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“Magnetic Man” Etibar Elchiyev has broken his own record for carrying metal spoons on his chest and back.

Etibar Elchiyev, 42, claims he has magnetic properties that attract the 53 spoons to his body.

The Georgian man based in Tbilisi today broke a Guinness World record that he himself created in December 2011: having the most spoons stuck on the human body.

Two years ago, Etibar Elchiyev set the record by sticking 50 spoons on his body.

The kick-boxing trainer originally planned to break the Guinness World Record for balancing spoons on one’s face – with 27 the current target to beat.

Etibar Elchiyev succeeded in sticking 53 metal spoons and breaking his own record

Etibar Elchiyev succeeded in sticking 53 metal spoons and breaking his own record

But he made the new weird Guinness record by managing to secure 50 metal spoons around his neck and chest setting the world record for the most spoons balanced on a human body.

Today, Etibar Elchiyev succeeded in sticking 53 metal spoons, thereby breaking his own record.

However, there are doubts whether Elchiyev’s body really contains magnet to make the feat possible. One commentator said he is only playing smart as metallic objects will stick to a hairless, smooth body.
But Etibar Elchiyev maintains that his body acts as a magnet attracting metal objects. He discovered the magnetic property of his body a few years ago, when he magnetized a car hood to his body, with a man sitting in the car.

The eclipsed Guinness world record for the most spoons balanced on the face was achieved by Aaron Caissie (Canada) on the set of Lo Show dei Record, in Milan, Italy on April 18, 2009.

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A giant gingerbread house in Bryan, Texas, has been declared the biggest ever by Guinness World Records.

Coming in at 35.8 million calories and covering an area of 2520 square feet, or nearly the size of a tennis court, the 21-foot high gingerbread house in Bryan, 90 miles northwest of Houston, has been declared the biggest ever by Guinness World Records.

The house, with an edible exterior mounted over a wooden frame, was built by the Traditions Club near Texas A&M University to help raise money for a trauma center at the regional St. Joseph’s Hospital.

The giant gingerbread house in Bryan, Texas, has been declared the biggest ever by Guinness World Records

The giant gingerbread house in Bryan, Texas, has been declared the biggest ever by Guinness World Records

The Texas creation topped the previous record holder for gingerbread houses, a 36,600-cubic-foot model constructed in Bloomington, Minnesota’s Mall of America in 2012.

The recipe is simple. Mix 1,800 pounds of butter, 2,925 pounds of brown sugar, 7,200 eggs, 7,200 pounds all-purpose flour, 1,080 ounces ground ginger and a few other ingredients, bake and form into panels for mounting.

The bakers tried to cut back on the butter and baking soda as much as possible to help the gingerbread better stand up to the weather.

The edible and aromatic panels, icing and candy were mounted over the wooden frame and have so far stood up to the Texas sun as well as a few storms.

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