1 | Page The weirdest Guinness World Records Ever The idea for the Guinness Book of World Records came out of an argument Sir Hugh Beaver, managing director of the Guinness Brewery, had on a hunting trip in the early 1950s. He wasn't able to find the answer to the fastest bird in any book. Later, that inspired his plan for Guinness to write a book that would settle pub arguments. That first book, was published August 27, 1955. Most Big Macs Consumed in a Lifetime Donald A. Gorske ate his 26,000th McDonald's Big Mac on October 11, 2012 — after 40 years of eating Big Macs on a daily basis. Longest Fingernails Ever on a Woman It took American Lee Redmond nearly 30 years to grown her nails out to the record-holding 8 meters in February 2008. The longest single nail was her right thumb, which reached to 75 cm. "I started to grow my nails in 1979 ... it was kind of a challenge to myself," she said. Unfortunately, her nails snapped off in a 2009 car accident
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The weirdest Guinness World Records Ever
The idea for the Guinness Book of World Records came out of an argument Sir Hugh Beaver, managing director of the Guinness Brewery, had on a hunting trip in the early 1950s. He wasn't able to find the answer to the fastest bird in any book.
Later, that inspired his plan for Guinness to write a book that would settle pub arguments. That first book, was published August 27, 1955.
Most Big Macs Consumed in a Lifetime
Donald A. Gorske ate his 26,000th McDonald's Big Mac on October 11, 2012 — after 40
years of eating Big Macs on a daily basis.
Longest Fingernails Ever on a Woman
It took American Lee Redmond nearly 30 years to grown her nails out to the record-holding
8 meters in February 2008. The longest single nail was her right thumb, which reached to 75
cm. "I started to grow my nails in 1979 ... it was kind of a challenge to myself," she said.
Unfortunately, her nails snapped off in a 2009 car accident