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LOS ANGELES – Although she liked her bacon crispy and her chicken fried, she never drank, smoked or fooled around, Gertrude Baines once said, describing a life that lasted an astonishing 115 years and earned her the title of oldest person on the planet.

Standing at more than 232 cm, Sandy Allen was the world’s tallest woman during her lifetime, as recognized by the Guinness book of world records. Allen, the world’s tallest woman, grew to abnormal proportions due to an abnormal condition in her pituitary gland, because of which she secreted more quantity of growth hormones than a normal child would. She was treated for this condition at the age of 22, but she had grown well beyond the proportions of a normal human female by then.

The Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird was the world’s fastest production motorcycle when launched in the summer of 1996, surpassing the legendary Kawasaki ZX-11. Two years later the title had passed to the Suzuki Hayabusa. Nonetheless the Blackbird has earned a solid reputation as a powerful, fast, smooth and very reliable sport-touring motorcycle.

While most of us can only dream of owning the fastest car in the world, some will do whatever it takes to possess such speed and power.So, how fast are the fastest cars in the world? Here is the 10 fastest cars available on the market measures by top speed.

Hailed as being the only man, after fellow Jamaican Carl Lewis, to have won all the three short distance races in Olympics, Usain Bolt is also the only man in the history to have held the world records for the 100, 200, and the 4×100 meters relay races to become the worlds fastest man.

So you think you are smart? Try competing with Christopher Michael Langan, who has been accredited as being the worlds smartest man. Chris has had a checkered life, and an even more rough time with his academic career. This Long-beach bouncer is said to have an IQ of 195, which is the maximum in the world. Chris is also said to have developed a new theory that relates the functioning of mind and reality.

Most of us consider men to be rugged and motley and females are perceived to be rather clean and less rugged in term of looks, but Isobel Varley is turning all definitions flip side down. While most women in their sixties plan to retire from the chores of life and settle down into a more peaceful setting, this globe-trotter is setting ablaze mane cities by showing her body tattoos and piercing all around. Holding the world record and the most tattooed woman in the world, Isobel is really one hell of an extraordinary woman who is not afraid t show off her tattoo-laden body in style.