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[Top5] Strangest Guinness World Records

With details of the Guinness World Records 2013 being released today, we look back at some of the...
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16.09 13 Sep 2012


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[Top5] Strangest Guinness Worl...

[Top5] Strangest Guinness World Records

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16.09 13 Sep 2012


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With details of the Guinness World Records 2013 being released today, we look back at some of the amazing and just plain strange world records that have been set over the years:

5. Fastest Toilet

The fastest toilet is the “Bog Standard”, a motorcycle and sidecar hidden under a bathroom set consisting of bathtub, sink, and laundry bin, which can travel to a speed of 68 kmh (42.25 mph) and was presented on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 10 March 2011.

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The bike’s control are hidden in the sink.

4. Greatest Weight supported while skipping a rope 10 time

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While seemingly difficult and strange record, it was set by by James Thompson from USA.

He achieved the bizarre feat on the set of TV Asahi in Tokyo, Japan, on 9 June 2010.

He managed to skip ten times while holding the weight of three girls 185 kg (407.8 lb).

3. Largest Ball of Cling Film/Plastic Wrap

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style="text-align: left;">Claiming to set the strange record out of boredom, Jake Lonsway of Bay City, Michigan, USA, created the largest ball of cling film.

style="text-align: left;">The plastic wrap ball which measured 351 cm (138 in) in circumference and weighed 127.7 kg (281 lb 8 oz), as of 14 June 2007 but has believed to increase in size since then.

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style="text-align: left;">2. Largest Collection of Rubber Ducks

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style="text-align: left;">While we have all been known  to collect strange things from time to time especially as children,

style="text-align: left;">However Charlotte Lee in the USA set the record for the largest collection of rubber ducks.

style="text-align: left;">Charlotte who has been collecting since 1996 has 5,631 different rubber ducks, as of 10 April 2011.

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style="text-align: left;">1. World’s Biggest Biceps

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style="text-align: left;">Moustafa Ismail has been deemed a real life pop eye, due to his enormous biceps.

style="text-align: left;">The 24 year old’s  circumference of biceps is 79cm (31in) and the bodybuilder’s muscles are the size of many men’s waists.

style="text-align: left;">Ismail has pumped iron twice a day for the past ten years to get his muscular look.

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