15513. World Record Facts

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

15514. World Record Facts

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.

15516. World Record Facts

Zafar Gill of Pakistan can lift 51.7 kilograms (113 pounds 15 ounces) of weights with a clamp attached to his right ear.

15517. World Record Facts

The largest snail ever found was 39.3 centimetres (15.5 inches) long and weighed 900 grams (2 pounds).

15518. World Record Facts

The loudest recorded burp was produced by Paul Hunn of the UK in 2004. It measured nearly 105 decibels – as loud as a fast underground train whizzing past!

15519. World Record Facts

The largest rubbish tip in the world is Fresh Kills landfill, New York, USA. It is thought to contain 100 million tonnes (98 million tons) of rubbish and covers 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres).

15520. World Record Facts

A bootlace worm washed up on the shore of Scotland in 1864 was 55 metres (180 feet) long.

15521. World Record Facts

Clint Hallam from New Zealand has lost the same hand (the right one) three times – in 1984 it was cut off in an accident and doctors re-attached it; it was removed again in 1989 when it got infected; a new, transplanted hand was removed in 2001 after rejection problems.

15522. World Record Facts

American Gary Bashaw can mix chocolate powder and milk in his mouth and pour it out of his nose as milkshake. In 1999, he made a record-breaking 54 millilitres (1.8 ounces) of milkshake in one go.

15523. World Record Facts

Over a period of 40 years, American Charles Jensen had 970 operations to remove tumours (lumps), mostly from his face.

15524. World Record Facts

The worst flu epidemic ever came in 1918 at the end of World War I. It killed 21 million people – twice as many as died in the war.

15525. World Record Facts

A man known as Snake Manu, from India, swallowed 200 earthworms each at least 10 centimetres (4 inches) long in 30 seconds in 2003.

15526. World Record Facts

Tom Leppard from the UK has his whole body tattooed with leopard spots, the spaces between being tattooed yellow. This makes him the most tattooed person in the world.

15527. World Record Facts

In 1999, Brad Byers of the USA swallowed 10 swords each 68.5 centimetres (27 inches) long, and rotated them through 180 degrees in his throat.

15528. World Record Facts

A British woman has 2,520 body piercings including a hole in her tongue large enough to poke a finger through.

15529. World Record Facts

Marco Hort of Switzerland can fit 258 drinking straws in his mouth at the same time.

15530. World Record Facts

Kama Muk of the UK bravely had 600 new body piercings in a single day in 2002.

15531. World Record Facts

The fattest man in the world, Walter Hudson of New York, USA, had a waist measurement of more than 3 metres (9 feet 11 inches).

15532. World Record Facts

The longest recorded snake was a python 10 metres (35 feet 9.5 inches) long.

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