Weird world records

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Highest vehicle mileage.

At 4 p.m. on 18 September 2013, Irvin Gordon (USA) clocked up his three-millionth mile in his 1966 Volvo 1800S while driving near the village of Girdwood, south of Anchorage in Alaska, USA. By 1 May 2014, he had driven 3,039,122 miles.

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Most pubs visited.

Bruce Masters (UK) has visited 46,495 pubs and various drinking establishments since 1960, sampling the local brew where available, as of 29 January 2014.

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Fastest time to drink two litres of soda.

In 2021, Eric Booker (USA) drank two litres of soda in 18.45 seconds.
Eric is a competitive eater who decided to attempt this record title because it was always his dream to be a Guinness World Records title holder.

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Fastest marathon dressed as an elf.

In 2017, Ashley Payne of the UK completed a marathon dressed as an elf in 2 hours 58 minutes and 16 seconds.

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Longest legs on a person.

The longest legs in the world belong to Maci Currin (USA) and measure at 135.267 cm (53.255 in) for the left leg and 134.3 cm (52.874 in) for the right leg. This record was verified in 2020.

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Most consecutive one-finger push ups.

In 1992, London's Paul Lynch performed 124 consecutive one finger push-ups.

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Fastest speed for a motorcycle ridden blindfolded.

In 2003, UK's Billy Baxter reached a speed of 265.33 km/h (164.87 mph) while riding a 1,200cc Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle blindfolded.

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Longest time trapped in a lift.

This record is held by Kively Papajohn of Limassol, Cyprus. At the age of 76, Kively got trapped in her apartment block lift for six days from 28 December 1987 to 2 January 1988.
She survived the cold and beat dehydration by rationing some fruit, vegetables and bread that she had in her shoppping bag.

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Highest g force endured - voluntary.

In 1958, Eli L. Beeding Jr (USA) endured the highest g value at 82.6g (normal humans can withstand no more than 9 g's) for 0.04 seconds on a water-braked rocket sled at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, USA. He was subsequently hospitalized for three days.

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Fastest time to push an orange one mile with the nose.

In 2007, USA's Ashrita Furman pushed an orange with his nose for one mile in 22 minutes and 41 seconds.