Monday, May 5, 2008

Wang Jintu

This guy has the right idea for the summer.

Mr. Wang Jintu of Beijing, China is the coolest man in the world standing neck deep into some ice for 1 hour 30 minutes. He attempted and broke this Guinness record on April 17, 2008. All he is wearing is some swimming trunks and thats about it. He did not face any kind of ill effects when he exited the tank filled with ice after standing in it for over an hour. This is something that is not new to Mr. Jintu as he would wear short sleeve shirts out in the middle of winter, so doing this was kind of something that he knew he could do. Submerging your hand in ice for even 5 minutes can be very uncomfortable for most people, so putting your whole body in it for over an hour is definitely a great accomplishment that people can admire.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Cathie Jung

The corset queen

Cathie Jung of Old Mystic, Connecticut has the Guinness record for the smallest waist measuring at 38.1 cm. (15 in) It is about the size of a regular jar. She has said to have over 100 corsets and has been wearing them every single day for over 12 years. She is the only living person with the smallest waist holding this record since 1999.

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.