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  • 2021-03-08 (xsd:date)
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  • Was the World's Longest Human Poop 26 Feet Long? (en)
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  • A seemingly factual fecal tidbit concerning the world's longest human poop has been circulating on social media for more than a decade. In 1995, the rumor holds, a woman named Michelle Hines set a world record when she produced a 26-foot long piece of excrement down the length of a bowling alley. This curious case of an accomplished colon received renewed attention in March 2021 when it was shared with cheeky comments celebrating women's history month: While this is a genuine screenshot of the search results for world record longest poop, the incident this image describes is a hoax. This woman did not produce a 26-foot-long piece of poop in a bowling alley. There are a few ways to tell that this story is false. For starters, there is no entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for a record-breaking, 26-foot-long poop. In fact, the described size of this colossal bowel movement seems humanly impossible, as the large intestine is only about 5 feet long. This story about a record-breaking rectum originated with an art project by Brooklyn artist Michelle Hines called Within the Contest of No Contest that involved several meticulously created hoaxes. One, for example, supposedly showed a 6-foot-tall corn cob. Hines' project also included images of a big foot, crop circles, and a 26-foot long piece of poop. In addition to creating visuals for this art installation (yes, there are pictures documenting this fake fecal feat) Hines also include a fictional back story. Here's the text accompanying this art installation: In 2006, John Massier, the visual arts curator of the Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Brooklyn, New York, introduced Hines' work by describing the artist as a completely unrepentant pants-on-fire liarhead. Massier writes that Hines' hoaxes work because they straddle the line between ludicrous and believable. While this bogus bowel movement started as an art installation commenting on the ridiculousness of some world records, it is frequently shared online as if it were a genuine world record. Hines' art installation was included in movie director John Waters' 2003 book Art: A Sex Book, and, as of this writing, if you search for longest poop on Google, you'll bring up stories about this humanly impossible excrement. (en)
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