Kim Goodman, a Chicago resident, holds the world record for the farthest eyeball protrusion. She discovered her eyeball popping talent one day when she was hit on the head with a hockey mask. Her eyeballs popped out much further than usual. Ever since that day she could pop them out on cue or while yawning. This unique eye popping ability enables her to pop her eyes out of eye sockets by 12 millimeters (0.47 inches).
As impressive as this may, it is a medical condition known as Eye Proptosis. It is a condition that causes the forward displacement and entrapment of the eye, behind the eye lids. It is also known as eye luxation and eye dislocation. It occurs due to head trauma or extra pressure on the neck. Although human eye proptosis is uncommon in human beings but it is not so unique in dogs. It is transferred in dogs genetically. This disease is also associated with a condition of hyperthyroidism, known as Graves ‘disease.
On the bright side, the disease made it possible for Kim Goodman to make it in the world records!