These two people have the world's widest tongues

Byron Schlenker makes it into Guinness Book of World Records for having 8.6cm wide tongue which is 2cm wider than an iPhone 6

A dad and daughter have become overnight celebrities - for having the world's widest tongues.

Byron Schlenker was gobsmacked to discover he had has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the jaw-dropping feat.

His tongue measures a whopping 8.6cm across the same width as a beer mat and 2cm wider than an iPhone 6.

And daughter Emily 14, is not far behind at 7.3cm - the widest female tongue in the world.

Byron, 47, who has now been nicknamed the Gobfather, only discovered his rare gift when he picked up a copy of the Guinness Book of World Records while helping Emily with a school project at the library.

The father-of-three said: "Turning the page I saw that the world's widest tongue was a guy from Australia at 7.9cm.

"On the way home I started thinking my tongue is pretty wide, I wonder how wide it is?"

Byron measured his tongue and several months later the organisation crowned him and Emily as having the world's widest male and female tongue, making them something of a celebrity in their hometown of Syracuse, New York, USA.

Byron added: "It is neat to see peoples' responses on Facebook and things like that."

Emily said: "I really didn't want anything to do with at first but I measured my tongue and I found out it was wider.

"It does feel a little weird. It's something that doesn't happen every day."