The Wildest World Records From Every State

Here’s a painful Guinness World Record that no American state would want to hold. In 1954 a woman named Ann Hodges was no doubt minding her own business at her home in the Alabama city of Sylacauga. Unfortunately for the poor unsuspecting member of the public, this just happened to be the final destination of the most unlikely thing.

You’ve probably heard of the beloved children’s story The Enormous Turnip. But the state of Alaska is perhaps more familiar with the tale of the enormous cabbage. In fact, it boasts the world’s biggest!

This might sound like one of the most pointless Guinness World Records in existence. But apparently there was some method to its madness. In 2015 the state of Arizona witnessed a record-breaking 614 people turning all their shirts out at the same time.

It’s fair to say that Jayn Parenti would completely smash Cake Week if she ever decided to enter The Great British Baking Competition. The Arkansas native somehow found enough time — and enough ingredients — to make a sponge cake with an incredible 230 layers.

Tony Hawks eat your heart out. The extreme sportsman has nothing on the talents of a fast-moving canine named Jumpy. The daredevil in question once broke the world record for quickest 100 meters by a skateboarding dog.

According to the movies, the fake mustache can be the ultimate disguise. But we’re not sure why 6,471 people who joined a Denver Broncos campaign needed to be in disguise exactly. It’s an impressive number all the same.

This is the record on our list that’s most likely to make you go ‘aww.’ In 2016 a group of Benchmark Senior Living residents from Ridgefield, Connecticut, worked together to assemble a friendship bracelet that measured almost 2,167 feet!

Remember this next time you’re struggling for motivation to hop on an exercise bike at the gym. In 2016 a woman named Lynnea C. Salvo cycled from Delaware’s Bethany Beach from California’s Oceanside.

This is the kind of baffling world record that only one person has surely ever attempted, or even thought of in the first place. In 2015 Kevin Berquist decided to combine the worlds of Bruce Lee and Paul Hollywood when he broke no fewer than 28 concrete blocks while simultaneously carrying a raw egg.

Val Kolpakov is never likely to run out of stuff to brush his teeth with, that’s for sure. Well, unless he refuses to actually use the 2,037 toothpaste tubes he’s assembled over the years.

Whether this particular record is ever broken or not, Kalawelo Kaiwi will certainly always have a permanent reminder. In 2014 the Hawaiian native was officially declared the proudest owner of the world’s largest earlobe flesh tunnel.

Balancing a hula hoop on your head for more than a few seconds is tough enough while you’re standing on the spot, without the gravitational force of water. But in the summer of 2017, Idaho native David Rush somehow managed to keep his hoop upright on his head for a remarkable 16 minutes, 13 seconds — while submerged in H2O.

It’s fair to say that Matt Bray is nothing if not perseverant. The Illinois resident no doubt dined out on the fact that he broke the world record for deflating the highest number of whoopee cushions in the space of half a minute.

Virginia may boast the richest player of rock, paper, scissors, with local Mai Whelan becoming a multi-millionaire overnight by winning the childhood favorite game in the Netflix hit Squid Game: The Challenge.

A man named Hans N. Langseth essentially made the more hirsute members of ZZ Top look clean shaven thanks to his world record-breaking beard. By the time he was buried, his facial hair measured a lengthy 17 feet, six inches.

We’d love to have seen the host of Man vs. Food tackle this. In 2012 an eatery at the University of Kansas decided to create the biggest plate of everyone’s favorite Mexican snack in a world record-breaking feat.

We all tried to while away the school hours by trying to make a ball out of elastic bands. But in 2011 the Portland Promise Center in the Kentucky city of Louisville took the time-wasting exercise to a new level.

It seems as though Miley Cyrus has a lot to answer for, as the former Hannah Montana star was no doubt the catalyst for one of Louisiana’s most bizarre claims to fame. In 2014, the year after Cyrus performed at the MTV Video Music Awards, the Pelican State smashed the world record for the largest simultaneous twerking session.

We wouldn’t have been surprised if Michael Diggins Jr. ended up turning into the Jolly Green Giant in front of our very own eyes after his stomach-busting feat in 2015. The man in question, who hailed from the Maine town of Scarborough, somehow managed to husk a whole lot of corn in a minute.

If any further proof was needed that nerds now rule the world, then look no further than Maryland teacher Rachel Braun. The Silver Spring native is now in the Guinness Book of Worlds simply for collecting more graph paper than anyone else across the globe.

If you ever wanted ice cream in the Massachusetts area of Peabody from 1947 to 2014, then there was certainly one man that you could always rely on: Allan Ganz. That’s a long stint working any job!

Cygnus Regulus Powers may have been a Maine Coon cat. But the silver feline actually resided in the Michigan city of Farmington Hills, which is why the Great Lake State can boast the world record for the longest domestic cat tail.

You have to take your hat off to the marketing genius who came up with this particular idea. In 2018 no fewer than 7,681 people assembled in the Minnesota city of Minneapolis to engage in one of the favorite sleepover pastimes: a big old pillow fight.

Let’s hope those who live near to the unusual pep rally staged by the Mississippi State University Student Association in 2015 had invested in some ear plugs. As it’s fair to say this particular event would have created one almighty din.

Some people just like making things difficult for themselves. Not content with pushing his body to its limits by running the Kansas City Marathon in 2013, David Babcock also decided to test his dexterity by knitting a scarf along the way.

