The most swords swallowed underwater are two and were achieved by Dan Meyer (USA) on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on 24 March 2010. The record was part of the Italian TV series “Lo Show dei Record”.
A total of 9 members of the Sword Swallowers Association International (all from USA, 8 men and one woman) simultaneously swallowed a total of 52 swords between them at the 2005 Sideshow Gathering and Sword Swallowers Convention, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA on 2 September 2005.
Natasha Veruschka (USA) swallowed 13 swords, each at least 38.1 cm (15 in) long at 3rd Annual Sideshow Gathering and Sword Swallowers Convention, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA, on 3 September 2004. Below is a video of the male record holder, Kishan Valaiah Ayula (India), who swallowed 22 swords simultaneously on the set of Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega in Mumbai, India, on 13 February 2011. Kishan also holds the record for “most swallowed swords whilst juggling three objects”.
Brad Byers of Moscow, Idaho, USA, swallowed 10 swords each measuring 68.5 cm (27 in) long and rotated them 180º in his oesophagus at the studios of Guinness World Records: Primetime, Los Angeles, California, USA on 13 August 1999.
The ultimate in multi-layered tattooing is represented by the chainsaw juggling, unicycling, sword-swallowing Lucky Diamond Rich (Australia, born New Zealand), who has spent over 1,000 hours having his body modified by hundreds of tattoo artists. He began by having a full collection of colourful designs from around the world tattooed over his entire body. But not content with stopping there, Lucky next opted for a 100% covering of black ink, including eyelids, the delicate skin between the toes, down into the ears, and even his
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The most tattooed senior citizen is Isobel Varley (UK), who had covered 93% of her body with tattoos as revealed on the set of Lo Show dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 25 April 2009.
5,001 cm squared, SANDRE, 29 November 2008
The most tattooed senior citizen is Tom Leppard (UK), aged 74, who has 99.9% of his body covered. Tom, who resides on the Isle of Skye, opted for a leopard-skin design, with all the skin between the dark spots tattooed saffron yellow.
Tooth enamel is the only part of the human body which basically remains unchanged throughout life; it is also the hardest substance in the body. The first deciduous or milk teeth normally appear in infants at 5-8 months, these being the upper and lower jaw first incisors. There are many recorded examples of children born with teeth. Sean Keaney (UK) of Newbury, Berkshire was born on 10 April 1990 with 12 teeth. They were, however, extracted to prevent possible feeding problems. He grew his second
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The only player to captain two different teams to the Stanley Cup championship is Mark Messier (Canada) playing with the Edmonton Oilers (Canada) in 1990 and New York Rangers (USA) in 1994.