m and weight up to 907kg.
Scott Rippetoe spent £ 1,975 to create this guitar, with a wooden body and strings made of plane cables.
The record of eating the most spicy peppers
Ghost peppers are considered the world's most spicy peppers, with 400 times the spiciness of pepper made from pepper. However, this did not prevent Jason McNabb (living in California) from setting a world record for this type of chili when eating 66g of chili in just 2 minutes.
Trolley with the largest engine mounted
The American man Frederick Reifsteck named himself in the Guinness Book of Records when he created a trolley with a length of 8.23m, a width of 2.43m and a height of 4.57m. Reifsteck also attached the engine to his trolley to move, instead of consuming the energy to push this 'terrible' car.
The world's largest Yoyo game
Beth Johnson, who lives in Ohio (USA), took 18 months to create a "massive" Yoyo, with a diameter of 3.65m, weighing up to 2,095 tons and hanging on a crane.
Beth said she started her project to create something bigger and better than anyone else had done before.
'People think I'm crazy, but I'm not a coward who gives up challenges,' Beth Johnson said.
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