5221 consecutive basketball shots
Ted Saint Martin never played basketball, not even in college, but he created amazing shooting records throughout his life.
As reported: Fakta.today
He began by breaking Harold Levitt's record of 499 goals in 1975, with a result of 739 hits. And at the age of 75, Ted set a record of 5221 hits in a row.
The same man struck by lightning 7 times
Roy Sullivan worked as a park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in the USA. Nothing unusual happened in his life, except that he was struck by lightning seven times between 1942 and 1977, which was officially registered and confirmed by the park's physician.
By the way, since childhood, Sullivan attracted lightning - he later admitted that when he was mowing the grass with his father, lightning struck his hat directly.
The hiccup that lasted for 68 years
At the age of 28, Charles Osborne had an unusual accident - he lifted a 159 kg pig carcass and fell.
It seemed like nothing, but shortly thereafter Charles started to hiccup, which lasted for 68 years.
This did not prevent him from leading a normal life - Charles was married twice and had eight children.
The hiccup suddenly stopped in 1990, but Osborne did not have the chance to enjoy it, as he died a few months later from an ulcer. It is estimated that Charles Osborne hiccuped about 595 million times.
Australian collects belly button lint for 26 years
We can't even imagine why no one can beat this record. Maybe no one wants to. Australian Graham Barker started doing this in 1984.
Michael Jackson's Thriller received 30 platinum records
The legendary album by the King of Pop, Thriller, which includes hits such as Beat It, Billie Jean, and Thriller, became the record-breaking thirtieth platinum in December 2015.
Victory - football score 222: 0
In 1916, the Georgia Tech student football team defeated the Cumberland team with a score of 222: 0.
Wrestler drank 119 cans of beer in one sitting
Andre Rene Rusimov, a professional French wrestler, was a true giant due to his acromegaly disease.
He was even called the Eighth Wonder of the World. He was, of course, incredibly strong and also a big fan of hot drinks. According to his friends, he consumed about 7,000 calories of alcohol every day.
With his height of 224 cm and weight of 240 kg, such an amount of alcohol still seems impossible. Once on David Letterman's evening show, he admitted that he once drank 119 cans of beer in 6 hours, and many witnesses confirmed it.
28 people in a Mini Cooper
In November 2012, 28 British gymnasts set a world record by fitting into a BMW in 10 minutes.
Hockey player Wayne Gretzky
The Canadian hockey player, one of the most famous athletes of the 20th century, set 61 records in his career, including the most goals (894), assists (1963), and goals in a single season (92) - the list goes on and on.
Tallest man in the world
American Robert Wadlow was the tallest registered person in history - 272 cm. Robert suffered from a pituitary tumor and acromegaly. At the age of 8, his height was already 188 cm and at 18.
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