Guinness World Records is back with some amusing, shocking, and astounding world records to astonish and amaze your family. These superhuman record holders have some fantastic, albeit unusual talents, including some spine-tingling records concerning the human body.
- Ayanna Williams (World’s Longest Fingernail)
For more than 20 years, Ayanna Williams of Houston, Texas, has been growing her nails. They had a combined total length of 576.4 cm when Guinness World Records measured them. Ayanna’s states “It takes me longer to do anything than it would take other people, because of the length of my nails but they’re a part of me so they’re here to stay!” in an interview.
- You Jianxia (Longest Eyelashes In The World)
Breath-taking images of a Chinese woman with extremely long natural eyelashes once went viral, astonishing people all over the world. Shanghai-born You Jianxia has an abundance of long, lustrous eyelashes, the longest of which grows on her left upper lid and reaches a record-breaking length of 12.40 cm (4.88 inches).
- Sultan Kösen (Tallest Man In The World)
Sultan Kösen broke the record for being the first man over 8 feet to be measured by Guinness World Records in more than 20 years in 2009. According to Guinness World Records, there have only been ten documented or reliable occurrences of anyone reaching a height of 8 feet or higher in history. The part-time Turkish farmer was discovered to be a towering 246.5 cm (8 ft 1 in) tall, earning him the title of Tallest Living Man. Two years later, in Ankara, Turkey, the 26-year-old was measured again, this time at an astonishing 251 cm (8 ft 2.8 in).
- Garry Turner (Stretchiest Skin In The World)
Garry Turner of the United Kingdom can stretch his tummy skin to 15.8 cm (6.25 inches) due to a rare medical ailment called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. For those unfamiliar, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a connective-tissue illness characterized by skin loosening and hyper-mobile joints caused by a deficiency in collagen. He doesn’t even feel any pain when he extends his skin.
- Ramos Gomez Family (Largest Hairy Family In The World)
Victor “Larry” Gomez, Gabriel “Danny” Ramos Gomez, Luisa Lilia De Lira Aceves, and Jesus Manuel Fajardo Aceves are four members of a Mexican family of 19 who suffer from congenital generalized hypertrichosis, a rare disorder (excessive facial and torso hair). They are also the world’s largest hairy family, according to Guinness World Records.
If you have some unique bodily talents, why not take this chance to check if you could get on the Guinness World Records list as well? Or not, here are some people who broke world records with their intriguing feats that you can share with your family and friends.
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