World Records That Sound Fake
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World Records That Sound Fake — Daily trivia Tuesday, August 25, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Record-setting greyhound Feather cleared roughly what height in 2017?
- A5 feet
- B6 feet
- C7 feet
- D8 feet
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6 feet
A rescue greyhound named Feather holds the record for the highest jump by a dog, clearing 191.7 cm (75.5 in) — just over 6 feet 3 inches — in Maryland in September 2017.
Q 02How many T-shirts did Ted Hastings wear at once in 2019?
- A180
- B210
- C240
- D260
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260
Ted Hastings of Kitchener, Ontario, pulled on 260 T-shirts in February 2019, starting small and working up to 20XL, beating the previous record of 257.
Q 03How many drinking straws has one person managed to stuff into their mouth at once?
- A692
- B740
- C810
- D900
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692
Nataraj Karate of Salem, India stuffed 692 straws into his mouth in August 2018. He holds the hands-off version of the record too, at 650 straws.
Q 04Diana Armstrong's fingernails, measured in 2022, totaled roughly what length?
- A23 feet
- B31 feet
- C36 feet
- D43 feet
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43 feet
Armstrong, of Minnesota, stopped cutting her nails in 1997 after her daughter's death; in March 2022 they measured 1,306 cm, nearly 43 feet in total, and she tends them with a nail drill.
Q 05How far did Brazil's Tio Chico pop his eyeballs out in 2022?
- A12 millimeters
- B15 millimeters
- C18 millimeters
- D22 millimeters
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18 millimeters
Sidney de Carvalho Mesquita, known as Tio Chico, pushed his eyes out a measured 18 millimeters (18.2 mm) in Sao Paulo in January 2022. The ability comes from a rare condition called globe luxation.
Q 06How loud was the record purr of Merlin the cat in 2015?
- A50 dB
- B60 dB
- C68 dB
- D80 dB
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68 dB
Merlin, a rescue cat from Torquay, England, was recorded at 67.8 decibels, essentially 68 dB, about the volume of a vacuum cleaner or a shower, in 2015, beating Smokey's 2011 mark.
Q 07How many times was park ranger Roy Sullivan struck by lightning?
- A3
- B5
- C7
- D9
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7
Sullivan, a Shenandoah National Park ranger in Virginia, survived 7 lightning strikes between 1942 and 1977. The bolts cost him a toenail and his eyebrows and twice set his hair on fire.
Q 08How long did 17-year-old Randy Gardner stay awake in 1964?
- A4 days
- B7 days
- C11 days
- D15 days
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11 days
San Diego student Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours, or 11 days, for a science-fair project, monitored by Stanford sleep researcher William Dement. Afterwards he slept just over 14 hours.
Q 09In 1997 Suresh Joachim balanced on one foot for roughly how long?
- AAbout 26 hours
- BAbout 42 hours
- CAbout 77 hours
- DAbout 95 hours
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About 77 hours
Arulanantham Suresh Joachim stood on one foot for 76 hours 40 minutes, about 77 hours, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in May 1997. He went on to collect dozens more endurance records.
Q 10How long was Wim Hof's longest record-setting ice bath?
- A1 hour 53 minutes
- B2 hours 24 minutes
- C3 hours 11 minutes
- D4 hours 02 minutes
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1 hour 53 minutes
Wim Hof repeatedly broke the record for standing in ice up to his neck wearing only shorts, peaking at 1 hour 53 minutes. He credits breathing technique and years of cold exposure.
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