MOST TATTOOED PERSON

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 gums. He is now being tattooed with white designs on top of the black, and coloured designs on top of the white!

Most Books Typed Backwards

The most books typed backwards and in their original languages using a computer with four blank keyboards and without looking at the screen is 68 (3,663,324 words, 20,680,060 characters , 24,154 pages, 266,741 paragraphs, 516,498 lines) and was achieved by Michele Santelia (Italia), in Campobasso, Italia, on 16 June 2009.
His last book typed backwards is the Life of Abraham Lincoln composedby 956 pages, 160,311 words, 919,124 characters, 2,810 paragraphs and 16,944 lines. Michele Santelia started typing the Life of Abraham Lincoln backwards on 20 January 2009 and he finished it on 16 June 2009 and he is planning to honour the US President Barack Obama with his most recent work.
With the addition of the Life of Abraham Lincoln the tower of books written backwards measures now 4.19 m (13 ft 9 in)

Most Cockroaches Eaten

Ken Edwards of Glossop, Derbyshire, England ate 36 cockroaches in one minute on the set of The Big Breakfast, London, England on March 5, 2001.

Ken is a retired ratcatcher and part-time entertainer who first took to the stage at age 18, but his talent for carrying out bizarre stage acts was unveiled on the British TV show Over The Top when he was 39. Ken’s 47 rats-down-the-trouser trick caused such a stir that he became a celebrity overnight! His friends and family are now used to his freaky acts and Ken says, “If I were to actually do something normal then they would react!”

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When Ken munches on his cockroaches, he says “It’s like having an anesthetic at the back of the throat.” This is due to the scent they let off to ward off predators! Tasty!

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Cockroaches have lived unchanged for more than 320 million years. They are among the oldest fossil insects and are also among the most primitive living, winged insects. If a nuclear war broke out cockroaches would be the only living creatures to survive!

FIVE FASCINATING COCKROACH FACTS
1. In Australia there is an annual Cockroach Racing Championship. The winning roach scoops a top prize of $500.
2. A cockroach has at least 18 knees!
3. It can live for a month without a head!
4. Female cockroaches are larger than males because they produce and carry their eggs.
5. A lobster is often called the cockroach of the sea since it is a scavenger.

Fastest run 100 metres barefoot on ice.

The fastest time to run 100 m (328 ft) barefoot on ice is 17.35 sec set by Nico Surings (Netherlands) at the Ijssportcentrum in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on December 8, 2006.

Strangest Diet

Michel Lotito (aka Monsieur Mangetout) from Grenoble, France, has been eating metal and glass since 1959. Gastroenterologists have described his ability to consume 900 g (2 lb) of metal per day as “unique”. Mangetout – Michel’s nickname – literally translates as “eats everything”. Michel says bananas and hard-boiled eggs make him sick.

HEAVIEST WEIGHT DANGLED FROM A SWALLOWED SWORD

The heaviest weight dangled from a swallowed sword is 25 kg (55 lb 1 oz) and was achieved by Thomas Blackthorne (UK) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Italy, on 19 April 2009.

Across the industrialized world, women still live 5 to 10 years longer than men. Among people over 100 years old, 85% are women, according to Tom Perls, founder of the New England Centenarian Study at Boston University and creator of the website LivingTo100.com. Time.com asks him why.

Q: Why do women live longer than men?

A: One important reason is the big delay — and advantage — women have over men in terms of cardiovascular disease, like heart attack and stroke. Women develop these problems usually in their 70s and 80s, about 10 years later than men, who develop them in their 50s and 60s. For a long time, doctors thought the difference was due to estrogen
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1827162,00.html#ixzz0oXZshkJk