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A speedy tortoise and a goalkeeping dog have made
their way into the new Guinness World Records book. Other highlights
from the 2016 edition of the popular tome include the world's tallest
married couple and a man with enormous feet.
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20-year-old Jeison Orlando Rodriguez Hernandez of Venezuela has made it
into the 2016 Guinness World Records book for having the largest feet on
a living person. Measuring 40.1cm (1ft 3.79in) for his right foot, and
39.6cm (1ft 3.59in) for his left, Jeison wears a size 26 shoe
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The world's fastest tortoise is Bertie, who currently resides at
Adventure Valley in Brasside, County Durham, UK. Bertie clocked a speed
of 0.28m/s (0.92 ft/s) on a specially designed racetrack in his
enclosure
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The person with the most teeth in the
mouth is Vijay Kumar of Bangalore, India. He has 37 teeth. This is five
more than is usually found in the average human mouth
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Tallest married couple: With a combined height of 13 feet 10.72 inches
(423.47cm), Sun Mingming, 33, and his wife Xu Yan, 29, of Beijing claim
the title for tallest married couple, measuring 7ft 8.98in (236.17cm)
and 6ft 1.74in (187.3cm) respectively
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The longest ballpoint pen is 5.5 m (18 ft 0.53 in) long and weighs 37.23
kg. The record was set by Acharya Makunuri Srinivasa, aged 56 from
Nizamabad, India
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Takahiro Ikeda (Japan) holds three impressive bike riding Guinness World
Records titles, including the Most BMX time machines in one minute.
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Devendra Suthar - Most Fingers & ToesPicture: Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness
World Records
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The cargest cowboy boots measure 10.74m (35 ft 3 in) in height and were
created by Bob Wade, 72 of Texas, where everything is bigger
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The largest gathering of people dressed as Batman is 542 and was
achieved by Nexen Energy in Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
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The heaviest apple weighed 1.849kg (4 lb 1 oz) and was
grown and picked by Chisato Iwasaki at his apple farm in Hirosaki City,
Japan on 24 October 2005
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