LOUDEST BURP - MALE
The loudest burp by a male is 109.9 db and was achieved by Paul Hunn (UK) at Butlins, Bognor Regis, UK, on 23 August 2009.In the video below we see Paul make an unsuccessful attempt at setting a new bench mark in 2002.
SHORTEST STUNTMAN
Kiran Shah (UK) (b. 28 September 1956) is the shortest professional stuntman currently working in films, standing 1 m 26.3 cm (4ft 1.7 in) when measured on 20 October 2003.Having appeared in 52 movies since 1976, he has performed stunts in 31 of them, including being perspective stunt-double for Christopher Reeve (USA) in Superman (UK 1978) and Superman II (UK 1980) and more recently Elijah Wood (USA) in The Lord of the Rings (NZ/USA 2001 - 2003) trilogy.
WIDEST MOUTH
The widest mouth measures 17 cm (6.69 in) and belongs to Francisco Domingo Joaquim "Chiquinho" (Angola).It was measured on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on 18 March 2010.
TALLEST MAN - LIVING
The tallest man living is Sultan Kösen (Turkey, b.10 December 1982) who measured 251 cm (8 ft 3 in) in Ankara, Turkey, on 08 February 2011.The part-tme farmer was the first man over 8 ft (2.43 m) to be measured by Guinness World Record in over 20 years.Indeed, GWR only knows of 10 confirmed or reliable cases in history of humans reaching 8 ft or more.Sultan also holds the records for widest hand span and largest feet on a living person.Speaking at the time of his entry into the Guinness World Records family he said: 'I never imagined I would be in the book, I dreamed about it, but it was still a huge surprise'.
WIDEST TONGUE
The widest tongue measures 7.9 cm (3.1 in) on its widest point and belongs to Jay Sloot (Australia). The tongue was measured and the record confirmed again on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy on 18 March 2010.
SMALLEST WAIST - LIVING PERSON
The smallest waist belongs to Cathie Jung (USA, b. 1937), who stands at 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) and has a corseted waist measuring 38.1 cm (15 in). Un-corseted, it measures 53.34 cm (21 in).
LONGEST TONGUE (FEMALE)
Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 in), from tip to top lip.Her lizard-like tongue is twice as long as the average, as long as the world's largest cockroach, as wide as your palm, the same volume as a quarter pounder hamburger and around the same length as an iPhone.We recently put some questions to Chanel about her record-breaking body part.
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