https://freerepublic.com/tag/brazilwtf/ en-us Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:14:44 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1703037/posts Man sets sights on eye-popping record Sun Sep 17, 7:08 AM ET RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Claudio Paulo Pinto is looking to break an eye-popping record. Literally. Pinto can pop his eyeballs out of their sockets at least 7 millimeters (0.3 inches), a national record for eye-popping according to RankBrasil, an organization modeled after the Guinness Book of World Records that lists Brazilian records. A former driver, Pinto got a job scaring visitors in a commercial haunted house in Belo Horizonte, 210 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. But he recently was laid off, and now he seeks international... AP/Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1703037/posts#comment Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:14:44 GMT