2. Firebreather
Natasha Veruschka (USA) swallowed 13
swords, each at least 38.1 cm (15 in) long at 3rd
Annual Sideshow Gathering and Sword
Swallowers Convention, Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, USA, on 3 September 2004.
3. DDR Prodigy
The youngest person to reach a perfect 'AAA'
rating on a Dance Dance Revolution game on
the expert difficulty setting is Ryota Wada
(Japan) who mastered the song 'Hyper
Eurobeat' aged 9 years 288 days at his home
in Tokyo, Japan, on 29 August 2010.
4. Gnomes and Pixies
Ann Atkin (UK) has 2,042 gnomes and pixies,
as of March 2011, all of which live in her 1.6-ha
(4-acre) Gnome Reserve in West Putford,
Devon, UK.
5. Metal man
The most body piercings in one session is
3,900 in 7 hours and 46 minutes achieved by
Tyson Turk and Chris Elliot (both USA) at the
Tyson Turk Body Mod Studio, Irving, Texas,
USA, on 09 July 2011.
6. Fireman
The most torches extinguished in 30 seconds
with the mouth is 39 and was achieved by
Hubertus Wawra (Germany) on the set of
Guinness World Records - Ab India Todega in
Mumbai, India, on 21
February 2011.
7. Rubber Ducky
Charlotte Lee from Huntington Beach, USA
has 5,631 different rubber ducks, as of 10 April
2011, which she has been collecting since
1996.
8. The Purr Heard
The loudest purr by a domestic cat is 67.7 dB
(LA peak) and was achieved by Smokey,
owned by Lucinda Ruth Adams (UK) at Spring
Hill farm, Pitsford, Northampton, UK, on 25
March 2011. Smokey is a domestic cat and
achieved its record in its home, where it felt
relaxed and happy.
9. Small woman
The shortest woman living (mobile) is Jyoti
Amge (India, born 16 Dec 1993), who
measured 62.8 cm (24.7 in) in Nagpur, India,
on 16 December 2011.Jyoti Amge was
measured at the Wockhardt Superspeciality
Hospital in Nagpur India on her 18th birthday
making her eligible to take over this record.
10. Large man
The tallest man living is Sultan Kösen (Turkey,
b.10 December 1982) who measured 251 cm
(8 ft 3 in) in Ankara, Turkey, on 08 February
2011.The part-time farmer was the first man
over 8 ft (2.43 m) to be measured by Guinness
World Record in over 20 years.
11. Cup Stacking
The fastest sport stacking individual cycle stack is 5.93
seconds and was achieved first by Steven Purugganan
(USA) at the WSSA Greater Cleveland Ohio Sport
Stacking Championships Cleveland, Ohio, USA, on 3
January 2009. This was equalled by Mason Langenderfer
(USA) at the 2011 WSSA Upper Atlantic Regional Sport
Stacking Championships in Rochester, New York, USA,
on 29 January 2011
