Zachary FenellThe Guinness Book of World Records
September 25th 2008 00:09
The most hardcore and extreme things in our World
Robert Pershing Wadlow - Worlds Tallest Man
The Guinness Book of Records used to be read through meticulously in my house when I was a kid. Scouring the pages of the book to find statistics on groundbreaking scientific achievements, architectural wonders and curiosities of the natural world, sports, film, music, and of course death defying feats were included.
worlds largest bird
According to the Guinness Book of world records site
“In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, went on a shooting party and became involved in an argument. Which was the fastest game bird in Europe – the golden plover or the grouse? He realized then that a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might prove popular. He was right".
guinness book of world records 2009 edition
I haven’t seen a new edition for about 5 years so I’m not sure if there is extreme sports included since the recent X games that was attended by the Guinness crew. Below I have compiled a few world record breaking heartstoppers of riders going the highest, furthest and hardest anyone ever has.
Map of the World's Largest Mountain Range
Largest Plate Inserted in Human Skull
WHO: Tom Thompson
WHAT: 15 x 11 cm
(5.9 x 4.33 in)
WHERE: Decatur, Georgia, USA
WHEN: April 30, 1971
Tom Thompson (USA) had a titanium plate measuring 15 x 11 cm (5.9 x 4.33 in) inserted into the left side of his head by neurosurgeons at DeKalb General Hospital, Decatur, Georgia, USA on April 30, 1971. The surgery took place after he had been struck by a car and pronounced dead on arrival at the local hospital.
Tallest Man
WHO: Robert Pershing Wadlow
WHAT: 2.72 m (8 ft 11 in)
WHERE: Alton, Illinois, USA
WHEN: Last measured on July 15, 1940
The tallest man in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence is Robert Pershing Wadlow. He was born at Alton, Illinois, USA, on February 22, 1918, and when he was last measured on June 27, 1940, was found to be 2.72 m (8 ft 11.1 in) tall.
Wadlow died at 1:30 a.m. on July 15, 1940, in a hotel in Manistee, Michigan, as a result of a septic blister on his right ankle caused by a brace, which had been poorly fitted only a week earlier. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Alton, in a coffin measuring 3.28 m (10 ft 9 in) long, 81 cm (32 in) wide and 76 cm (30 in) deep.
Wadlow's greatest recorded weight was 222.71 kg (35 st 1 lb) on his 21st birthday and he weighed 199 kg (31 st 5 lb) at the time of his death. His shoe size was 37AA (47 cm, 18½ in long) and his hands measured 32.4 cm (12¾ in) from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger. He wore a size 25 ring. His arm span was 2.88 m (9 ft 5¾ in) and his peak daily food consumption was 8000 calories.
At the age of nine, he was able to carry his father Harold F. Wadlow, later Mayor of Alton, who stood 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) and weighed 77 kg (170 lb), up the stairs of the family home.
Longest Ear Hair
WHO: Radhakant Bajpai
WHAT: 13.2 cm (5.19 in)
WHERE: Naya Ganj, Uttar Pradesh, India
WHEN: As of May 2003
Radhakant Bajpai of Naya Ganj, Uttar Pradesh, India, has hair sprouting from the centre of his outer ears (middle of the pinna) that measures an incredible 13.2 cm (5.19 in) at its longest point. The length of the 50-year-old's pinna pelt was confirmed by medical examiner Dr. R P Gupta.
"Making it to Guinness World Records is indeed a special occasion for me and my family," said Radhakant. "God has been very kind to me."
Longest Full-Body Burn (without Oxygen)
WHO: Ted Batchelor
WHAT: 2 min 38 sec
WHERE: Nelson, Ohio, USA
WHEN: July 17, 2004
Ted A. Batchelor (USA), a professional stuntman who has been performing fire stunts since 1976, endured a full-body burn without oxygen supplies for 2 min 38 sec on an island at Ledges Quarry Park, Nelson, Ohio, USA, on July 17, 2004.
Fastest in the Sea
Istiophorus platypterus
Sailfish
Hottest Place
El Azizia, Libya
Deadliest Creature
Chironex fleckeri
Sea Wasp, Marine Stinger, Box Jellyfish
Video 1 – The launch of the 2009 edition of The Guiness Book of World Records…Longest Legs meet Littlest Man
Video 2 – Tony Hawk pulls of the 900
Video 3 – Most full contact Strike Punches in one Minute
Video 4 – NXB Martial Arts Team - Smashing Bricks Records
Video 4 – BMX Big Air (27 feet)
Video 5 - BMX Jump of 13 cars
Video 6 - Danny Way Bomb drops on a Skateboard
Video 7 – Slalom Skateboard
Video 8 - Skateboard Jump
Video 9 – Biggest wave Surfed
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