The greatest weight lifted with a human tongue was 11.025 kg (24 lb 3 oz) by Thomas Blackthorne (UK) who lifted the weight hooked through his tongue on the set of Guinness World Records: 50 Years, 50 Records (ITV, UK) on 11 September 2004. Thomas has subsequently broken his own record 3 times, with the current record he holds standing at a weight of 12.5kg lifted with his tongue. This video is part of our video of the week series - each Wednesday we bring you one of the most interesting and exciting record-breaking videos from our archives! See the full series here: http://bit.ly/GWRvidoftheweek Subscribe for more amazing videos: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=guinnessworldrecords ________________ Welcome to the official Guinness World Records YouTube channel! If you're looking for videos featuring the world's tallest, shortest, fastest, longest, oldest and most incredible things on the planet, you're in the right place. LIKE us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GuinnessWorldRecords FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gwrnews Find out more: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ Add us to your G+ circles: http://bit.ly/GWRgplus Visit our museums: http://www.ripleys.com/corporate/brands/guinness-world-records-museums/ Tags: "heaviest weight" "lifted with tongue" "weight tongue" "tongue lift" tongue "pierced tongue" "Guinness World Record" "Guiness World Record" "record holder" "break the record" "world records" "Guinnes World Records" "Guinness Book Of World Records" "Guinness Buch der Rekorde" "record breaker" unbelievable incredible fascinating extraordinary wow "Weltrekord" "Weltrecord" tallest smallest fastest most least
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