Pune Man With The World’s Longest Nails Finally Cuts Them Off After 66 Years!

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Shridhar Chillal, an octogenarian from India, had the world’s longest fingernails measuring over 9 metres! He is also a Guinness World Record holder for having grown the nails on his left hand for more than 66 years.

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According to estimations, the combined length of Chillal’s nails was a whopping 909.6 centimeters. Chillal’s longest single nail is his thumbnail, measuring 197.8 centimeters. He entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2016 for having the ‘Longest Fingernails on a Single Hand Ever’.

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However, putting his record to sleep, Chillal finally cut his nails in a nail clipping ceremony yesterday. He was flown from Pune to New York for this ceremony by Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum – where his nails will be immortalized.

You can watch the video here:

https://youtu.be/gwoYzpesr4c

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