--- 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 title: 11 Odd Guinness World Records image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f54297860c892da/698768b40b72e30cb66dbe8b/the-netherlands_largest-shoe_1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The World's Largest Shoe and 10 Other Odd Guinness World Records by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 13, 2014 8:12 PM CUT  The largest shoe measures 18 ft 0.53 in x 6 ft 11.07 in and is 9 ft 6.17 high. 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](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 13, 2014 8:12 PM CUT  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. Andrew Cowie—AFP/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3584081/guinness-world-records-gallery/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3584081/guinness-world-records-gallery/"},"headline":"The World's Largest Shoe and 10 Other Odd Guinness World Records","datePublished":"2014-11-13T20:12:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:19.118Z","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","url":"https://time.com/3584081/guinness-world-records-gallery/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre","World","photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f54297860c892da/698768b40b72e30cb66dbe8b/the-netherlands_largest-shoe_1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f54297860c892da/698768b40b72e30cb66dbe8b/the-netherlands_largest-shoe_1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"the-netherlands_largest-shoe_1","caption":"Largest ShoeAttempt Text The largest shoe measures 5.50 m (18 ft 0.53 in) x 2.11 m (6 ft 11.07 in) and is 2.90 m (9 ft 6.17 in) high and was unveiled by the Nationaal Fonds Kinderhulp (Netherlands) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 17 November 2010, in c","creditText":"Guinness World Records","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3584081/guinness-world-records-gallery/","name":"The World's Largest Shoe and 10 Other Odd Guinness World Records"}}]}] ```