Oddest Guinness World Records

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the “Guinness Book of World Records,” Britain’s Mirror newspaper meticulously combed through all the listings and chose the oddest entries. Here is a sampling:

• Highest Shallow Dive: In January 2004, Danny Higginbottom of Louisiana dove from a height of 25 feet into 30 centimeters of water.

• Breath Held Voluntarily: American Robert Foster held his breath for 13 minutes, 42.5 seconds in 1959.

• Longest Time to Endure Full Body Ice Contact: Wim Hoff of the Netherlands stood in an ice cube-filled tube for 1 hour, 17 minutes in January 2004.

• Most Consecutive Pogo-Stick Jumps: In 1990 in California, Gary Stewart did 177,737 consecutive pogo-stick jumps.

• Most Glasses Balanced on the Chin: In 2001 in New York, Ashrita Furman managed to balance 75 pint-sized beer glasses on his chin for 10.6 seconds.

• Most One-Finger Push-Ups: In 1992 in London, Paul Lynch performed 124 one-finger push-ups.

• Walking: Greatest Documented Lifetime Mileage: Between 1969 and 2000, Arthur Blessitt of Florida walked 34,501 miles on seven continents while carrying a cross.

• Hairiest Family: Mexican brothers Victor and Gabriel Ramos Gomez have 98 percent of their bodies covered in fur.

• Longest Attack of Hiccups: American Charles Osborne suffered the hiccups from 1922 to 1990.

• Longest Time With a Nail in the Head: Briton Robin Hanshaw had a one-inch rusty nail stuck between his ear and his eye for 22 years.

• Most Compulsive Swallower: In 1927, a Canadian woman had 2,533 objects removed from her stomach, including 947 pins.

• Most Lightning Strikes Survived: Roy C. Sullivan of Virginia was struck for the seventh time in 1977.