Here's how the Guinness World Records went from a way to settle pub arguments to a worldwide phenomenon
Over the years, all sorts of wild records were broken, including the record for staying awake the longest, which was later banned for the danger it posed.Chris Canole from California attempted a similar record in 2000 — watching TV for 99 continuous hours without sleep.There were several attempts to break the record for the most time spent in a box underground. A woman named Patricia Haverland tried to break the record of 73 days in 1968.
Patricia Haverland relaxes in a box attempting to break the record of 73 days underground in West Virginia in 1968.Another man named Mick Meaney lasted 61 days in a box in 1968, but his attempt was denied because an adjudicator hadn't been able to verify his attempt. People won records for simple things, like their height. Eddie Carmel won a GWR for being the tallest man alive at 9 feet tall.Graphic House/Archive Photos/Getty ImagesThey also won records for their feats of strength.
Following his 2004 record, Guinness world record keeper Li Jianhua pulls a bus with his right ear at the Moshan Park in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province on September 30, 2005.They won them for their injuries. Daredevil Evel Knievel attempted a motorbike jump in 1967, in which he broke 433 bones. He won a GWR for "most bones broken in a lifetime."Photo12/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesGWR attempts can be broken down into two types, according to The Atlantic.
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