The 17 most incredible Guinness Book of World Record holders

Peter Glazebrook from Newark with his giant onion that weighed in at 8.150kg (18 lbs), nabbing him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. He also holds the world records for the longest beetroot and parsnip and the heaviest potato and cauliflower.

The largest teddy bear measures 19.41 m (63 ft 8 in) in length, and was constructed by Municipio de Xonacatlán, in an event to promote children's day in Mexico. It weighs around 4 tons and is made with the same materials as a normal stuffed animal. Even today, the giant teddy lies in the town of Xonacatlán, welcoming tourists from all around the world.

Here is Jim Mouth getting into the Guinness Book of World Records in 1993 for smoking the most cigarettes at once — 155! He is a non-smoker but he broke his record again with 159 smokes. He also holds the records for holding 180 McDonald's fries and 18 hot dogs in his mouth at once. Healthy? Nope! Impressive? Quite…

Zoey is a cross between a Labrador and a German Shepherd and the new record holder for the living dog with the longest tongue. It measures 12.7 cm (5 inches) long.

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Canadian Sarwan Singh has just snagged the world record for the longest beard on a living male. It is a whopping 2.54 meters long (8 ft 3 inches), with one long strand always trailing behind him.

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The Bailong sky ladder, with a vertical height difference of 335 meters (1,099 feet), is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "highest outdoor elevator." It’s located in Zhangjiajie in China’s Hunan Province. Would you ride it?

Here Brazil’s Elaine Davidson, the world’s most pierced woman (1,093 piercings), poses with the British man Stephen Taylor, who holds the record for the world’s longest human tongue. It comes in at 9.6cm (3.8 inches) from top lip to the point.

The man who goes by Lucky Diamond Rich holds the record for the most tattooed person in history. He says he has one single tattoo, with more than one layer of ink, that covers his entire body. His first tattoo was when he was 16 when he was traveling with the circus.

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This is Flossie, who is still alive today after receiving the World Record in 2022. Born in 1995, this now 27-year-old cat is living in the UK. Her current owner Victoria adopted her as a senior. “I adopted her on the basis that this is her retirement home, and she gets whatever she wants,” she said.

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Another not-so-healthy record, American Eric Brooker recently smashed the previous record for the fastest time to drink two liters (0.53 gallons) of soda by chugging all that fizzing drink down in just 18.45 seconds.

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Standing at just 62.8 cm (24.7 inches) tall, Jyoti Amge is beloved by her community and the world. Born in 1993, she has an infectious positive attitude and has worked in Indian films as well as the FX series ‘American Horror Story’ where she appeared as Ma Petite in 2014.

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The German great-grandma Johanna Quaas broke this world record in 2012 when she was almost 87 years old. She’s now 97 and is still active despite a couple of unrelated injuries.

With 1,200 participants strapped to mattresses, Aaron’s Inc., a US appliance and electronics company, broke the world record for the largest human mattress dominoes in 2016 during their annual managers’ meeting. It took 13 minutes and 38 seconds for them all to fall down.

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That title goes to Sultan Kosen from Turkey, who is 246.5cm tall (8ft 1in). Sultan also holds the record for the largest hands and largest feet, measuring 27.5 cm and 36.5 cm respectively. He’s the seventh tallest verified man in history.

Zion Clark is a wrestler and athlete who was born without legs. But that has only fueled his fight and made him more inspirational to the world. He not only holds this world record but is the subject of an award-winning Netflix documentary and placed fifth on America’s Got Talent.

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In 2020, the German surfer Sebastian Steudtner broke the record for the largest wave (unlimited) surged by a man, by catching this colossal 26.21 meter (86 feet) wave off the coast of Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal.

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