There is just something about us humans that makes us want to push what we think is our limit. Each one of us would like to be the best at something, the first to do something and we all like to set records.
Some amazing people set some really weird records that were documented for Guinness World Records 2011.
Just how weird are these records?
How about the largest afro? If that doesn't intrigue you, perhaps the longest tongue owned by a female and one that is also owned by a dog will.
Start the slideshow to see some of the weirdest, yet amazing 2011 records.
It took Aevin Dugas, a 36- year-old social worker from New Orleans, more than 12 years to do it, but now she is the owner of the largest natural afro in the world. It has a circumference measuring 4 feet 4 inchs (1.32 m). guinnessworldrecords.comThe world's longest documented hair belongs to Xie Qiuping of China. It was 5.627 m (18 ft 5.54 in) when measured on May 8, 2004. She has been growing her hair since 1973 from the age of 13. guinnessworldrecords.comThe longest tongue on a dog measures 11.43 cm (4.5 in) and it belongs to Puggy, a male Pekingese owned by Becky Stanford from U.S. The measurement was taken at Avondale Haslet Animal Clinic, Texas on May 8, 2009, when Puggy was 9 years oldguinnessworldrecords.comThe largest bottle cap sculpture is made up of 19,205 used metal bottle caps in the shape of a rugby ball and this was achieved by WorldRecordChase.com and Alastair Galpin in Auckland, New Zealand, on Nov. 4, 2010.thewondrous.comThe most straws stuffed in a mouth is 400. Guinness World Records show that this was achieved by Simon Elmore (UK), who held them there for 10 seconds at the Mark 'n' Simon Show, Sollhuben, Bavaria, Germany, on Aug. 6, 2009. thewondrous.comThe oldest living female twins are Lily Millward and Ena Pugh (nee. Thomas) (UK) who were born on Jan. 4, 1910.thewondrous.comThe Longest nose on a living person measures 8.8 cm (3.46 in) long from the bridge to the tip and it belongs to Mehmet Ozyurek (Turkey). It was measured on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on March 18, 2010.thewondrous.comThe most spoons balanced on the face is 17. Guinness World Records show that this was achieved by Aaron Caissie (Canada) on the set of Lo Show dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on April 18, 2009.thewondrous.comThe most arrows caught by hand in two minutes is 43 and was done by Joe Alexander (Germany) at a distance of 8 m (26 ft 2.96 in) from two archers at Mosan e.V. in Hamburg, Germany, on Nov. 17, 2010 in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2010.thewondrous.comJunrey Balawing, the "World's Shortest Living Man" declared by the Guinness World Records, holds a ruler in Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte in southern Philippines June 12, 2011. Balawing was certified by the Guinness World Record as the shortest man in the world with standing and lying down average measurement of 23.5 inches (59.93 cm) on his 18th birthday on Sunday. The previous title holder is Khagendra Thapa Magar from Nepal who measures 26.4 inches (67.06 cm), and 2.9 inches (7.36 cm) taller. REUTERS/Erik de CastroThe most concrete blocks broken in three single stacks of eight while holding a raw egg in the hand of the arm used to break the blocks is 24. This was achieved by Joe Alexander (Germany) at Mosan e.V. in Hamburg on Nov. 17, 2010 in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2010.thewondrous.comThe widest mouth measures 17 cm (6.69 in) and belongs to Francisco Domingo Joaquim "Chiquinho" (Angola), according to Guinness World Records. It was measured on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on 18 March 2010.
worldrecordsacademy.orgThe oldest wing walker is Thomas Lackey, UK. He was born on May 22, 1920 and at the age of 91 years he completed a wing walk across the English Channel from Lydd Airport, Kent, UK, to Calais Airport, France, on June 7, 2011.worldrecordsacademy.orgCalifornia student Chanel Tapper has the world's longest tongue, which measures 9.75 cm (3.8 in), from tip to top lip. Guinness World Records stated that her tongue is twice as long as the average, as long as the world's largest cockroach, as wide as your palm, the same volume as a quarter pounder hamburger and around the same length as an iPhone.guinnessworldrecords.comFans wear wrestling masks during the fifth inning of the MLB American League baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox in Anaheim, California May 10, 2011. The display broke the Guinness World Record for the "largest gathering of people wearing costume masks". REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonPeople look at the world's longest cigar that stretches 268 feet 4 inches (81.8 metres), or most of the length of a football field, in Havana May 3, 2011. Resting on tables, it sprawled through El Morro, an old Spanish fort overlooking Havana Bay, where Cuba is holding its annual International Tourism Fair. The cigar, once it is officially accepted by Guinness World Records in London, will eclipse the previous record cigar of 148 feet 9 inches (45.38 metres), both rolled by Jose Castelar Cairo, better known as "Cueto". REUTERS/Desmond BoylanPeople stand together as they create the biggest human smiley in the world on the Zagreb main square May 6, 2011. As many as 768 Croats managed to create the biggest human smiley breaking the Guinness World Record. The previous record involved 551 participants and was reached in the Latvian capital of Riga. REUTERS/Nikola Solic
