Abdul Salim Padavanna, curio and stamp collector from Manjeri, Malappuram, believes that records are meant to be broken. Quietly, Mr. Salim broke a record held by a British woman and entered the Guinness World Records by eating a banana in the fastest time.
The Guinness event held in March this year at Peerumedu made Mr. Salim the fastest banana eater in the world when he consumed a nine-inch 135-gm ripe banana in 17.82 seconds. But the achievement had some special clauses to it. He accomplished the feat with his hands tied behind and he had to peel the banana with his teeth.
He broke the record of 20.33 seconds achieved by a British professional eater Leah Shutkever two years ago. “It was amazing that I could easily break the record of a professional eater,” said Mr. Salim.
