Unthinkable World Records That People Have Broken

The Longest Beard

Sarwan Singh flew to Italy from Canada to have his beard measured on the show Lo Show Dei Record in 2010. They measured it at a whopping 7 feet and 9 inches long. In 2011, his beard was officially remeasured to show that it had grown even longer. “Without my beard," Singh said, "I’m not me. I’m pretending to be someone I’m not.”

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