The 10 Weirdest World Records

World records are always bizarre and strange but picking the weirdest world records can be quite a task.
Here is our pick of the most fascinating weird world records of the World.

Weird World Records: The Biggest Meal

Michel Lotito, better known as Monsieur Mangetout (Mr. Eat Everything) is famous for his weird diet. He is the current world record holder of the biggest meal ever eaten: a Cessna 150 airplane. 
Doctors found that Mangetout’s stomach lining is twice as thick as a normal stomach lining, which explains why he is able to digest these stuff.

Weird World Records: The Loudest Burp

Had my mother let me practice at the dinner table as a child, I could be the one holding this record. Instead, it's British subject Paul Hunn who can perform a burp reaching 118.1 decibels; an intensity some compared to a pneumatic drill or an airplane taking off. 
Unfortunately for him, he doesn't indulge himself whenever it strikes his fancy. According to this record holder, the greatest belches occur after eating spicy foods and sucking in a lot of air. I certainly will be practicing this at the next family feast.

Weird World Records: The Longest Beard For Women

With the longest hair measuring 11 inches 27.9 cm long, Vivian Wheeler of Illinois is blessed with the longest beard for a woman in the world. Her father stressed she start shave at the age of 7 but since 1993, she has let her beard grow.

Vivian prefers to keep her beard tied up to allow her to perform everyday chores easily. She is not at all irritated with her manly characteristic but says, "“It really helped to have a Guinness World Record... it showed me I could be proud of being me. It made me feel like I had a chance in society.”

Weird World Records: The Fastest Furniture

Perry Watkins, an inventor from Buckinghamshire, is thought to have set a world record for the fastest piece of furniture after driving his dining table down a racetrack at more than 113mph.The table, named "Fast Food", reached a top speed of 130mph and averaged 113.8mph, comfortably eclipsing the 92mph set by a sofa in 2007.

Weird World Records: The Largest Lollipop

Jolly Rancher has unveiled the World's Largest Lollipop. The record breaking lollipop Weighs a whopping 4,016 pounds and measures 62.8 inches in diameter (over 5 feet square) and 18.9 inches thick. The Jolly Rancher lollipop, an exact replica of the regular-sized Jolly Rancher cherry lollipop, breaks the previous record by over 1,000 pounds.

Weird World Records: The Most Car Collisions

W.R. 'Rusty' Haight of San Diego owns the dubious world record of being in the most car collisions. By February 2003, the traffic collision re-constructionist had endured 718 collisions. Now that's what you call a human crash test dummy.

Weird World Records: The Longest Tongue

The longest tongue measures 9.8 cm (3.86 in) from the tip to the middle of his closed top lip and was achieved by Stephen Taylor (United Kingdom), at Westwood Medical Centre, Coventry, United Kingdom, on 11 February 2009. The women's record is held by the Los Angeles resident Chanel Tapper who claims the record with a tongue 3.86 inches long.

Weird World Records: The Tallest Motorcycle

The tallest motorcycle was constructed by Gregory Dunham (USA)it is 3.429  m (11 ft 3 in) tall to the top of handlebars, 6.187 m (20 ft 4 in) long and weighs 2.948 tonnes (6,500 lb). It is powered by a 8.2 litre (502 cu in) V8 engine and has tyres that are 1.88 m (74 in) tall.

Weird World Records: Most People in a Custard Pie Fight

The record for the most people participating in a custard pie fight was achieved by the students of Drake University, Olmsted. The record was set  when nearly 700 students joined the custard pie fight in the parking lot of the Drake University. The event was organized by "Dogtown After Hours" alcohol free program. Drake University really have some crazy bundle of students.

Weird World Records: The Longest Legs

Talk about having the world at your feet, Svetlana Pankratova has the blessing of the longest legs in the world. Svetlana utilizes her awesome legs to play basketball, even setting unbreakable records at the school level. 

Strange World Laws

These are the strange laws around the world which will make you laugh with their sheer absurdity.

