- * world record in "worms eaten in 30 seconds": by C. Manoharan,
aka "Snake Manu", in Chennai, Tamil Nadu; he ate 200 earthworms each at
least 10 cm long in November 2003 [GBoWR] - * world record for longest hair: 5.15 m long hair by Hoo Sateow (1997) [GBoWR] - * world record for longest beard: 1.83 m by Shamsher Singh, Punjab (1997) [GBoWR] - * world record for the longest fingernails (1998): 6.15 m as the combined length
of the five nails of left hand by Shridhar Chillal from Pune, Maharashtra [GBoWR] - * age of the oldest person to become Prime Minister: 81 years, Morarji
Ranchhodji Desai, Indian PM 1977-1979 [GBoWR] - * number of movies output in India 1990: 948 (standing record) [GBoWR] - * estimated number of people who donated hair at the Tirupati temple in
Andhra Pradesh 1999: 6.5 million - a standing record [GBoWR 2004] - * world record of highest monthly rainfall: 9,300 mm at Cherrapunji, Meghalaya,
July 1861 [GBoWR] - * worst train disaster in the world: in Samastipur, Bihar, India, on 6 June 1981;
more than 800 passengers died [GBoWR] - * highest motorable road in the world: Khardung La, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir,
with an altitude up to 5,682 m (18,640 ft) [GBoWR]
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