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World's Tallest Mohawk Spotted In Washington Square
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Jen Carlson
Published Sep 12, 2012
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Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records
To celebrate the release of the new Guinness World Records 2013 book (coming out tomorrow!), the man with THE Tallest Mohawk was brought to Washington Square Park this morning to show off his long spiky locks. Far be it from us to question the infallible authority of the Guinness people, but does this really seem like the world's largest mohawk?
Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records
It stands 3 feet and 8.6 inches high, and takes Kazuhiro Watanabe more than 2 hours to sculpt into its final shape. That means that if he were to do this every day (which presumably he does not) then he is wasting an entire month per year doing his hair.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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