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In October 1987, Jens Seiler (Germany) typed 626 keystrokes, about 100 words, in a minute. More impressively, he typed the words backward.
• BALLOON-STUFFING. Ralf Schuler (Germany) holds two records: 1) the most people stuffed inside a latex balloon—23, and 2) the fastest time to stuff someone (himself) into a latex balloon—37.1 seconds.
• PRUNE-EATING. In 1984 Alan Newbold (USA) ate 150 dried plums in 31 seconds. (And then, presumably, a few hours later, Newbold set another record.)
• WAITING. Jeff Tweiten and John Goth (USA) queued up to see Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones outside a Seattle movie theater on January 1, 2002...and stayed there until the film opened four and a half months later, on May 16.
• BEAN-EATING. Kerry White (England) holds the world record for eating baked beans, consuming 12,547 beans (in sauce) in a 24-hour period. Barry Kirk (England) sat in a cold bath of baked beans for 100 hours in September 1986.
• GUM-WRAPPER CHAIN. Gary Duschl (USA) has been purchasing gum and collecting wrappers since 1965, and in 2004 he claimed the record for the world’s longest gum-wrapper chain. He’s still adding to it, and as of March 2011, it consisted of 1,581,159 gum wrappers and measured 66,835 feet—more than 12 miles.
When you blush, so does the lining in your stomach.
• EAR-WIGGLING. Not many people can wiggle their ears at all. Jitendra Kumar (India) wiggled his 147 times in one minute.
• EXTREME HULA-HOOPING. In 2000 Roman Schedler (Austria) hula-hooped for 71 seconds straight. That may not seem very long, but he did it with a 53-pound tractor tire.
• DRUMMING. Tim Waterston (USA) is one the world’s fastest drummers. In January 2002, he set a speed record, playing 1,407 beats in one minute...with his feet.
• NAILING. In October 1999, Chu-Tang-Cuong (Vietnam) drove 116 nails into a wooden board in just 11 minutes. The twist: He did it with his bare hand. (Ouch!)
• PROPOSING. In 1976 Keith Redman (USA) asked his girlfriend Beverly to marry him. She said no, the first of 8,801 rejections, a world record. (Happy ending: In 1999 Beverly finally said “Yes” after receiving Redman’s proposals at a rate of more than one per day for 23 years.)
• COTTAGE CHEESE-EATING. In 1984 Peter Altman (England) shoveled down three pounds of cottage cheese in four minutes. Three years later, Altman set the 30-second record, consuming half a pound of it on a British talk show.
• COCKROACH-EATING. Ken Edwards (England) ate 36 in a minute in 2001. A more extreme record holder is Travis Fessler (USA), who held 11 live cockroaches (each at least 2.5 inches long) for 10 seconds...in his mouth.
• BARF-BAG COLLECTION. Niek Vermeulen (Netherlands) possesses the world’s largest collection of airsickness bags He’s a frequent flyer, and as of March 2008, owned 5,468 distinct bags from more than 1,065 different airlines, along with 10,000 duplicates. (Note: They are all unused.)
In 2009 Israeli bikers protested motorcycle insurance rate hikes by staging protest rides in which they wore only underwear. Their slogan: “Insurance Is Stripping Us.”
CANADA’S CAPTAIN
UNDERPANTS
You’ve heard of clothing drives; here’s the story of an underwear drive that involved a whole lot of underwear...and a whole lot of driving .
M AN ON A MISSION
Brent King is a mechanical engineer in Calgary, the largest city in the province of Alberta. Like many big cities, Calgary has a homelessness problem, and in the fall of 2008 King was curious to see how the city’s social service agencies were tackling the issue. He was particularly impressed by the work an organization called the Mustard Seed was doing to help the homeless find jobs and housing and re-enter society. After visiting their facility, he asked if there was a problem he could help them solve. “They showed me their wish list, and on the top of it was men’s underwear,” he told the Montreal Gazette .
The people at Mustard
• BALLOON-STUFFING. Ralf Schuler (Germany) holds two records: 1) the most people stuffed inside a latex balloon—23, and 2) the fastest time to stuff someone (himself) into a latex balloon—37.1 seconds.
• PRUNE-EATING. In 1984 Alan Newbold (USA) ate 150 dried plums in 31 seconds. (And then, presumably, a few hours later, Newbold set another record.)
• WAITING. Jeff Tweiten and John Goth (USA) queued up to see Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones outside a Seattle movie theater on January 1, 2002...and stayed there until the film opened four and a half months later, on May 16.
• BEAN-EATING. Kerry White (England) holds the world record for eating baked beans, consuming 12,547 beans (in sauce) in a 24-hour period. Barry Kirk (England) sat in a cold bath of baked beans for 100 hours in September 1986.
• GUM-WRAPPER CHAIN. Gary Duschl (USA) has been purchasing gum and collecting wrappers since 1965, and in 2004 he claimed the record for the world’s longest gum-wrapper chain. He’s still adding to it, and as of March 2011, it consisted of 1,581,159 gum wrappers and measured 66,835 feet—more than 12 miles.
When you blush, so does the lining in your stomach.
• EAR-WIGGLING. Not many people can wiggle their ears at all. Jitendra Kumar (India) wiggled his 147 times in one minute.
• EXTREME HULA-HOOPING. In 2000 Roman Schedler (Austria) hula-hooped for 71 seconds straight. That may not seem very long, but he did it with a 53-pound tractor tire.
• DRUMMING. Tim Waterston (USA) is one the world’s fastest drummers. In January 2002, he set a speed record, playing 1,407 beats in one minute...with his feet.
• NAILING. In October 1999, Chu-Tang-Cuong (Vietnam) drove 116 nails into a wooden board in just 11 minutes. The twist: He did it with his bare hand. (Ouch!)
• PROPOSING. In 1976 Keith Redman (USA) asked his girlfriend Beverly to marry him. She said no, the first of 8,801 rejections, a world record. (Happy ending: In 1999 Beverly finally said “Yes” after receiving Redman’s proposals at a rate of more than one per day for 23 years.)
• COTTAGE CHEESE-EATING. In 1984 Peter Altman (England) shoveled down three pounds of cottage cheese in four minutes. Three years later, Altman set the 30-second record, consuming half a pound of it on a British talk show.
• COCKROACH-EATING. Ken Edwards (England) ate 36 in a minute in 2001. A more extreme record holder is Travis Fessler (USA), who held 11 live cockroaches (each at least 2.5 inches long) for 10 seconds...in his mouth.
• BARF-BAG COLLECTION. Niek Vermeulen (Netherlands) possesses the world’s largest collection of airsickness bags He’s a frequent flyer, and as of March 2008, owned 5,468 distinct bags from more than 1,065 different airlines, along with 10,000 duplicates. (Note: They are all unused.)
In 2009 Israeli bikers protested motorcycle insurance rate hikes by staging protest rides in which they wore only underwear. Their slogan: “Insurance Is Stripping Us.”
CANADA’S CAPTAIN
UNDERPANTS
You’ve heard of clothing drives; here’s the story of an underwear drive that involved a whole lot of underwear...and a whole lot of driving .
M AN ON A MISSION
Brent King is a mechanical engineer in Calgary, the largest city in the province of Alberta. Like many big cities, Calgary has a homelessness problem, and in the fall of 2008 King was curious to see how the city’s social service agencies were tackling the issue. He was particularly impressed by the work an organization called the Mustard Seed was doing to help the homeless find jobs and housing and re-enter society. After visiting their facility, he asked if there was a problem he could help them solve. “They showed me their wish list, and on the top of it was men’s underwear,” he told the Montreal Gazette .
The people at Mustard
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