Father and daughter with the world’s widest tongues

For having the world’s widest tongues, a father and his daughter become overnight celebrities.

The title holders for the world's widest tongues

In Syracuse, New York, USA, Byron Schlenker , 47, together with his daughter Emily, 14, have made it into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Byron’s tongue measures 8.6cm which is 2cm wider than an iPhone 6! While Emily is not far behind at 7.35cm. She took the title of the widest female tongue in the world.

Emily and Byron for the Guinness World Records

According to Byron while he was helping Emily with a school project at the library, he picked up a copy of the Guinnes Bok World of Records.

"Turning the page I saw that the world's widest tongue was a guy from Australia at 7.9cm.

"On the way home I started thinking my tongue is pretty wide, I wonder how wide it is?"

Several months later after measuring his tongue, he and Emily were crowned by the organisation as having the world’s widest male and female tongue.

Byron added: "It is neat to see peoples' responses on Facebook and things like that."

Emily said: "I really didn't want anything to do with at first but I measured my tongue and I found out it was wider.

"It does feel a little wird. It's something that doesn't happen every day."

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