vendredi 19 septembre 2014

Elastic-mouthed

275x250.jpgA man has won a place in the Guinness World Records for having a mouth so rubbery he can fit an entire Coke can in it... sideways. 
Francisco Domingo Joaquim's mouth stretches to a massive 6.69-inch-long, which adjudicators from the famous record book say is the world's widest.

The 20-year-old record breaker from Sambizanga in Angola is said to have shot to fame after showing off his 'talent' at local markets and football games.











History of guiness world records


The Guinness Book of World Records, is a book published annually. It was created by Craig Glenday in 1955.
The Guinness Book of Records was released for the first time in 1955 at the initiative of the British Norris and Ross McWhirter, as a result of an idea of Hugh Beaver Irish brewer Guinness.
During a hunt, Sir Hugh Beaver saw a bird pass and was impressed by its speed. On the evening, with his friends in a pub, they had a discussion on the bird that Sir Hugh Beaver had seen on the afternoon, thinking that it was maybe the fastest bird in the world. After this discussion, they decided to make an inventory of fastest, heaviest, etc animals .
In 1999 it became The Guinness World Records.