Indian man achieves Guinness World Records for spinning a basketball on a toothbrush

Sandeep Singh from Punjab, India has just spun into the record books thanks to his unconventional but extremely impressive basketball skills.

Sandeep Singh

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In front of an audience in his hometown Moga, Punjab, the 25-year-old achieved the Guinness World Records title for the longest duration spinning a basketball on a toothbrush.

Sandeep starts by spinning the basketball on his index finger, before transferring the ball to the toothbrush and the toothbrush to his mouth.

He manages to keep the ball balanced and rotating for an incredible 53 seconds without touching it – bettering the previous record by 6.84 seconds.

“It was my dream to break a world record,” he told Guinness World Records.
Sandeep Singh
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Previous record holders include: 
Mohnish Nikam (India) - 46.16 seconds 
Dipanshu Mishra (India) - 42.92 seconds 
Thaneswar Guragai (Nepal) - 40.12 seconds 
Andrew Wilding (UK) - 26.078 seconds 
Michael Kopp (Germany) - 26.078 seconds 
Tom "Conman" Connors (UK) - 13.5 seconds
Guinness World Records documents and holds records for record-breaking World achievements.

known from its inception in 1955 the Guinness World Records reference book is published annually, listing world record both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book of all time.

As of the 2017 edition, it is now in its 63rd year of publication, published in 100 countries and 23 languages.


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