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Thomas Wedders, who lived in England in the 1770s, is said to have had a nose 19 centimetres (7.5 inches) long.

The youngest person to have a full set of false teeth was only 4 years old. He suffered from an inherited disease that destroyed his teeth.

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American Robert Wadlow had the largest feet ever recorded.They were 47 centimetres (18.5 inches) long.

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A man in Bulgaria who accidentally shot himself in 1942 still has the bullet lodged in his head.

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Monte Pierce from the USA can stretch his left ear lobe to a length of 12.7 centimetres (5 inches).

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Garry Turner of the UK can stretch a flap of skin away from his body to a length of 15.8 centimetres (6.25 inches). He has a medical condition that affects his skin making it super-elastic.

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The longest beard ever was grown by Hans Langseth of Norway, whose whiskers stretched an incredible 5.33 metres (17.6 inches) when measured on his death in Kensett, Iowa, in 1927.The beard was presented to the Smithsonian Institution,Washington DC, in 1967.

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Stephen Taylor from the UK can stick his tongue out 9.4 centimetres (3.7 inches) measured from the tip to his lips.

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Shamsher Singh from India has the longest beard on a living man. In 1997, it was 1.83 metres (6 feet) long.

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Thomas Blackthorne of the UK can lift 11 kilograms (24 pounds) of weights using just his tongue.

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Rene Alvarenga of El Salvador has eaten 35,000 live scorpions. He catches them himself with his bare hands and eats 20 to 30 per day.

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Giovanni Batista from Orsenigo, Italy, has a collection of more than 2 million human teeth.

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Letchemanah Ramasamy from Malaysia has pulled a double-decker bus 30 metres (around 98 feet), using only his hair.

15509. World Record Facts

Wim Hof of the Netherlands exposed his whole body to ice for 1 hour 8 minutes using yoga and meditation to stop himself freezing.

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Garry Turner of the UK once clipped 159 wooden clothes pegs to his face at the same time.

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French man Michel Lotito is called Monsieur Mangetout (Mr. Eat Everything) because since 1959 he has been snacking on all kinds of glass and metal. He's eaten a computer, 18 bicycles, an aeroplane, 6 chandeliers, 15 supermarket trolleys, 2 beds, 7 TV sets and a pair of skis. In total, he's eaten more than 9 tonnes (1,984 pounds) of metal.

15512. World Record Facts

Two people from the USA share the record for sitting in a bathtub with 75 live rattlesnakes.

15513. World Record Facts

The largest recorded snail was an Africa giant snail 39.3 centimetres (15.5 inches) long.

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The largest tumour removed in one piece from a living person weighed 137.6 kilograms (303 pounds) and was 1 metre (3 feet across). It weighed more than the woman it was growing inside.

15515. World Record Facts

Meng Xu of China can thread 20 needles in his mouth using just his tongue. He did it in 6 minutes and 45 seconds in 2003.

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