The World Record of being ‘oldest performing clown’ in the world has been achieved by Floyd Creekmore (95 Years) from Billings, Montana, USA.
95-years-old Floyd Creekmore is the world’s ‘Oldest Performing Clown’. Born in 1916; Floyd Creekmore alias Creeky has been entertaining people at rodeos and fairs since the age of 10 and likes to say he has performed for people aged 1 to 100. Floyd joined the Al Bedoo Shrine Clown unit in 1981 where he entertains full time. Shrine clowns aim to raise money for Shrine Hospitals for Children, which provides free care to disabled kids and youngsters who have sustained burns injuries.
The World Record of “most number of swords swallowed simultaneously” has been achieved by Kishan Valaiah Ayula in Mumbai, India.
The most swords swallowed simultaneously is 22 and was achieved by Kishan Valaiah Ayula (India) on the set of Ab India Todega in Mumbai, India, on 13 February 2011. Kishan also holds the record for “most swallowed swords whilst juggling three objects”. The swords were very sharp at the day of the attempt because before the attempt, the swords were tested on cucumbers and were easily able to slice them.
The World Record of being ‘Fastest Talking Female’ has been achieved by Ms. Fran Capo from United States of America (USA).
Fran Capo can speak at the pace of Six Hundred Three (603) words in 54.2 seconds. This accounts to Eleven (11) words per second. Ms. Fran has appeared on over 250 TV shows including; Good Morning America, Larry King Live, Last Call with Carson Daly, Inside Edition, ET, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, More than Human and Nick at Nite’s – Hi Jinx. She’s been heard on over 1000 radio shows including Howard Stern.
The World Record of ‘longest stay with scorpions’ has been achieved by Ms. Kanchana Ketkaew from Pattaya, Thailand.
Kanchana Ketkaew, lived in a glass room measuring 12 m² (130 ft²) containing 5,320 venomous scorpions for Thirty Three (33) days and nights at the Royal Garden Plaza, Pattaya, Thailand, from December 22, 2008 to January 24, 2009. Over 33 days, she was stung thirteen times.
The World Record of ‘largest pencil’ has been achieved by Ashrita Furman from Queens, New York, USA.
An international group of volunteers led by Ashrita Furman have constructed a Seventy Six (76) foot long pencil, the longest pencil in the world. The pencil weighs in at over 18,000 pounds, with a 2 1/2 foot long eraser at its end. The ‘lead’ alone weighs over 4,500 pounds, and is made using a graphite core 10 inches thick, which had to be sharpened at the end using a powerful Sawzall reciprocating electric saw instead of your average pencil sharpener. The pencil was built out of 8,000 wooden boards, a 10-inch graphite piece, and a 200 pound pink eraser. Fifty gallons of paint were needed to finish off the outside of the pencil. In all, an estimated two million regular pencils could be made out of the materials used in the construction. Forty volunteers from twenty different countries spent two weeks constructing the pencil, working 12-14 hours every day with the occasional night shift. The giant pencil is now stands at the St. Louis MO City Museum, USA.
