Top 6 Weird & Wonderful World Record

World record attempts are associated with extreme, weird, and wonderful acts of both humans and the natural world.
Guinness World Records is the globally recognized official awarding body of any world record attempt.

It was first published in 1955, following a dispute over the fastest game bird for shooting. Guinness World Records was the first and only of its kind to measure and document incredible and dare-devilish acts of humankind.

Here are 10 weird and wonderful world records that you didn’t know existed.

1. The longest fingernail of all time is over six feet long.

There are multiple records for longest fingernails, and records are held by both men and women. Some records measure the longest nails across two hands, some across a singular hand, but only one record for the longest singular nail.
Shridhar Chillal is the proud grower of the world’s longest fingernail, with a thumbnail measuring the total length of 6 ft 4 in (197.8 cm). If you want to see the nail, it is on display at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in Times Square, New York, USA.

2. Gary Turner has the world’s stretchiest skin

A British man named Garry Turner has a world record for the Stretchiest skin due to a disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a condition where there is a problem with the tissue that connects skin, ligaments, and organs.
The collagen in the skin is affected, meaning that the skin can become incredibly stretchy. This means that Turner is able to stretch his stomach skin 6.25 in (15.8 cm) away from his body.

3. The world’s largest pizza had an area of 13,580.28 ft².

There have been many world record attempts associated with creating giant versions of our favorite foods. But nothing is quite as remarkable as the world’s largest pizza!
Created in Italy on December 13, 2012, the world’s largest pizza measured an incredible 13,580.28 ft² (1,261.65 m²). The goliath of a pizza was named “Ottavia” as an homage to the first Roman Emperor, Octavian Augustus.
The pizza was made at Fiera Roma, in Rome, Italy, by Dovilio Nardi, Andrea Mannocchi, Marco Nardi, Matteo Nardi and Matteo Giannotte. The pizza was entirely gluten-free.

4. Kim Goodman can pop her eyeballs 12 mm from their sockets.

Kim Goodman from the USA has the ability to pop her eyeballs out from her face. Goodman discovered she could pop her eyes from her skull after being hit in the head by a hockey mask.
“Proptosis” is the term for the ability to pop your eyes from your head. On November 2, 2007, in Istanbul, Turkey, Goodman popped her eyes 0.47 in (12 mm) from her eye sockets and broke a new world record.
The record was measured by an optometrist, using an optometer a total of three times to get an average distance.

5. The world’s fastest bathtub reached an average speed of 116.08 miles per hour.

Bathtubs are designed to relax and soak after a hard day’s work, but they can be used for much more. Swiss engineer Hannes Roth decided he wanted to turn a bathtub into a racing car.

Being a racing driver himself, he knew what it would take, so he spent 300 hours modifying a bathtub for a world record attempt. Roth fixed a bathtub to a go-kart chassis and attached a four-cylinder Yamaha engine as well as essential bathtub extras like a showerhead.

After many test runs, Roth took the motorized tub to Dynamic Test Center in Vauffelin, Switzerland, for the world record attempt. On May 6, 2016, the bathtub reached an average speed of 116.08 mph (186.82 km/h) with the highest speed of 118 mph (189.9 km/h).

6. Freddy Nock walked along the highest cable car wire

Freddy Nock holds the Guinness World Record for his daredevil skills.
On January 29, 2011, Nock walked 1,876 ft 7 in (572 meters) along with a cable car at Silvaplana ski resort, St. Moritz, Switzerland. The cable car is 10,836 ft 7 in (3,303 meters) above sea level.

He initially set out to beat his previous record of longest cable car walk, but he had to stop due to terrible weather conditions, meaning he broke only the height record. The weather was so bad that the average temperature was 5 °F (-15 °C). Over 50 years on, Guinness World Records are continuously finding new weird and wonderful talents and mysteries to keep us entertained.

So now you know 7 weird and wonderful Guinness World Records that are out there. How many more are there that you never knew about?
Many records are still waiting to be beaten, so why not find your talent and attempt one today.

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