Strange World Records

1. On July 28, 2013, 1,213 people broke a Guinness World Record by applying facial
masks for 10 minutes at the same time in Taipei.
2. In February 2013, 4,483 people hula-hooped for seven minutes, setting the Guinness
World Record for most number of people simultaneously hula-hooping. The event
took place at the Thammasat University stadium on the outskirts of Bangkok.
3. Sri Lankan couple Nisansala and Nalin smile during their wedding ceremony as they
break the Guinness record for a wedding with the most bridesmaids for a bride in
Negombo in 2013. With 126 bridesmaids, 25 best men accompanied by 20 page boys
and 23 flower girls, the wedding ceremony broke a previous record of having 96
bridesmaids for a bride at a wedding in Thailand.
4. The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate is unveiled at the Serendipity-3 restaurant in New York
on November 7, 2007 after Guiness World Records researchers determined the
$25,000 frozen hot chocolate was the most expensive dessert in the world.
5. Participants arrange sushi in a Guinness record-breaking attempt to create the largest
sushi mosaic in Hong Kong, January 8, 2014. A total of 20,647 sushi pieces were used
for a 37-square-meter space.
6. A tower created from Lego bricks is pictured completed in front of Oslo City Hall,
April 24, 2010. It measures 30,22 meters and beats last years record set in Munich by
25 centimetres, according to Norways media.
7. Japanese fashion designer Kazuhiro Watanabe, who holds the world record for the
Tallest Mohawk, poses in New York, September 12, 2012. According to the
Guinness World Records, Watanabes do stands at 3 feet 8.6 inches.
8. People release sky lanterns to beat the Guinness Book of World Records title for the
most number of sky lanterns flown simultaneously at the University of the Philippines
Visayas football field in Miagao Town, Iloilo province central Philippines May 24,
2013. Guinness Book of World Records official representative Seyda Subasi-Gemici
said that Philippines got the title for the most number of sky lanterns flown
simultaneously with 15,185 lighted lanterns beating Romania at 12,740.
9. Chefs cook an omelette during a Guinness World Records attempt for the worlds
largest omelette in Ankara October 8, 2010. The Turkish Egg Producers Association
celebrated World Egg Day on Friday with an attempt to cook the worlds largest
omelette weighing 6 tonnes with a total of 432 litres of oil and 110,000 eggs used. The
current record holder for the largest omelette was one made in Cape Town, Western
Cape, South Africa, on 9 October 2009 weighing 3.625 tonnes, according to the
Guinness World Records website.
10. Brian Spotts of the U.S. works to balance 439 eggs on their ends on the floor of the
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne September 14, 2005. Spotts,
who lives in Colorado, travelled to Melbourne to attempt a new world egg balancing
record which currently stands at 420 eggs.