--- title: 11 Odd Guinness World Records description: The world's tallest man met the world's shortest man today to break a Guinness World record, but that's just one of the strange record-breaking moments you can see here canonical: https://time.com/3584081/guinness-world-records-gallery/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-13T20:12:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:19.118Z og:title: 11 Odd Guinness World Records og:description: The world's tallest man met the world's shortest man today to break a Guinness World record, but that's just one of the strange record-breaking moments you can see here og:url: https://time.com/3584081/guinness-world-records-gallery/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f54297860c892da/698768b40b72e30cb66dbe8b/the-netherlands_largest-shoe_1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: the-netherlands_largest-shoe_1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 11 Odd Guinness World Records twitter:description: The world's tallest man met the world's shortest man today to break a Guinness World record, but that's just one of the strange record-breaking moments you can see here twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f54297860c892da/698768b40b72e30cb66dbe8b/the-netherlands_largest-shoe_1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The World's Largest Shoe and 10 Other Odd Guinness World Records > Sponsored content. 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The largest shoe measures 18 ft 0.53 in x 6 ft 11.07 in and is 9 ft 6.17 high. Guinness World Records by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 13, 2014 8:12 PM UTC  The largest shoe measures 18 ft 0.53 in x 6 ft 11.07 in and is 9 ft 6.17 high. Guinness World Records  The oldest wing walker is Thomas Lackey who completed a wing walk at the age of 90 years and 5 months. Jay Williams—Guinness World Records  The most dogs in costumed attire gathered in a single location is 426 dogs. Matt May—Guinness World Records  Most high kicks by a single chorus line in 30 seconds is 720. Miguel Medina—Guinness World Records  Canada's largest Macarena dance involved 1,861 participants. Angela Y. Martin—Guinness World Records  The tallest married living couple in the US are Wayne and Laurie Hallquist who measure a combined 13 ft 4.4 inches. Guinness World Records  Largest tug of war tournament included 1,290 individuals. Luca Di Tommaso—Guinness World Records  Most stairs climbed in one minute while balancing a person on the head is 23. Miguel Medina—Guinness World Records  Most nationalities represented in a sauna is 91. Guinness World Records  The largest cream biscuit is 23.2 in long and 15.4 in wide. Paul Michael Hughes—Guinness World Records  From Left: Chandra Bahadur Dangi from Nepal the shortest adult to have ever been verified by Guinness World Records poses for pictures with the world's tallest man Sultan Kosen from Turkey during a photocall in London on Nov. 13, 2014. 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