He managed to hold and light 100 candles simultaneously in his mouth. On April 20, 2019, at a TEDx talk in Boise, Idaho, USA, Rush broke a new world record. It might not be your first thought when lighting a candle, but for David Rush, putting a lit candle in his mouth has led to great things. David Rush can fit 100 lit candles in his mouth. The females grow light to medium thickness hair while the male has thick hair across their bodies.Īll members of the family have allowed scientists to analyze their genes to find out what is responsible for CGH. The family has a total of 19 members spanning five generations that all suffer from the rare condition of Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis (CGH).ĬGH is where the face and torso grow a considerable amount of hair. The Gomez family that live in Mexico was awarded the Guinness World Record for the largest hairy family.įour family members have around 98% of their bodies covered in hair and were awarded the record on February 1, 2000. Some people are hairier than others, but there is one family that tops them all.

A family in Mexico has 98% of their bodies covered in hair.

Here are 21 weird and wonderful world records that you didn’t know existed. Guinness World Records was the first and only of its kind to measure and document incredible and dare devilish acts of humankind. It was first published in 1955, following a dispute over the fastest game bird for shooting. Guinness World Records is the globally recognized official awarding body of any world record attempt. World record attempts are associated with extreme, weird and wonderful acts of both humans and the natural world.

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