Guinness World Records, from Tennessee

I remember being in Middle School, maybe even Elementary, and checking out from the library the Guinness Book of World Records. I even remember ordering them from the bookstore/book orders. They were always so interesting. My favorite section was the Extra Ordinary records.. You know, the weird stuff!

• Most albino siblings:

          All four children of Mario and Angie Gaulin - Sarah (b. 15 September 1981), Christopher (b. 24 February 1983), Joshua (b. 25 October 1987) and Brendan (b. 13 July 1989) (all Canada)  - were born with the rare genetic condition oculocutaneous albinism. Their father also has the condition and their mother carries the gene. The Gaulin's share their record with the Sesler brothers from the USA. Of the eight children born to the Seslers (USA), the four eldest of their five sons were all born with the rare genetic condition albinism. Identical twins John (b. 16 August 1921 - d. 18 October 1976) and George (b. 16 August 1921 - d. 28 February 1988), Kermit (b. 17 February 1923 - d. 6 January 2005) and Kenneth (b. 31 March 1924 - d. 12 February 1999) - were all born with translucent skin, pinkish-blue eyes and white hair.


Or how about worlds longest fingernails, widest mouth, tallest person, or longest distant milk being shot out from nose. I know, weird right? Well tonight I found myself back at the Guinness Book. Although this time I was online. You can actually type in a search on the website.. no searching through pages and pages of stuff. Actually, I think flipping page to page is what I liked about it. I read sooo many different records. I am pretty sure I read multiple Guinness Books from cover to end. Anyways.. I decided to look up Tennessee...

All of these world records are from Tennessee and are documents in the Guinness book.

• The oldest living male/female twins are Benjamin Franklin Colvett and Rose Frances Bruce (USA), who were born near Alamo, Tennessee, USA, on 23 August 1912.

• The oldest person living (female) is Besse Cooper (née Berry Brown) (Tennessee USA, b. 26 August 1896). She was born in Sullivan County, Tennessee and moved to Georgia in 1917 to seek better pay as a teacher. Back then, teachers weren't allowed to marry, but she married in 1924 and had four children. Her husband, Luther Cooper, died in 1963.

• The most hugs given in 24 hours is 8,709 and was achieved by Jonathan Sexton (USA) at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, USA, on 11 June 2010

• Jerry Hall (USA) remained submerged at a depth of 3.6 m (12 ft) on a submerged platform in Watauga Lake, Tennessee, USA, for 120 hr 1 min 9 sec, from 29 August to 3 September 2004. In accordance with the rules, he did not surface at any time.

• Scott Hammell (Canada), escaped from a regulation straitjacket, whilst suspended by a rope hanging upside down below the basket of a hot air balloon travelling at a height of 2,194.5 m (7,200 ft) over Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, on 13 August 2003

• The largest t-shirt measured 85.74 m (281.3 ft) in length and 55.14 m (180.9ft) in width and was achieved by Gildan displayed at the Centennial Park during the 40th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tennessee, USA on 11 June 2011.

There are actually 25 world records from Tennesse but I didn't want to post all of them. Pretty interesting!