Weird Laws: Thailand

It is illegal in Thailand to leave your house if you're not wearing an underwear. 

Weird Laws: Philippines

Cars whose license plates end with a 1 or 2 are not allowed on the roads on Monday, 3 or 4 on Tuesday, 5 or 6 on Wednesday, 7 or 8 on Thursday, and 9 or 0 on Friday from 7:00 A.

Weird Laws: Switzerland

You may not wash your car on Sunday.

Weird Laws: Sweden

It is illegal by Swedish law to repaint a house without a painting license and the government’s permission. 

Weird Laws: Singapore

The sell of gum is prohibited my the Singapore law. 

Weird Laws: United Kingdom

London Hackney Carriages (taxis/cabs) must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats.

Weird Laws: Norway

Licenses must be bought to own a television set, or even a VCR.

Weird Laws: Cambodia

Water Guns should not be used in New Year's celebrations.

Weird Laws: Netherlands

Prostitutes must pay taxes like any other business.

Weird Laws: Mexico

Mexico law prohibits bicycle riders to lift either lift from the paddle as it might result into loss of control. 

Weird Laws: Italy

A man may be arrested to wear a skirt in Italy.

Weird Laws: Australia

Children may not purchase cigarettes but they may smoke it.

Weird Laws: Greece

All electronic games are prohibited by Greece law.

Weird Laws: Canada

You may not pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies.

Weird Laws: China

You may only have one child or you will have to pay a fine.

Weird Laws: France

It is illegal to kiss on railways in France.

Weird Laws: Germany

A pillow can be considered a passive weapon.

Weird Laws: South Africa

Young people wearing bathing suits are prohibited from sitting less than 12 inches apart.

Weird Laws: Swaziland

Any woman who wears pants faces a possible punishment of having the pants ripped off her and torn to pieces by soldiers.

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Amazing People With Amazing Abilities

Here is a group of amazing people who have astounded the world and science with their amazing abilities.

Liew Thow Lin - The Magnetic Man

Liew Thow Lin is the real life Magnetic Man of the world. In Malaysia, he is known as the Human Magnet. Liew Thow Lin has the ability to stick metal objects to his body just as a magnet does. He has showcased his ability at a number of events around the world, sticking objects weighing up to 2kg.

The source behind Lin's marvelous abilities is no magnetism. Scientists have found no magnetic fields in Lin's body but say that the effect is due to a powerful "suction effect" of his skin. Whatever the reason but the ability seems to be genetic as Lin's grandchildren can also stick objects just like their Grandpa.

Wim Hof - The Ice Man

The Dutchman Wim Hof is the man the world called 'The Ice Man'. Wim Hof has the ability to withstand temperatures that would be fatal to an ordinary human. He has swam under sheer cold water, took the longest ice bath and even climbed the Mount Kilimanjaro in nothing but shorts.

Wim owes his ability to withstand extremely cold temperatures to the Tibetan practice of Tummo. The 45-year-old Dutchman describes his ability as being able to turn his own thermostat up by using his brain.

Patjic Slavia - The Electric Man

Can you survive a lightning strike? Well, this man can take 2000 volts on his body. Slavia Patjic has an ability to take lightning bolts on his body without a tiny harm. He can even grill a sausage with his charges. The Serbian has been dubbed by his followers as the Electric Man and has become a star in his country. Slavia Patjic now aims to conquer America by attempting the electric chair.

Kim Peek - The Real Rain Man

Kim Peek is the real rain man whose unimaginable powers of memory inspired the Oscar-winning role played by Dustin Hoffman in 1988 film Rain Man. 

Kim Peek is known as the "Mega Savant" for his unbelievable skills. His amazing memory capabilities has allowed him to memorize more than 12,000 books upto a word, including the Bible. He knew phone books by heart and can tell you what day of the week a certain date fell upon going back centuries. He could read two pages in 10 seconds, the left page with the left eye and the right one with the right eye.

