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| | Facts | - The largest number of children born to one woman, who was a Russian peasant is 69.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Shridhar Chillal from India is known to have the record for the longest fingernails in the world, which were each at least three feet long.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Robert Wadlow is the tallest man recorded in history. He grew to be eight feet and eleven inches and weighed 490 pounds when he died.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The smallest will ever written was 3.8 cm in diameter. It had 40 words written on it and was signed by two witnesses.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The record for the world's worst drivers is a toss-up between two candidates: First, a 75-year-old man who received 10 traffic tickets, drove on the wrong side of the road four times, committed four hit-and-run offenses, and caused six accidents, all within 20 minutes on October 15, 1966. Second, a 62-year-old woman who failed her driving test 40 times before passing it in August, 1970 (by that time, she had spent over $700 in lessons, and could no longer afford to buy a car).
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The longest kiss on record lasted 30 hours and 45 minutes. Dror Orpaz and Carmit Tsubara recorded it on April 5, 1999 at a kissing contest held in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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(Added: Wed Sep 20 2006) - The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed (1957-1997) of India, who measured 1 feet, 10 inches.
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(Added: Wed Sep 20 2006) - The world record for donut eating is held by John Haight, who ate 29 donuts (52 ounces) in a little over six minutes.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The tallest woman that ever lived was Zeng Jinlian who was 8 feet 2 inches tall of China. Shed died at the age of 17.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The world's longest highway is the Trans-Canada Highway, which stretches over 7,699 kilometres.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The world record for finishing the Rubik's cube is 16.5 seconds.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - A Singapore singing group by the name of "The Oriental Singers," sang non-stop for 74 hours and five minutes.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Steve Fletcher holds the record for the largest gum wrapper collection. His collection has 5300 gum wrappers from all across the world.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The largest shopping mall in the world is the West Edmonton Mall located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - In August 1999, Lori Lynn Lomeli set a record by spinning 82 Hula Hoops at the same time for three full revolutions.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - In 1978, the World Water Speed record was made by Ken Warby from Australia. His average speed was 317.6 mph, and his jet-powered hydroplane was 27 feet long called "Spirit of Australia." Warby built the boat himself in his back yard.
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