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Guinness World Records
Three world record breakers celebrate the release of Guinness World Records 2010.
The first Guinness world record book was published in 1955. Over 50 years later it’s still going strong and is the highest selling book under copyright of all time. This year’s book includes spreads on human nature, human talents, hair-raising stunts and epic journeys alongside chapters on Alternative Energies, Eco-Transport, and Terrorism and Warfare to reflect record-breaking global developments and events of the past ten years.
To celebrate Guinness World Records 2010 being released, This Morning welcomes the world’s tallest man Sultan Kosen; Jo Scanlan, who tapped her way to victory by achieving 784 taps in one minute; and Ingrid Wagner who has the world’s largest knitting needles at 3.5m long.
The world's tallest living man is 27 year old Sultan Kosen from Turkey, at 8 ft 1 inches (246.5cm) tall. Sultan also has the world's largest hands and largest feet, measuring 27.5 cm and 36.5 cm respectively. He is the first person to officially measure over 8 ft in more than a decade and is a triple record holder. Sultan enjoys listening to music, playing computer games and watching movies. Sultan said his biggest dream is to get married and have children.
The most taps in one minute numbers 784 and was achieved by Jo Scanlan on the set of Guinness World Records Smashed at Pinewood Studios, UK, on 15 April 2009. Jo is a tap dancer, teacher and choreographer and Fellow of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. Jo is the co-artistic director of the Tap Attack Youth Company, who represented England at the 2008 tap world championships in Germany last December.
The largest knitting needles in the world measured 3.5 m (11 ft 5.8 in) long and had a diameter of 8 cm (3.15 in). Ingrid Wagner used the needles to knit a tension square of ten stitches by ten rows at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, on 10 March 2008. Ingrid now creates art of various forms for the wall and floor, and also offers workshops in various arts including Big Knitting and painting.
This article originally appeared on ITV.com on the 17 September 2009
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