Bizarre records fall around the world
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November 13, 2009, Friday
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MANJIT Singh, a 59-year-old security consultant from Leicester, England, known as the "Ironman," yesterday pulled a double-decker bus weighing more than eight tons 21.2 metres with his hair.
The new record was set in central London to coincide with the fifth annual Guinness World Records Day, which organizers said prompted thousands of people around the world to set some bizarre benchmarks of their own.
Singh's record makes up for 2007, when he failed to break the record for the furthest distance to pull a double-decker bus with the ears.
"I will never be discouraged by defeat, because I know that success can be waiting around the next corner," he said.
Also in London, 112 commuters put aside their English rush-hour reserve to set a record for the most people hugging for a minute, while Shaun Jones won the title for the fastest hot water bottle burst at 18.81 seconds.
In Italy, a new fastest time was set for eating a bowl of pasta (1 minute 30 seconds) and in Norway the largest ever gingerbread man was made weighing 651 kilograms. In Finland, people from 76 nationalities fitted into a sauna.
The new record was set in central London to coincide with the fifth annual Guinness World Records Day, which organizers said prompted thousands of people around the world to set some bizarre benchmarks of their own.
Singh's record makes up for 2007, when he failed to break the record for the furthest distance to pull a double-decker bus with the ears.
"I will never be discouraged by defeat, because I know that success can be waiting around the next corner," he said.
Also in London, 112 commuters put aside their English rush-hour reserve to set a record for the most people hugging for a minute, while Shaun Jones won the title for the fastest hot water bottle burst at 18.81 seconds.
In Italy, a new fastest time was set for eating a bowl of pasta (1 minute 30 seconds) and in Norway the largest ever gingerbread man was made weighing 651 kilograms. In Finland, people from 76 nationalities fitted into a sauna.
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