The World's Longest Tongue

2. The World's Longest Tongue

Nick Stoeberl · Salinas, California, USA · 2012

Nick's tongue10.1 cma standard crayon9 cm≈ 1.1× a standard crayon
At over ten centimeters, Nick's tongue is actually longer than a brand-new crayon!

Nick Stoeberl always knew his tongue was extraordinary. On long family road trips as a kid, he found it highly entertaining to stick it out from the back seat at passing cars and shocked onlookers.

Instead of just keeping it as a funny party trick, Nick decided to use his record-breaking muscle for art! After securely wrapping his tongue in cling wrap, he dips it into acrylic paint to create highly original canvas paintings.

How Is That Even Possible?

The tongue is a highly flexible group of muscles anchored to the floor of the mouth. While genetics determined its unbelievable length, Guinness World Records uses a very strict protocol to measure it: they measure strictly from the middle of the closed top lip to the very tip.

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Nick stands proudly in a colorful art studio, wearing a painter's beret and a triumphant smile as he holds up a freshly painted canvas. His famously long tongue is playfully sticking out, wrapped in shiny clear cling wrap with a dab of blue paint on the tip. A group of cheering friends and a smiling judge in a suit toss colorful confetti into the air, while art supplies and paint tubes are scattered around the wooden easel in a joyful, messy celebration.

The World's Longest Tongue — Nick Stoeberl