There's a new Guinness World Record for the largest tonsils after 21-year-old Justin Werner  had a tonsillectomy in Topeka,  Kan.

Largest Tonsils
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One of  Werner's tonsils measured 2.1 inches long,  1.1 inches wide,  and .7 inch thick,  while the other measured 1.9 inchles long,  1 inch wide, and .7 inches thick.

The tonsils were .8 inches and .6 inches respectively,  longer than the previous record held by tonsils,  which were removed from Justin Dodge, of  Milwaukee.

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