Humans have been created to be a unique specie, but some people have taken their uniqueness to another level, here are some of the records that is not looking like it would be broken soon.
THE WORLD’S LONGEST FINGERNAILS
Shridhar Chillal of Pune, India, didn’t cut his nails for 66 years. Just before cutting them, they measured 29 feet, 10.1 inches in length. He started growing them after being chastised by a teacher for breaking a nail when he was 14.
HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE
Gone With the Wind pulled in the highest grossing box office revenue of all time. It brought in what would be $3.4 billion, and sold 255.7 million tickets, a stark contrast to Avatar, which rained in 78.3 million ticket sales.
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LONGEST COOKING MARATHON
Our very own 26 years old Hilda Baci has officially broken the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual), with a time of 93 hours 11 minutes.
MOST COCKROACHES EATEN IN A MINUTE
Ken Edwards, from Glossop, ate 36 cockroaches on one minute. He did so on the set of The Big Breakfast in 2001. The retired rat catcher and part-time entertainer became a niche celebrity overnight after performing his bizarre stunt
HEAVIEST WEIGHT SUPPORTED BY HUMAN TONGUE
It was claimed by Thomas Blackthorne, who lifted 27 pounds using just his tongue. He trained for six years to hold this amount for five seconds his tongue was pierced by a hook that held four weights and set the record in 2004
THE WORLD’S BIGGEST DIAMOND
In 1905, the world’s largest diamond was found in the Premier Diamond Mine in Cullinan, South Africa. The book of records wasn’t actually around in 1905, but no diamond has come close to matching it, so the spot was given to the Cullinan diamond
MOST METALS EATEN
Michel Lotito, who passed away in 2007 at age 57, ate 9 tons of metal over the course of his lifetime, including a whole Cessna 150 airplane. Lotito suffered from Pica, a disease that made him crave eating non-food objects like dirt and glass.
MOST LAWSUITS FILED
Jonathan Lee Richards has sued over 4,000 companies/individuals, and holds the world record for the largest amount of lawsuits filed, including suits against Bill Gates and Pope Benedict XVI. When he found out that he held the record, he sued Guinness.
