Unbreakable world records that will blow your mind
1. HEAVIEST WEIGHT SUPPORTED BY HUMAN TONGUE
It was claimed by Thomas Blackthorne, who lifted 27 pounds using just his tongue. He trained for six years to hold this amount for five seconds his tongue was pierced by a hook that held four weights and set the record in 2004.
2. LONGEST DISTANCE AN AIRPLANE WAS PULLED
Kevin Fast, who owns several weight-pulling records, pulled an entire 416,299-pound CC-177 Globemaster III airplane for 28 feet, in 2009.
3. THE WORLD'S TALLEST MAN
Robert Wadlow was measured at a whopping 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall in 1940. Born in 1918 at 8.7 pounds, he began growing at a rapid rate when he was a child due to hyperplasia of his pituitary gland, which was never treated until his death at age 22.
4. MOST LAWSUITS FILED
Jonathan Lee Richards has sued over 4,000 companies/individuals, and holds the world record for the largest amount of lawsuits filed, including suits against Bill Gates and Pope Benedict XVI. When he found out that he held the record, he sued Guinness.
5. MOST METALS EATEN
Michel Lotito, who passed away in 2007 at age 57, ate 9 tons of metal over the course of his lifetime, including a whole Cessna 150 airplane. Lotito suffered from Pica, a disease that made him crave eating non-food objects like dirt and glass.
6. THE WORLD'S BIGGEST DIAMOND
In 1905, the world’s largest diamond was found in the Premier Diamond Mine in Cullinan, South Africa. The book of records wasn’t actually around in 1905, but no diamond has come close to matching it, so the spot was given to the Cullinan diamond
7. HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE
Gone With the Wind pulled in the highest grossing box office revenue of all time. It brought in what would be $3.4 billion, and sold 255.7 million tickets, a stark contrast to Avatar, which rained in 78.3 million ticket sales.
8. THE RECORD FOR THE MOST WORLD RECORDS
This meta title is held by 62-year-old Ashrita Furman. He began working on his record quest in 1979 by completing the most jumping jacks jumped in succession (27,000).
9. MOST COCKROACHES EATEN IN A MINUTE
Ken Edwards, from Glossop, ate 36 cockroaches on one minute. He did so on the set of The Big Breakfast in 2001. The retired rat catcher and part-time entertainer became a niche celebrity overnight after performing his bizarre stunt
10. THE WORLD'S LONGEST FINGERNAILS
Shridhar Chillal of Pune, India, didn’t cut his nails for 66 years. Just before cutting them, they measured 29 feet, 10.1 inches in length. He started growing them after being chastised by a teacher for breaking a nail when he was 14.
11. LONGEST COOKING MARATHON
Our very own 26 years old Hilda Baci has officially broken the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual), with a time of 93 hours 11 minutes.
A list of Wealthiest Pastors in the World and how the acquired their wealth 🧵
1. David Oyedepo
David Oyedepo is the second wealthiest pastor in the world. He is the founder of Living Faith Bible Church, an Author and the owner of several academic institutions with Covenant University being the largest.
Estimated to have a net worth of $150 million with four private jets.
Kenneth Copeland
is the richest pastor in the world in 2023 with an estimated worth of $760 million. Founder of Eagle Mountain International Church
Has a private airstrip and hanger that houses a $17.5 million private jet and other aircraft and a $6 million lakefront mansion
It is a very dangerous prison with its angle being anchored on violence and ill health. They lost many inmates to violence as well, one out of five of all inmates in the prison is known to have been diagonized with HIV. It is located in Brazil.
2. TADMOR PRISON
It was located in the Syrian Desert, 200 km Northeast of Damascus. A brutal massacre once took place in the penitentiary in the 1980s, where the Defense Brigades of the Commando Forces slaughtered roughly a thousand inmates. It was blown up in May 2015.
In 1920, Ponzi discovered arbitrage in the form of international postal reply coupons, each worth 5 cents. Coupons purchased in Spain at a pre-set exchange rate could be redeemed for a nickel back in the U.S. Thousands of people were attracted by his claim
2. THE MIRACLE CAR SCAM
It was an advance-fee scam that ran from 1997 to 2002 by James R. Nichols and Robert Gomez. In its run of just over four years, over 4,000 people bought 7,000 cars that did not actually exist, causing over 21 million US dollars stolen from the victims.