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A girl from China has been crowned as having the most digits (fingers and toes) out of any of the six billion people on this planet. lLei Yadi Min from Yangon in China is the proud holder of seven toes in each foot and six fingers on each hand, leaving her with a whopping 26 [...]

Two men from China have secured their place in a book of sadistic world records by standing encased in ice for two hours. Chen Kecai, 52, and Jin Songhao, 54, wore nothing by swimming trunks when they stepped into two transparent boxes and had ice poured in so that it was up to their necks. [...]

A man from Angola has been officially recognised as having the widest mouth in the world in one of the weirdest Guinness World Records. Francisco Domingo Joaquim’s mouth measures a whopping six and a half inches across, which is big enough for him to fit an entire can of coke in his mouth – sideways. [...]

The German fairy tale Rapunzel involves a girl that grows her hair in order to help her escape from being imprisoned in a tower. The real life version is in China, although unfortunately for the sake of a good story the similarity ends at the long hair. Xie Qiuping’s hair was recorded in 2004 as [...]

There seems no limit to what can constitute a world record, but one of the weirdest we have come across is of a dog named Anastasia, who is the ‘champion’ at popping balloons. The Jack Russell terrier has managed to pop 100 balloons in just 53.7 seconds, which is the fastest time ever recorded, although [...]