Saturday, April 19, 2008

Radhakant Bajpai

Yes that is real hair coming out of his ears.

Mr. Bajpai of India has got the Guinness record for the longest hair grown out of the ears. The hair is 13.2cm or 5.19in in length and still growing. This record was recorded in May 2003 in India. He is very proud of the record saying " God has been very kind to me."

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Eamonn Keane

Looks simple right?

This guy benching what appears in the picture to be about 100 pounds has the Guinness Record for the most weight pressed in one hour. He bench pressed 100 pounds 493 times and even more astonishing than that, Eamonn also bench pressed 200 pounds 1280 times. The grand total for one hour of doing all this is 305,300 lbs that Mr. Keane set on July 22, 2003. This record was set at World Gym Marina Del Ray in California.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Devendra Harne

What would you do with extra fingers & toes?

This young man is in the Guinness record book for being one of two living people to have 25 digits that are still living. He has 12 fingers and 13 toes due to a condition called Polydactyly. The extra digit is mainly just soft tissue that sometimes has bone without joints. It's rare that the extra digits can do the same functional things your fingers and toes normally do.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Ken Edwards

Cockroaches anyone?

You don't have to ask this guy twice, he loves to eat those little crawly nasty creatures that most people would just make art work on the bottom of their shoe with. He set a record of eating 36 cockroaches in 1 minute on March 5, 2001. Ken is known for doing unusual acts like this, one other one being that he put 47 rats in his pants as a trick.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Ron Sarchian

How long could you punch a heavy bag for?

A man by the name of Ron Sarchian can do it for 36 hours and 3 minutes. He accomplished this from June 15-17, 2004 at Premier Fitness in Encino California. This is incredible because of how much endurance it would take to punch a bag that long with no rest.

Peter Baulman

How about passing this kidney stone?

This massive kidney stone was taken out of Peter Baulman of Australia. This is the biggest and heaviest recorded at 356grams or 12.5 ounces, and its widest point is 4.66 inches. Just looking at that gives me the chills, good for him he didn't have to pass this stone. Ouch!

David Huxley

Can you pull a 747?

Well this guy can, and he pulled a Boeing 747 300 ft (298.5ft to be exact) in 1 minute and 27.7 seconds. The Boeing 747 weighs 184 tons, so obviously this was not an easy task to do. He accomplished this on October 15, 1997.