But all the abilities of Peek are coupled with some deep disabilities. Peek lacks simple motor skills due to which he relies on his father for everyday jobs like dressing and combing hair.

Scott Flansburg - The Human Calculator

There are many people in the world who could solve mathematical problems without needing any calculator or even paper, right in their mind. This man is the Father of all of them. Scott Flansburg is called the Human calculator for his truly astonishing math skills. Scott can not only solve problems but he can solve them with lightning speed. Also dubbed as the Fastest Human Calculator, Scott Flansburg holds the record for adding a number to itself more times in 15 seconds than a person can do with a calculator. As Scott stated, “the only thing that hinders me from adding the number faster is that I can’t speak as fast as I can think of the right answer.”

Scott can not only add, but also subtract, divide, multiply, square root and cube root at the same lightning fast speeds.

Strange Places: Door To Hell, Turkmenistan

Have you ever thought what hell would actually be like? If you've ever been so curious to know how would hell actually look like then you don't need to die for that because you can find a totally remarkable place on your own earth which will actually give you a glimpse of hell. The Kara-Kum desert of Turkmenistan, near the village of Darvaza, homes the crater which is allegedly by the locals as "The Door to Hell". The jaw dropping effect is truly a must see sight for any serious explorer on earth.

The Door to Hell

The door to hell is actually a burning gas crater in the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan now an independent state was under the control of the Soviet Union until 1991. The country is rich in natural resources. Natural gas is one of the biggest wealth of the country. Back in 1971, Soviet prospectors were conducting gas drill in the Kara-Kum Desert when they came across an underground chamber close to the village of Darvaza. The accidental discovery of the gas chamber resulted into the collapse of the roof of the chamber leaving a giant sink hole-like gas crater 25m deep and with a diameter of 60-70 meter exposed to the world.

The gas concentration inside the crater were so high that no one dared to go down. The exposed crater filled with poisonous natural gas threatened the danger of poisoning for the nearby population of Darvaza and the decision was made to ignite the gas in the crater. So the crater was set on fire as decided and it is burning since then. The Russians thought that the fire would go out after a few days but the hole is on fire continuously for the last 37 years.

The story now

Putting all the economic losses and the wastage of quality natural gase aside, the Door to Hell has been a serious ecological threat. In April 2010, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow visited the site and ordered the crater to be closed and measurements be taken to limit its influence in the area.

Strange Facts To Blow Off Your Brains

Check out some of the weirdest facts about the weirdest stuff that will totally blow your mind off.

Chickens can live without a Head

If the brain stem is left intact after beheading a chicken, it can continue to live quite in harmony. There is one documented case of a headless chicken, the Miracle Mike, who lived for an impressive 18 months without a head. The famous story was born when a farmer, Lloyd Olsen, missed his axe and the brain stem of Mike was left intact, leaving one ear and most of the brain stem intact. The Headless Chicken was fed with a mixture of milk and water with an eye dropper.

Plants have Family Values

Canadian researchers have found that plants can have complex social interactions. They will grow more aggressively when planted close to unrelated plants than when they grow near ones they are related to. So, don't forget to think before you plant a potato near a tomato.

Crickets can tell you the temperature outside

Crickets can chirp for multiple reasons, from mating calls to predator warnings. But can a cricket help you to determine the temperature. Well, they can even tell you the exact temperature in the Fahrenheit scale.

Yes! anyone listening to the cricket chirps outside can determine the temperature with a simple mathematical method.

1. Count the number of chirps a cricket makes in 15 seconds.
2. Add 37 to it.
3. You have an estimate of the temperature in Fahrenheit.

 Eureka! you have the temperature in Fahrenheit.

Kissing is good for health

We know kissing as a social pleasantry, the appropriate ending to a date and a means of connecting with ourmain squeeze. But apart from being a passionate act of love, kissing actually does a body very, very good.

