GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS

BY LAURA GOERTZEL

CANDY CRITTER It took five cotton candy machines and 14 boxes of special sugar to break this sweet record. Designed to look like a rabbit, the world’s largest cotton candy sculpture stretched over eight feet long and weighed 37 pounds. Later, the artists passed out samples of their creation. Free cotton candy treats? We’re all ears. VERY HAIRY PIG It’s easy to confuse this furry swine for a sheep. With its ringlets of blond, black, or red hair, the woolly looking Hungarian breed called Mangalica holds the record for the world’s hairiest domestic pig. That’s something to baa, er, squeal about. LONG SHOT He shoots, he scores! Joshua Walker sunk a ball from 56 feet away to snag the record for the farthest behind-the-back basketball shot. (That’s longer than a school bus.) Walker also holds…

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National Geographic Kids (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2024

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