Odisha boy stuffs 459 straws into mouth, sets Guinness record

Bhubaneswar: Manoj Moharana, a youth hailing from Bhabarada village in Odisha’s Ganjam district, is now on cloud nine as he broken the Guinness World Records title that stood unbeaten for eight years.

Manoj has set a new record by stuffing 459 drinking straws into his mouth and holding them for ten seconds.

Simon Elmore of United Kingdom had held the previous record by stuffing 400 straws during the Mark ‘N’ Simon Show in Germany.

Official sources said, it was a tough challenge as the participant was not allowed to use hands to support the straws. However, he was allowed to use elastic bands to keep the straws together.

Earlier, Manoj had stuffed 21 lit candles in his mouth during a show before the sub-collector on May 23, 2017.

He had also tried to create record for stuffing most number of grapes into the mouth by stuffing 90 grapes at a time. In another variation for the record, a challenger is allowed to fit more straws into his mouth using their hands.