24 Dumb World Records That People Broke Once (5 of 5)

The Mantle Of Bees

While bees play a very important role in our ecosystem, they are still insects we’d rather not have to deal with when they are near us. That’s not the case with Ruan Liangming who holds the record for being covered by the heaviest mantle of bees.

He was covered in about 637,000 of them, which weighed in at about 140 pounds. This is one of the absurd records because you’re going to have to deal with getting stung several hundred times.

Eating Cockroaches

On the note of bugs, some people have a love for bugs. So much so that they might not want to be covered in them, but would rather eat them.

This is the philosophy of Ken Edwards, an Englishman who has eaten 36 cockroaches within the span of a minute in 2001. This was also recorded on the set of The Big Breakfast TV show, so you have video evidence too.

The Man Who Survived A Tornado

You’ve heard of storm chasers or tornado spotters, but have you heard of tornado survivors? These aren’t people who would try to outrun them or anything, but rather people who were at the wrong place at the wrong time.

This was the case of a Missouri man named Matt Suter. In 2006, then 19-year-old Suter was engulfed by a tornado while inside his mobile home. Suter was knocked unconscious, but woke up later 398 meters away in a nearby field.

He only suffered minor injuries fortunately, but we don’t think people are going to be keen on trying to break this record anytime soon.

Broken Bones

There is a certain level of pride whenever you break bones in your body. It’s not pleasant, but some see it as a sort of badge of honour of sorts. That must be the case for Evel Knievel, the man who made motorcycle long-jumps a thing.

This motorcycle legend suffered 433 bone fractures by the end of 1975. After that, he retired from those major performances, but still kept doing his thing in smaller exhibitions. He did this with his son Robbie, who he established as his successor. Fortunately, Robbie nor any other person has tried to go after this record.