The Odd Blog (I warned you about)

BD Tyagi from Bhopal, India, the old record holder. Photo courtesy CBBC Newsround.

BD Tyagi originally held the Guiness Book of World Records for the longest ear hair with ear hair measuring 10.2 cm (4.015 in). BD used to be a head teacher at a school, where all the pupils and staff called him 'the ear-haired teacher'. That record has now been broken by the man in the picture below.

Anthony Victor, the new record holder. Photo courtesy CBBC Newsround.

Antony Victor from India officially has the world's longest ear hair - it measures 11.5cm (4.527 in). His achievement has been confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records, and these are the first pictures of his incredibly hairy ears.

You'd think that this record would be safe for awhile; but, wait... there is a third challenger waiting in the wings for his turn to display his ear hair to the world.

A third man, Narayan Prasad Pal, also from India, is claiming his hair measures a whopping 13 cm (5.118). This has yet to be confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records.

I have to wonder if there is anything Guiness Book of World Records will not accept in the way of a "record". There are just some things that should not be measured.