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Did A Pennsylvania Student Spend Years Building The World’s Tallest Hat?

Author Dave & Chuck the Freak and Cort Freeman
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A Pennsylvania student is having his hard work pay off after he spent years building the world’s tallest hat. Now, he officially has the record.

Joshua Kiser officially broke the world record for having the world’s tallest hat after he took a walk sporting his 17 foot, 9.5-inch hat. It’s not pretty, but it’s a record-beater nonetheless. It stretches as high as the trees! He’s definitely not going to be allowed to enter buildings with that thing on.

Pennsylvania Student Spent Years Building The World’s Tallest Hat

Kiser originally had many years of failed attempts that started in the early days of the COVID-19 Pandemic when he was a student at Penn State University. Kiser told Guinness World Records, “I was browsing the records on the GWR website looking for some inspiration. Eventually I stumbled upon a picture of the eccentric man posing with a gigantic top hat on his head–the world’s tallest hat.” That man he was talking about was Odilon Ozare who set the record back in 2018 with a hat that was 15-feet and 9-inches, per UPI.

Kiser went on to say, “For no one single reason, the image of a ridiculously tall hat stuck with me. I shut my laptop and went off to search for materials to make a tall hat. I was convinced I’d be able to set the record and have my name in the history books in no time.” Okay, the “history books” is a bit strong, no? You’re not George Washington or Abe Lincoln. You’re a guy with a really tall hat…okay, so maybe Abe Lincoln. But you understand what I’m getting at here.

He spent a lot of time trying to get the record but kept coming up short (literally). He tried using cardboard blocks and Velco but he couldn’t make it stand 5 feet tall. So, he tried wooden dowels. That also didn’t work. He started thinking about rebar, metal rods, or chicken wire, but finally found some lightweight gutters at Home Depot and a trash can that would fit his head. He reinforced it with expanding foam and covered it in red fabric to make it resemble your ordinary hat and he had it. He was required to walk 32.8 feet while wearing the hat that weighed in at 26.4lbs, per UPI. He did it! He finally found the right recipe to make it work and now he’s in the “history books” officially.

Cort Freeman was born and raised in Metro Detroit. He was named Clarkston High School 2009 Class Clown 13 years after graduating. Totally normal thing to happen. That’s thanks to his time spent as an Intern at Comedy Central and Social Media Correspondent for The Colbert Report. Cort has done comedy across the country, both standing up and sitting down. When he’s not trying to make you laugh on-air and online, he’s probably at home enjoying his favorite shows like Seinfeld, South Park, and The Office. He’s also totally uncomfortable writing about himself in the third person. Cort enjoys writing about comedy, food, sports, and entertainment. So, basically anything and everything.

5 Unbelievable World Records That Likely Will Never Be Broken

It is not easy to set a World Record. However, some are more difficult than others. Here are 5 unbelievable world records that will likely never be broken.

Personally, I just can’t see these ever being topped. They’re just too unique. Check out some of the most impressive world records ever set!

5 Unbelievable World Records That Likely Will Never Be Broken

Setting a Guinness World Record takes a lot of time, skill, and something extra. Not everyone can set a world record. It takes a very unique individual with an equally unique skillset.

Recently, Dave & Chuck The Freak have talked about strange records like the woman with the longest arm hair in the world, the 127 hour sing-a-thon, and other wild records broken recently.

However, these 5 records stand above the rest. Why? Simple, I can’t see these records ever being broken. Even if people dedicate their life to making it happen, these will be hard to beat. The skillset required for these records is just too specific. It can’t be done by the masses. In fact, I believe these records can only be accomplished by the current record holders.

That must be a nice feeling. If I were to ever hold a world record, I would want to sleep peacefully at night knowing that my record will never be broken. I’d hate it if I had to worry every day that I’m about to get beat. What if someone wakes up and decides to eat more chicken wings than I did? Or, what if they are faster than me and beat my time? It happens! However, I don’t see it happening to this group of people.

Their skillsets and locations all vary. However, they are united in holding unbeatable world records, in my opinion. Let’s get to the list and meet this impressive group of people!

  • Largest Popsicle Stick Tower

    The couple that builds together stays together. Hopefully, the foundation of their relationship is just as strong and sturdy as this tower! There’s no way this could ever be beat. I don’t even understand how they did it in the first place. People are impressive. This record shows that.

  • He JUGGLED and SOLVED 3 Rubik's cubes!

    Breaking a record for doing one thing is impressive. Breaking a record for multi-tasking is mind blowing. I can’t wrap my head around it. Que Jianyu, from China, set the record for fastest time to solve three Rubik’s cubes whilst juggling. I can’t do either one of those! Let alone both…at the same time? Man, that’s wild.

  • Most Ropes Skipped

    Jump roping is difficult. It’s hard to do with one rope. Doing it with 110 skipping robes? Surely, that can’t be possible? Yet, it is. It happened! In 2011, Wang Zhuoxin, in China, broke the world record by jumping over 110 individual skipping robes. She wasn’t hurt in the process, either! For me, it would be like a cartoon. I’d end up wrapped up in the robes like a spider web.

  • Longest Time To Spray Water From The Mouth

    Talk about a jaw-dropping talent! His girlfriend must be grateful. Kirubel Yilma from Ethiopia set a world record in front of a crowd in Addis Ababa. He guzzled down many bottles of water while going for the Guinness World Record for longest time to spray water from the mouth. It’s endless! It hurts me just to watch. He certainly deserves that record.

  • Longest Gurn

    Meet Jovante Carter. He’s a TikTok star known for his surprise gurning. You can see its size when he is able to cover his nostrils with his lower lip for a long time. How is that possible? I don’t see this record ever being beaten. Congratulations, Jovante!

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