Researches have shown that kissing can help improve immunity and increase the level of oxytocin in the body which naturally relaxes the body. Kissing not only strengthens your defense but also burns calories and keep your facial muscles strong. Talk about a better method of caring for health.

 

We are insect eaters

Humans eat over 1400 insect species. About 500 are consumed because people enjoy eating them and the rest slip past us in bread, fruit, vegetables and flour. Let's face it, we're all insect eaters.

The 5 Bizarre Foods from Around the World

The weird & bizarre foods from around the world. The list of the 5 weirdest and strangest bizarre foods that people around the world love to taste.

 

 

 

 

Fugu (Japan)

Would you eat something which can actually kill you? Probably most of us will not waste a second to move our heads in refusal but this is not the case in Japan. The Fugu (or the Puffer Fish as you probably call it in English) is lethally poisonous with its tetrodotoxin which shuts down electrical signal in nerves, paralyzing muscles and at last concluding to death. But the dangers are not enough to avoid the hungry Japanese.

The fugu is sliced so thinly that the patterns of the plate can be seen through the meat, to dilute the effect of the poison. This requires extremely trained professionals who are specially licensed by the Japanese Government. This bizarre food can cost from ¥2,000 (approx. US$20) to an awesome ¥10,000-¥20,000 (about US$100-$200) per meal. Surprisingly, it is the only food officially forbidden to the Emperor of Japan for his safety.

Sannakji (Korea)

Octopus has lived in our imaginations for centuries as a demon. A monster wrecking ships and pulling sailors with its deadly eight legs in the darkness of oceans. But would you like to see a totally living octopus, with its eight horrible legs wriggling on your plate? this is what you will actually get if you order a Sannakji.

Nakji is Hangu for 'small octopus'. The Sannakji is a bizarre food fonded in Korea. The sannakji consists of nakji cut into small pieces and served immediately. Occasionally you can see the octopus tentacles squirming in your plate.

Since the suction cups on the tentacles are still active therefore special care is taken to avoid choking while swallowing. There have been cases of deaths due to choking, the latest reported in Gwangju.

Casu Marzu (Italy)

You should have probably eaten cheese all your life. But this one comes with a twist. Casu Marzu is Sardinian for 'rotten cheese'. It is a traditional Sardinian sheep milk cheese with living larvae of the cheese fly.

Casu Marzu goes one step ahead of the usual fermentation process. The larvae in the cheese digest cheese fat, forming a very soft moist texture. If you think that eating such a cheese would be yucky then think again because Casu Marzu not only comes with just the cheese but with also the larvae themselves, still alive. This bizarre food is eaten while the larvae are still alive because it is considered to be toxic after the maggots are dead. So don't be surprised if you find something wriggling in your mouth.

Balut (Philippines)

Talking about weird foods, you can't keep this great delicacy from Philippines behind. The balut is one of the most ridiculous and bizarre foods you could ever think of. Imagine peeling an egg and finding a little chick inside? Well, this is what Balut is all about. 

Balut is 'wrapped' in Filipino and Malay. It is a fertilized duck egg which is boiled and served salted. It is a popular street food in many Asian countries including Philippines, China, Laos,Vietnam,etc.  The eggs are savored for their balance of textures and flavors. The balut is enjoyed by sipping the broth around the embryo before the shell is peeled, and the yolk and young chick inside can be eaten.

Baby Mice Wine (Hong Kong)

What better to wash down your gelatinous lumps of tuna than a nice chilled cup of rotten mice? What better indeed.

The Baby Mice Wine is quite popular in China and Korea as a traditional health tonic. Apparently tasting like raw gasoline, it is believed to cure anything from asthma to liver diseases. Little mice, eyes still closed, only a few days old, are plucked from their little mother's womb. Well it gets even worse for them when they are dropped in a bottle of rice wine, still alive, and drowned.

Surely many of us have eaten the worm at the bottom of a tequila bottle but how many of us could stomach a mouth full of baby mice?