Kim Goodman

{{Short description|World record holder for eyeball protrusion}}

Kim Goodman is a woman who holds the world record for the farthest eyeball protrusion (0.47 inches).{{cite book|last=Melissa|first=Stewart|title=The Eyes Have it: The Secrets of Eyes and Seeing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVTqnAist2MC&pg=PA19|access-date=6 April 2013|date=2009-09-01|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=9780761445944|pages=19–}}{{cite book|last=Glenday|first=Craig|title=Guinness World Records 2010: Thousands of New Records in The Book of the Decade!|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rZ8nFo7Ep0AC&pg=PA97|access-date=6 April 2013|date=2010-04-27|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=9780553593372|pages=97–}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IjBZAAAAIBAJ&pg=5461,2193064&dq=kim+goodman+eyeball&hl=en|title=Eye-popping Feats Rated .|date=November 16, 2004|work=The Union Democrat|access-date=6 April 2013}} She lives in Chicago, Illinois. One day, she discovered her eyeball-popping talent when she was hit over the head. Her eyeballs popped out much further than usual, and ever since that day, she could pop them out on cue, as well as when she yawns.

She has appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman.{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-68978269|title=They do what? (subscription required)|last=Carr|first=Amy|date=March 30, 1998|work=Daily Herald|access-date=6 April 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MahUAAAAIBAJ&pg=1461,5655410&dq=kim+goodman+born+eyeball&hl=en|title='Letterman' Stunt was Eye-Popping|date=February 25, 1997|work=Beaver County Times|access-date=6 April 2013}}

In 2004, Goodman was included by Guinness World Records in their 50th anniversary list of the top ten "feats" of all time.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VDBB&p_theme=vdbb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1066639306DBD72B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Guinness names top 10 feats|date=November 16, 2004|work=Inland Valley Daily Bulletin|access-date=6 April 2013}}

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