When looking at the strange world records accomplished by humans, they don’t make much sense. Some of them might even raise a question in your mind — why?
Joining the ranks of the many weird world records in the Guinness Book, these strange accomplishments are not to be made fun of, as they are pretty hard to accomplish. Combining several things into one, they show how far humans can go for their names to appear in those paper books.
Some of the craziest Guinness World Records are famous for their strange executions of the processes involved. For example, imagine hundreds of Rubik’s cubes getting solved while riding a skateboard. It is one of the world’s weirdest records that can be beaten if you can combine the movement of a skateboard and the complex thinking needed to solve one of those colorful cubes.
We've got you covered if you are out looking for some of the strangest and weirdest world records. Below, we have compiled a list of Guinness World Records that are both strange and hard to break. With so many accomplishments, upvote the strangest ones to you. On the other hand, if you have any suggestions for future record holders, share them in the comments below.
#81
Record for most football touches while hanging in just 30 seconds
Ammar Ahmed Alkhudhiri broke two incredible football freestyle records, although the first one is far more impressive. With an astounding total of 87 successive football touches, while swinging with only one hand in 30 seconds, Alkhudhiri set a new bar to reach.
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#82
Record for the furthest that milk has traveled from an eye.
The current world record holder for milk squirting distance is Ilker Yilmaz. He squirted milk from his eye that traveled 2.79 m (9 ft 2 in). Yilmaz claims he has been able to shoot liquids out through his eye for years, although he was unaware that there was a milk-squirting world record.
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#83
Record for the most gurning world championships won in a female category.
Gurning is not your typical sport, as it focuses more on not-so-beautiful facial expressions. It’s quite a niche sport with its own Guinness records and championships. Anne Woods, a professional gurner, won 27 championship titles in the oldest Egremont Crab Fair between 1977 and 2010.
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#84
Record for the world’s biggest pizza.
Pizza! It is one of the greatest dishes in the world, so it’s not a wonder why some people decided to have as much of it as possible. Some chefs in the United States, Los Angeles, decided to set the record for the biggest pizza in the world, and on January 19, 2023, a 1,296.72 m² (13,957.77 ft²) pizza got stitched together, breaking a record.
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#85
Record for the largest number of people washing dishes at the same time.
The worst part of washing the dishes? The food parts that are left on the plates and doing it alone. Well, a couple of people decided to solve one of these problems while also breaking a world record. In Algiers, Algeria, 412 people gathered to wash some dishes shoulder to shoulder. We can thank the Iftar meal for this record.
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#86
Record for catching a grape from a long distance.
Can you catch a grape from 1 or 2 feet away? Well, how about almost 355 feet away? It might be a challenge for some but a cakewalk for others. For example, Paul E. Lyday was so good that he broke a record with his grape caught from 108 m (354 ft 4 in). The grape got thrown from ground level and landed in his mouth.
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#87
Record for the longest distance walked on cable car wires.
This record is not for those who hate heights. Freddy Nock used a balance stick with no safety equipment to walk 572 m (1,876 ft 7 in) over a cable line, which was 3,300 m (2.05 mi) above sea level at its highest point. Freddy encountered -15°C (5°F) winds throughout his effort.
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#88
Record for pulling a really heavy plane the furthest.
Planes might belong more in the air, flying like majestic birds — but they are only pushable things on the ground. So, one fortunate day on September 17, 2009, Kevin Fast from the great northern nation of Canada decided to pull a 188.83 tonne (416,299 lb) CC-177 Globemaster III with his body. He broke the record by pulling it 8.8 m (28 ft 10.46 in)
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#89
Record for the tallest man in history.
There’s something fascinating about tall people — they almost seem to reach the clouds above. For this reason, there is a Guinness book record for the tallest man in the history of humanity. Robert Wadlow, in the 1940s, was recorded to be one of the tallest men in the world with an astonishing 2.72 m (8 ft 11.1 in) height.
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#90
Record for the most lawsuits ever filed.
One of the greatest things that came from the justice world is lawsuits. You can sue anyone and everyone you want, and Jonathan Lee Richards racked up quite a record of lawsuits. He filed 4000 lawsuits against individuals and companies involving Bill Gates and Pope Benedict XVI. No one is safe from his lawyers.
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#91
Record for having the longest mustache in the world.
When it comes to facial hair styles, one of the most iconic ones is the classic mustache. Thus, it’s not a wonder why some men decided to grow the largest mustaches on earth. Ram Singh Chauhan, for example, from Jaipur, India, has grown himself the longest mustache ever, which is 4.27 m (14 ft) long.
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#92
Record for the greatest weight pulled using a beard.
Having a cool beard is one thing, but using it to break a record is another task. On the set of "Rekorlar Dunyasi," a Lithuanian man, Antanas Kontrimas, lifted the 63.80 kg (140.66 lb) presenter, Gupse Özay'ın, using his beard.
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#93
Record for the longest legs.
Maci Currin was just 17 years old when she got the world record — one of the youngest holders ever. What did she get it for? She has the longest legs in the female and teenage populations. Her right leg is 134.3 cm (52.874 in) long, while her left limb is 135.267 cm (53.255 in). Combined, her leg length almost reaches 3 m (9.84 in).
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#94
Record for the fastest time to put ten surgical masks on a face.
Anyone who went outside during the pandemic understands the importance of surgical masks to protect yourself and other people around you. So it’s not a wonder why a record was dedicated to these pieces of fabric. Rocco Mercurio from Italy applied ten surgical masks in just 5.12 seconds.
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#95
Record for the longest hair a teenager has.
The teenage years are that phase where we can experiment with looks, styles, and so on to see what suits us. With hair being the most likely thing we change, it’s only natural for some people to want longer hair. Nilanshi Patel, a teenage girl from India, got a record for having 200 cm (6 ft 6.7 in) long hair.
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#96
Records for the most hula-hooping people in a single venue
The Department of Health and the Ministry of Public Health (both from Thailand) set the record for the most individuals hula-hooping at once, with 4183 participating on February 12, 2013, in Bangkok. The Adjudicator timed the hula hoops and determined they moved for two minutes. Due to their failure to follow the rules, 397 individuals got disqualified.
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#97
Record for the biggest onion.
Cutting up one small onion is already a tearful thing to do — so what would happen if you were to chop up a bigger one? Luckily, no one dared to do it — only grew them. On September 12th, 2014, Tony Glover got a world record thanks to the 8.5 kg (18 lb 11.84 oz) onion he grew over many years.
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#98
The record for the steepest steel roller coaster.
The TMNT Shellraiser roller coaster at the Nickelodeon Universe Theme Park in Rutherford, New Jersey, is the steepest steel roller coaster ever. The attraction debuted to the public on October 25, 2019, and has an ascending hill that lowers 43 m (141 ft) over a slope that bends at an angle of 121.5 degrees.
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#99
The record for the largest bikini photoshoot.
When 3,090 ladies participated in the hugest bikini picture session ever, they established a new world record. After three months of rigorous planning, the attempt — which occurred on Longwan Beach in the coastal city of Huludao — came about with the assistance of more than 40,000 volunteers.
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