Guinness World Records 2016 (In Pictures)

By | December 23, 2015

The next edition of the Guinness World Records book will feature 60 years of record-breaking feats and wonders, whilst also presenting this year's latest additions to the oddball hall of fame.
 

Fastest time to crush three watermelons with the thighs

The record: 14 seconds
Record holder: Olga Liashchuk
Guiness 2016 1

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Furthest distance side-wheel driving on a motor tricycle

The record: 2.2 km (1.4 m)
Record holder: Jagathish
Guiness 2016 2

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Most chinups in the human flag position

The record: 12 chinups
Record holder: Dominic Lacasse
Guiness 2016 3

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Most telephone directories torn in one minute

The record: 5 telephone directories
Record holder: Linsey Lindberg
Guiness 2016 4

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Most teeth in a mouth

The record: 37 teeth
Record holder: Vijay Kumar
Guiness 2016 5

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Fastest 100m on crutches

The record: 56 seconds
Record holder: Tameru Zegeye
Guiness 2016 7

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Largest hot dog cart

The record: 9 feet 3 inches in width, 23 feet 2 inches in length, and 12 feet 2.75 inches in height
Record holder: Marcus Daily
Guiness 2016 8

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Most consecutive stairs climbed on the head

The record: 34
Record holder: Li Longlong
Guiness 2016 0

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Most hamburgers eaten in three minutes

The record: 12
Record holder: Takeru Kobayashi
Guiness 2016 9

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Largest feet on a living person

The record: 40.1cm (1 ft 3.79 in -right foot) and 39.6cm (1 ft 3.59 in - left foot)
Record holder: Jeison Orlando Rodriguez Hernandez
Guiness 2016 10

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Longest fur on a rabbit

The record: 36.5 cm (14.37 inches)
Record holder: Franchesca
Guiness 2016 11

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Most fingers and toes

The record: 14 fingers and 14 toes
Record holder: Devendra Suthar
Guiness 2016 12

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Longest motorcycle

The record: 26.29 m (86 ft 3 in) long
Record holder: Bharat Sinh Parmar
Guiness 2016 13

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Fastest tortoise

The record: Bertie sprinted over a 5.48 m course set at a gradient of 1:12 in a speedy 19.59 seconds
Record holder: Bertie
Guiness 2016 14

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Tallest married couple

The record: With a combined height of nearly 13 feet and 11 inches
Record holder: Sun Mingming and Xu Yan
Guiness 2016 15

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Most Thomas flairs on a pommel horse in one minute

The record:
Record holder: Alberto Busnari
Guiness 2016 16

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