The Evil Knievel Days Event in the Montana city of Butte certainly lived up to its name one year, that’s for sure. Even the titular daredevil would have been impressed by the feat that Gregg Godfrey pulled off.

Here’s another world record that no state wants to hold. In 2004 the Hallam Nebraska tornado caused a damage path that stretched up to nearly two and a half miles. This was a longer distance than any of the other 55 tornadoes that struck the Midwest around this time.

Jeffrey Ondash was surely all hugged out in 2013 after embracing a remarkable 9,277 people in the space of just 24 hours. The man, obviously not averse to any public displays of affection, carried out the stunt outside Las Vegas’ Bally’s Hotel to heighten the awareness for heart disease and the American Heart Association, in particular.

Halloween must obviously be the New Hampshire city of Keene’s favorite holiday. In October 2013 its residents came together to help build a world best display of 30,581 Jack-o'-lanterns!

The more religious-minded might wonder how anyone was able to determine the world’s holiest tongue. But the feat achieved by Francesco Vacca had nothing to do with the church. We mean “holiest,” here, as in “most holes.”

Skydiver Felix Baumgartner may hail from Austria. But having concluded his jaw-dropping stunt in New Mexico, it’s the Land of Enchantment that can boast hosting the world record. Baumgartner became the first person in freefall ever to break the sound barrier in 2012.

Even the sweetest-toothed millionaires would baulk at the price of the dessert added to the Serendipity 3 restaurant in New York in 2007. The Frrozen Haute Chocolate dish, an ice cream sundae, would have set you back an eye-watering $25,000!

Looking for someone to belt out hits such as “All Shook Up,” “Hound Dog,” and “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” in a sharp white suit? Then North Carolina — and surprisingly not Las Vegas — is apparently the place to go.

One of the most entertaining things to do in a winter wonderland is lie down, wave your arms and legs, and make snow angels. And the Peace Garden state doesn’t need any convincing.

We’re not sure who would have been left more exhausted at the kickball game played at Parma’s Padua Franciscan High School in 2011: those playing it or those at the side watching. The match lasted an incredible 51 hours, resulting in a mammoth score of 431-306 once the final whistle blew.

While some world records are broken after years of arduous training and painstaking dedication, others are achieved in the blink of an eye in the easiest manner possible. Just look at the stunt carried out at the Oklahoma State Student Council toward the end of 2011.

Most of us are lucky if we manage to make just a single leap on a pogo stick without falling and causing an injury. But Henry Cabelus thinks nothing of repeatedly launching himself in the air — and the wrong way round to boot.

Has there ever been a more aptly named goldfish than Albert Einstein? In 2005 the brainbox of the aquarium world was officially declared as the smartest ever of its kind.

It stands to reason that the world’s longest sock was created in Rhode Island. After all, the Ocean State is renowned for its plunging temperatures in the winter months. It was designed by Project Undercover, Inc., a charitable initiative, to increase awareness of the area’s underprivileged.

If you’ve got a taste for the kind of heat that can burn your mouth off, then South Carolina is the place to be. The Palmetto State is home to the world’s hottest chili. The Smoklin’ Ed’s Carolina Reaper was produced by the PuckerButt Pepper Company.

Hailing from the South Dakota area of Sioux Falls, Mochi the St. Bernard possesses a tongue that’s bigger than most handbag dogs. You can certainly envision the pooch scooping up a mini Chihuahua with the appendage that measures an astonishing 7.31 inches.

Knotting a cherry stem using little more than your tongue is one of those age-old party tricks that seems practically impossible to do. Not for Tennessee native Al Gliniecki.

Of course, it was always going to be cowboy country Texas that broke this record. We’re not talking a super-sized hat, though. No, the feat here refers to the 363 people who assembled to create an image of the cowboy headwear solely from human bodies.

We can only imagine that Jamie Jackson consistently fought her way through crowds of wedding goers to pull off this unique feat. How else would the Salt Lake City native have been able to get her hands on an astonishing 50 bouquets thrown by brides between 1996 and 2016?

Brent Fraser had a dream and he went for it. The Vermont native first discovered he could use his mouth to catch food from a long distance in his high school years. He then upped the ante at a Blue Man Group show when he caught four marshmallows in a row.

We’re not sure what Robert Baden-Powell would have made of this. It seems unlikely he set up the Scouts just to watch 2,036 youngsters use a yo-yo at the same time.

The average lifespan for a llama is just over 15 years. So the Washington-based owners of the adorable Julio Gallo must be doing something right. The llama, who resides in the city of Olympia, was declared as the oldest of its kind to be living in captivity in 2017.

It’s fair to say the class of 1929 from Miss Blanche Miller’s Kindergarten and Continuation School had to wait a while for their reunion: an incredible 70 years to be exact.

Donald Gorske obviously didn’t let Morgan Spurlock’s documentary Super Size Me deter him from going to those famous Golden Arches. For in 2016, the Wisconsin resident broke the world record for eating more Big Macs than anyone in McDonald’s history.

The people of Wyoming, and particularly the city of Laramie, sure do like their swing dancing. In 2015 a remarkable 1,184 residents headed to the University of Wyoming’s Cowboy Country Swing Club to show off their best moves.