WORLD RECORDS
BY BEN PETRICH
HOW TO MAKE A RECORD
First you need to decide on a record and see if someone has already done it. If someone has already done it you need to try to beat it. Take a picture or send a video to the Guinness world records to complete the record.
WHAT I WILL TALK ABOUT
I will be talking about loads of awesome records such as the tallest person in the world, the shortest person, the person with the stretchiest skin and even the worlds oldest pet parrot and lots more.
PONCHO THE OLDEST PET PARROT
The oldest pet parrot is named poncho and is 89 years old. She is a macaw from the united kingdom. who has acted in lots of Hollywood movies but has now retired.
THE SHORTEST LIVING PERSON
The shortest person in the world is Jyoti Amge who is 62.8 centre metres tall standing. She is from India and is 18 years old.
THE STRETCHIEST SKIN
Gary Turner from the UK can stretch his skin a length of 15.8 centre metres because he has a disease called Ehlers Danols syndrome a disorder of connective tissues.
TALLEST LIVING MAN
The tallest man living is Sultan Kosen from turkey who is the tallest living man and person with a height of 251 centre metres or 8 feet tall. He also has the largest hands. He was born on the 10th of December 1982.
MOST WATERMELONS CRUSHED WITH THE HEAD IN 1 MINUTE
Ahmed Tafzi from Germany crushed 43 watermelons with his head in 1 minute. He did this on the 27th of May 2011.
TALLEST HOUSE
Mukesh Ambani from India and his wife also from India own a house that is 173 metres tall and it cost 2 billion pounds. Which makes it the most expensive house and also the largest house ever built.
TALLEST LEGO TOWER
The tallest Lego tower is 32.5 metres tall in the Czech Republic to mark the 80th anniversary of the LEGO company. The final brick was placed on the 9th of September 2012 (my birthday).
FASTEST CROSSING OF A TIGHTROPE BY A DOG
A Border Collie/Kelpie cross named Ozzy from the UK. Crossed a tightrope which was 3.5 metres in 18.22 seconds
FIRST PERSON TO CROSS NIGARA FALLS ON A TIGHT ROPE
Nock Wallenda a daredevil from the USA crossed Niagara Falls on a tight rope he was the first person in the world to do this. He crossed it from the USA all the way to Canada
MOST 3 POINTERS ATTEMPTED IN A BASKETBALL CAREER
Ray Allen from the USA attempted 6,980 3 point goals as of February 2013 he made 2,797 of the 6,980 3 pointers attempted. In Ray Allen career he played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle supersonics and Miami Heat