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KISS ONE, KISS ALL
A couple kisses in front of Budapest's Parliament during an attempt to break a
Guinness record for simultaneous kissing on June 9, 2007. Hungarians broke the
world record for simultaneous kissing on Saturday when more than 6,400 couples
joined lips for a few seconds at a party outside the country's parliament, the
organisers said.
Check out 9 more such weird records after the jump.
TONGUE AND CHEEK
Brazilian Elaine Davidson, who holds the Guinness world record for being the
woman with the greatest number of body piercings - 1903 altogether - pokes her
finger through her tongue at the Tate Modern art gallery in London, November 11,
2003. The gallery held an event on Tuesday to mark the release of the 100th
millionth copy of the Guiness World Records books.
NUDITY AND UNITY
Thousands of naked volunteers pose for US photographer Spencer Tunick at Mexico
City's Zocalo square May 6, 2007. A record 18,000 people took off their clothes
to pose for Tunick on Sunday in Mexico City's Zocalo square, the heart of the
ancient Aztec empire.
NOT NOODLES!
An Indian man swallows worms to set a new Guinness world record in the southern
Indian city of Madras November 15, 2003. The man swallowed 200 worms in 20.22
seconds and broke the current record of 94 night crawlers in 30 seconds set by
Mark Hogg of America in 2000.
INK IS IN
Septuagenarian Isobel Varley poses during 'II Expotatoo' tattoo fair in Gijon,
northern Spain, May 15, 2009. Varley, who was born in 1937, is the most senior
tattooed woman in the world according to the Guinness World Records.
STRAPPED AND STRUNG
Bras are seen hanging in the Belgian seaside city of Oostduinkerke on August 13,
2005. About 9,829 bras were knotted together breaking the previous world record
held by its rival city Tongerlo, according to local media. Organisers say they
will try to enter the Guinness Book of Records.
HULA-HOOPLA
Sofie Schwarz of Denmark, 11, attempts to break the children's world record of
ringing 88 hula-hoops at the same time in Copenhagen on July 27, 2006.
STRINGS ATTACHED
A Guinness World Records holder Yang Xiangdong drives a car through 60-meter
steel tightrope at the Yanxi Lake in Beijing on May 1, 2006.
EGG-CITING
Brian Spotts of the US works to balance 439 eggs on their ends on the floor of
the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne on 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.
NO CHERRY ON THIS CAKE
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo slices a giant strawberry shaped
shortcake that won the Guiness World Record's record for the largest fruit
shortcake during her visit to La Trinidad in Benguet Province north of Manila
March19, 2007.
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