The Guinness world records known for highlighting the most interesting, unique and even strange phenomena of human nature around the globe.
2024 was an exception.
Earlier this year, we wrote about a child who became a student Guinness World Records Youngest Male Artist after his paintings were shown in an exhibition at the Museum of Science and Technology in Accra, Ghana. Ace painter-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah completed nine of the 10 pieces he exhibited.
We have shared stories about a A 114-year-old man in Venezuela and a A 112-year-old man in England who each of them had for a time, as the oldest man in the world, also George and Lori Schappellwho were the world's oldest conjoined twins, according to Guinness.
Then there was the the heaviest blueberry in the worldwhich tipped the scales at 20.4 grams, almost 70 times larger than the average wild raspberry. the “blueberry behemoth” was grown in Australia and was about the size of a ping-pong ball.
Here's a look at some more of the weirdest Guinness World Records in 2024:
The largest building in the shape of a chicken. This feat is attributed to Ricardo Cano Gwapo Tan, and it happened in the Phillippines on September 8, 2024. The chicken measured 114 feet. The building features a rooster and is a hotel within the Campuestohan Highland Resort.
The largest registration marathon by various musical artists. On February 14, 2024, this feat was accomplished by Idem Abasifreke and Beatisblaak Studio in Nigeria. It took 95 hours and 59 minutes.
The Fastest 10 meters on a skateboard with a cat. This happened on April 4, 2024, and was accomplished by Bao Zi in China. Time: 12.85 seconds.
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The the largest display of origami dolphins. This was on July 10, 2024, and it happened in London. Iswarya Sundaralingam did 2,024 things over eight weeks, according to Guinness World Records. She learned how to make them from a nurse who worked on the ward where her mother had been in a coma.
The biggest whistling archery tournament. On September 29, 2024, 300 people broke this record in China. The tournament, according to GWR, was carried out by the Linzhi Whistling Archery Association. It was one of a range of events held at the Linzhi Yalung Zangbo River Ecological Culture Tourism Festival 2024.
