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| The most continuous hiccups?:
Poor Charles Osborne did not get rid of his tedious hiccups for 68 years(1922-1990). He was entered in the Guinness World Records with the estimated 430 million hiccups during that period. Interestingly enough, Osborne lead a normal life, and was even married two times.
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| Fastest talker:
In 1995, Sean Shannon (Canadian) recited Hamlet's "To be or not to be" (260 words) for 23.8 seconds.
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| Breath held voluntarily:
Robert Foster (USA) held his breadth for 13 minutes and 42.5 seconds in 1959.
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| Most one-finger push-ups:
Paul Lynch performed 124 one-finger push-ups in London, 1992.
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| Heaviest apple:
1.849 kg (4 lv 1 oz).
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| The longest goldfish is:
47.4 cm (18.7 in) long.
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| Heaviest lemmon:
Pretty big - 5.265 kg (11 lb 9.7 oz). Can you imagine it:
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| Where 'The Guiness Book of World Records' comes from:
On 4 May 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver (who was director of the Guiness Brewery) went on a shooting party where he got into an argument about the fastest bird for hunting. Beaver then realized that there is no reference book with which he could check this. Then he came up with the idea for a book containing the world records. His idea became reality when he turned to the twins Norris and Ross McWhirter who had been running a fact-finding company in London. The brothers were commissioned to compile what later became "The Guinness Book of Records" in August 1954.
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| Beer drinking:
Steven Petrosino set the world record of drinking 1 liter of beer (33 ounces) in 1.3 seconds on June 22, 1977.
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