Brittany Lacayo sets world record with tongue wider than a hockey puck

The Texas native holds the title for the world's widest tongue. Brittany Lacayo's tongue measures 3.11 inches at its widest point, exceeding the width of a hockey puck and nearly matching that of a credit card.

According to guinnessworldrecords.com, her tongue is 0.98 inches wider than its length, measured from the tip to the middle of her closed upper lip. Remarkably, 3.11 inches is the same size as the average length of a woman's entire tongue.

This record had remained unbroken for 10 years. The previous record holder was Emily Schlenker from the USA, who achieved the title as a teenager with a tongue width of 2.89 inches. A practicing lawyer, Brittany always knew she had an exceptionally large tongue. She mentioned that her family frequently joked about it when she was a child.

However, she never considered the possibility that hers might be the widest in the entire world. Everything changed when her best friend sent her a video of Emily Schlenker, inspiring Brittany to measure her own tongue.

"Shock" and "curiosity" are the main reactions that Brittany encounters when people first see her tongue.

She hasn’t ever shown it to her colleagues, nor has she told them about her record, but she’ll no longer be able to bite her tongue now that we’ve announced it - emphasizes the official Guinness World Records page.

Brittany is not the only American lawyer to have broken a record recently. Alexander Capogna performed the most push-ups from the chest to the ground in one hour, achieving an astonishing 1,246.

The record for the widest tongue among men is 3.5 inches and belongs to Brian Thompson from the USA. The previous record holder was Byron Schlenker, Emily's father.