You may be familiar with Lee Redmond, the woman who earnt herself a Guinness World Record for owning the longest fingernails on a pair of female hands - having not cut her nails since 1979.
At their longest, her talons reached a combined total of 8.65m (28ft 4in), which is as long as a school bus.
The longest individual nail was the right thumb, which grew to a staggering 90 cm (2ft 11in) long.
Advert
However, 79-year-old Redmond was sadly stripped of her title just over 10 years ago, when she was involved in a car accident.
While Redmond thankfully survived the collision, having been sitting in the passenger seat when the SUV lost control and slammed into three other cars, her record-breaking nails did not.
Recalling the moment, she told the Mirror: "The first thing I spotted was a finger nail and I started crying."
Advert
Redmond, from Salt Lake City in Utah, told a witness at the scene about the importance of her nails, and the woman went to collect all of the pieces.
Redmond now keeps the fragments of her nails in a plastic bag to remind her of their time as record holders, and so she can look back on her fame with pride.
She added: "It was just something I had to accept because I couldn't change anything.
"The thing that bothered me was, it becomes your identify. I felt I had lost part of that."
While Redmond still holds the record for the longest nails ever, thanks to the accident she no longer holds the current record, which now belongs to Ayanna Williams of Houston, Texas.
Advert
Redmond told Guinness shortly after the accident: "Losing my fingernails has been the most dramatic thing that's happened in my life.
"I think it was my grandson that said, 'Grandma, they are like your baby; you've taken care of them for 30 years and lost them in a second'."
Redmond may have been proud of her nails, but that's not to say they weren't without their problems.
She has previously admitted simple tasks can be unsurprisingly difficult, such as going to the toilet on the plane; as she couldn't fit into the small cubicles, Redmond found herself not eating or drinking 24 hours before every long flight.
Advert
She also had to use long pencils with rubbers on the end of them to type, and said her tactic for going to the loo was straightforward: "Carefully."
Featured Image Credit: Shutterstock