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Word: masudiya (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...does, Guinness has become a useful handbook for any newspaperman who wants to spice a story with a few superlatives. Last week the second U.S. edition was rolling off the presses with the latest answers to unlikely questions: the world's mustache champ, says the new Guinness, is Masudiya Din. a Bombay Brahman who sports 6 ft. 4 in. of lip adornment ;* the fecund female was the wife of Russia's Fedor Vassilet, who bore him 69 children-16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, four sets of quads-in the 19th century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Superlative Selection | 1/19/1962 | See Source »

...Even in its latest edition, Guinness is out of date. At last report, Masudiya Din had moved to Uttar Pradesh, and his mustache had grown until it stretched 8½ft. from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Superlative Selection | 1/19/1962 | See Source »

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