Insane Records In The Guinness Book

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We all love to do something crazy once in our lifetime. We love to experience that adrenaline rush and to feel the thrill of life. There are some people in the world who want to have more than this. These people want to be well known, and fame for them is reaching for the stars. The Guinness Book Of Records helps you to achieve this fame.

The Guinness Book Of Records began in 1951 by the manager Sir Hugh Beaver after he began compiling faces in Ireland. This well known book contains the achievements of human and the extremes of the natural world.

Ironically, The Guinness Book Of Records holds a world record itself for being the best selling copyrighted book series of all time. This book is also one of the most frequently stolen books from public libraries in the United States of America.

Would you like to know some of the craziest stunts that are being listed in The Guinness Book Of Records? If you are interested, here are some insane records in the Guinness Book.

Whether it's a world record in the Olympics or just a personal challenge in our backyard, with every passing year new records are broken. The bar is set increasingly higher. So, let us see what are the craziest records in recent history.

Insured hair

Have you heard of anyone who has got their hair insured? Well, if you haven't meet Troy Polamalu who stole the title in the Guinness Book Of Records for insuring his hair for $1 million. Troy is the spokesperson for Head and Shoulders shampoo company.

Long legs

Have you met the woman with the longest legs? Svetlana Pankratovo has the longest legs in the world, measuring 52 inches.

Weight

When it comes to pulling weight, Chanye does its so well and easy. Known also as The Space boy, Chanye Hultgren of Australia pulled 907 pounds on the set of an Italian TV show in April 25, 2009. He is the the real Tarzan that is listed in the Guinness Book Of Records.

Long eyebrows

Did you think that your eyebrows are long? Well, do not worry about that gross look, because Leonard Traenkenschuh has already bagged this insane record in the Guinness Book. His eyebrow hair measures 3 and half inches.

Finger nails

Good hygiene is to maintain and trim your longest finger nails. But not for Lee Redmond who holds an insane record in the Guinness Book. His finger nails is 9.05 meters in length.

Snails

We are familiar with strange types of facial masks. But did you know that the snail mask actually got a place in the Guinness Book. Fin Keheler allowed 43 snails to be put on his face for 10 seconds to get the spot of an insane record in the Guinness Book.

Piercing

Beautiful Elaine Davidson who hails from Brazil holds an insane record in the Guinness Book. She has a total of 1,900 piercings in almost every part of her body.

Long Nose

Mehmet Ozyurek who hails from Turkey gets a number of compliments for having the longest nose in the world. His nose measures 8.8 cms in length. This aged man, now holds one of the insane records in the Guinness Book.

Buried Alive

In Czech Republic, Zdenek Zahradka took part in a weird act. Zdenek survived 10 days buried underground in a wooden coffin without food and water. His only connection to the real world was a ventilation pipe.