MOST DRINK CANS CRUSHED WITH THE ELBOW
Pakistani martial arts instructor Muhammad Rashid set a
new world record (and made a sticky mess) when he crushed
77 drink cans with his elbow in one minute. This record was
set in Gemona del Friuli, Italy, on 17 Apr 2016 at an event
organized by Associazione Cons.erva (ITA). Rashid holds
numerous in-a-minute martial arts records, including most
nunchaku hits (350) and most spins of a fire staff (188).MOST DRINK CANS
PLACED ON THE HEAD
USING AIR SUCTION
Jamie “Canhead” Keeton
(USA) has a very unusual
talent. For reasons that are
still not clear, the pores in
his skin seem to act like
suction cups, adhering
to anything with which
they can form an air-tight
seal. Jamie demonstrated
this remarkable ability in
front of the audience of
CCTV – Guinness World
Records Special in Beijing,
China, on 11 Jan 2016,
when he successfully
stuck eight aluminium
drink cans to his head.MOST SPOONS
BALANCED ON THE BODY
On 7 Aug 2016, Marcos
Ruiz Ceballos (ESP) kept
64 stainless-steel spoons
on his body for the 5 sec
required by GWR guidelines.
The attempt happened in
Kashikojima, Japan, and
took around 4 min from
start to finish, with Marcos
keeping very still as the
spoons were placed on his
chest and back by Kana
Okamoto (JPN). For this
record, the spoons
can be placed
anywhere on
the body other
than the
face, which
has its own
separate
record
(below).Longest line of
bird’s-nest boxes
Russian television
station Tricolor TV lined up
4,000 bird’s-nest boxes
- stretching for 1.124 km
(0.698 mi) – in Ostankino
Park in Moscow, Russia,
on 23 Apr 2016.
Most people blowing out
candles simultaneously
In all, 1,717 participants
blew out candles on 21 Nov
2016 in Muscat, Oman,
in an event organized by
the Fellowship Fund for
Employees of the Ministry
of Health Muscat (OMN).
Fastest time to eat
500 g of mozzarella
Ashrita Furman (USA)
continued his extraordinary
record-breaking exploits by
eating 500 g (1 lb 1.63 oz)
of mozzarella cheese in
1 min 34 sec on 12 Apr 2016.
Chain of people
clasping wrists
Telenor Pakistan employees
and Beaconhouse School
System students (both PAK)
clasped wrists to form a line
of 2,950 people in Islamabad,
Pakistan, on 29 Sep 2016.Human DNA helix
On 23 Apr 2016, the Medical
University of Varna (BGR)
recruited 4,000 people to
assemble themselves in
the shape of a DNA helix.
The group-formation helix
was created on South Beach
in Varna, Bulgaria, on the coast
of the Black Sea. Participants
wore coloured T-shirts and
hats to differentiate the two
intertwining strands of the
helix and other DNA parts.MOST PEOPLE IN A...
Nativity scene
Calne Town Council and
the Bible Society (both UK)
assembled 1,254 people
into a living nativity scene
in Calne, UK, on 3 Dec 2016.Hug relay
A total of 1,290 people
were brought together by
Fundación Teletón México
A.C. (MEX) for a hug relay in
Mexico City on 10 Dec 2016.Transforming
human image
GEMS Education (UAE)
assembled 2,223
participants in Dubai, UAE,
on 28 Nov 2016 to form the
shape of an open hand in
Emirati colours. They then
changed into the shape
of a three-fingered salute
made popular by Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid
Al Maktoum, Dubai’s ruler.Variety act (amateur)
On 25 Nov 2016, the finale
of the Schools Spectacular
(AUS) saw an ensemble of
5,322 students dance, sing
and play music on stage in
Sydney, Australia.Human number
On 7 May 2016, a group of
7,511 participants combined
to form the number “450”,
in an event organized by the
Government of Orel Region
and the Youth Organization
Volunteers of Victory
(both RUS), in Orel, Russia.
The record attempt was
staged to celebrate the
450th anniversary of the
Orel region – hence
the choice of this
particular number.LARGEST HUMAN AIR-BED (LILO) DOMINOES
On 17 Sep 2016, Tropical (ESP) lined up 603 participants,
each with an air bed at Playa de Las Canteras in
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. On a signal, they
then fell over consecutively. It took 3 min 40 sec for
all of the participants to topple into one another.LARGEST SERVING OF
ROCOTOS RELLENOS
Universidad San Ignacio de
Loyola and Municipalidad
Provincial de Arequipa
(both PER) served up
542.72 kg (1,196 lb 8 oz) of
rocotos rellenos at Plaza
de Armas in Arequipa,
Peru, on 27 Nov 2016. This
dish of stuffed peppers is
a Peruvian speciality.The
most spoons
balanced on the
face is 31, by Dalibor
Jablanovic (SRB)
in 2013.