{"id":18580,"date":"2012-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/18580\/lebanese-man-pulls-truck-with-hair"},"modified":"2012-09-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T00:00:00","slug":"lebanese-man-pulls-truck-with-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/18580\/lebanese-man-pulls-truck-with-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Man Pulls Truck with Hair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you think Lebanon couldn&#8217;t get any weirder, Zahle native Alex Riachi decides to go and pull trucks with his hair.<\/p>\n<p>  Aiming to enter the record books, Riachi has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naharnet.com\/stories\/en\/55013-lebanese-man-aspires-to-break-world-record-in-tugging-trucks-with-his-ponytail\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> already pulled a 10 ton truck. 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