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Edition of the famous Guinness Book of Records is released every year.
There are so many weird records there: highest Iroquois, longest fingernails, the smallest man ...
There are so many weird records there: highest Iroquois, longest fingernails, the smallest man ...
1. 21 year-old Chanel Tapper, with the amazing tongue and 35 year-old Aevin Dugas, with the beautiful hair was certified as world record breakers for the world’s longest tongue and the world’s biggest afro in the Guinness Book of World Records. (Photo by Guinness World Records)
2.Edward Nino Hernandez, 24, poses for a portrait as he holds the Guinness World Record Book 2011 in Bogota, Colombia, on September 2, 2010. Nino is recognized as the world's shortest man in the new Guinness World Records 2011. (Photo by William Fernando Martinez/Associated Press)
3. Lee Redmond (right), former record holder for longest fingernails (28 ft, 4 in), poses with Melvin Booth, owner of the record for longest male nails (29 ft, 8 in). This photo was taken for the 2010 Edition of Guinness World Records, just a few months prior to an accident which resulted in Redmond losing her fingernails. (Photo by Ronald Mackechnie/Guiness World Records Book Launch/Associated Press)
4. Filipino students, employees, administrators and seminarians from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) gather to form a “Dominican Cross” as they observe the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, inside the UST campus in Manila. Organizers claimed to have more than 20,000 participants during the event and will attempt to the break the “Guinness World Record” as the “Largest Human Cross”. (Photo by Aaron Favila/Associated Press)
5. Residents of Jerusalem peek over the top of a giant Kugel, a traditional Jewish sweet dish, which was named world's largest by the Guinness Book of World Records August 1, 2002. (Photo by ZOOM 77/Associated Press)
6. Chefs fry falafel balls before adding them to a giant plate in an attempt to set a new Guinness world record in Beirut on May 9, 2010. A day after regaining the world record for the largest plate of hummus, Lebanon set a new record for the largest serving of falafel; it weighed about 11,400 pounds. (Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP Photo)
7. Mark Temperato – Largest Drum Kit, with 340 pieces. Guinness World Records 2011. Location: Lakeville, New York, USA. (Photo by James Ellerker/Guinness World Records)
8. A giant chicken egg, 3 1/4 inch long, 2 1/2 inch wide 6 oz. is surrounded by average eggs, June 7, 20109. Murman Modebadze, of Tbilisi in Zestafoni, Georgia, has submitted the egg for inclusion in the Guinness book of records. (Photo by Vano Shlamov/AFP Photo)
9. High wire artist Freddy Nock walks on the rope of the Corvatsch cable car from the upper station, 10,837 feet over sea level, down to the base station in Silvaplana, Switzerland to set a new mark in the Guinness book of records. (Photo by Arno Balzarini/Keystone/Associated Press)
10. Undated handout photo issued by Guinness World Records of Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest biceps and triceps, with a circumference of 25.5in. Issue date: September 12, 2012. (Photo by Guinness World Records)
11. A mosaic of traditional Arabic sweets, measuring 112 meters long, entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest of its kind on July 14, 2010 in Damascus. (Photo by Louai Beshara/AFP Photo)
12. Lowest Roadworthy Car. 17.79 inches from the ground at its highest point, this little car is the lowest of them all. The car, called Mirai (“Future”), was built by students and teachers of The Automobile Engineering Course at Okayama Sanyo High School in Asakuchi, Japan. Guinness World Records 2011. (Photo by Shinsuke Kamioka/Guinness World Records)
13. People in Seoul, South Korea, pose in front of the Levis Big Jeans, which at 30m high are recognized as the world's largest pair of blue jeans, May 1, 2005. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun) (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun)
14. A woman walks by the the world's longest canvas painted by children in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday November 18, 2006 during an UNICEF organized event. Guinness book of World Records representatives attending the event confirmed the record. (Photo by Bogdan Maran/Mediafax/Associated Press)
15. Omani men stir ingredients in a large pot as they prepare a traditional “Kabsa” dish in an attempt to set a new Guinness world record in Muscat on July 23, 2010. (Photo by Mohammed Mahjoub/AFP Photo)
16. Synchronised swimmers attempt to achieve a Guinness World Record for “the most ballet leg switches in one minute” in a fountain in Trafalgar Square in London, November 9, 2006. November 9 marked the second annual Guinness World Records Day, an international effort that sees hopefuls across the world attempt to break their very own record. (Photo by Bertrand Langlois/AFP Photo)
17. World Championship Tour and local surfers ride on the world's longest surfboard to set an unofficial Guinness World Record of 47 surfers on the 40-foot board shaped by Gold Coast shaper Nev Hyman, at Snapper Rock on the Gold Coast, of Australia, Saturday March 5, 2005. The record attempt is part of the “Tsunamirun”, a charity set up to raise funds for Tsunami victims. (Photo by Steve Holland/Associated Press)
18. Thousands of children fly kites in an attempt to break the world record for the number of kites flown at the same time, in the town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 29, 2010. More than 7,200 kites were raised in the air on Thursday, setting a new world record in an event sponsored by the United Nations. (Photo by Khalil Hamra/Associated Press)
19. Bettina Dorfmann – Largest Collection Of Barbie Dolls (Germany's Bettina Dorfmann has collected something like 15,000 Barbies). Guinness World Records 2011. Location: Dusseldorf, Germany. (Photo by Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records)
20. The Borussia Moenchengladbach football ground is filled with 142,000 footballs, setting a new Guinness World Record, ahead of the Postbank World Cup 2006 kick-off press conference, June 6, 2005 in Monchengladbach, Germany. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Bongarts)
21. Some 31,000 students, faculty and alumni of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines create a “human rainbow” at the central park of the Philippine capital, September 18, 2004 in Manila. The rainbow was intended to boost the image of the school and set a new record for world's largest human rainbow in the Guinness Book of World Records. (Photo by AFP Photo) (Photo by AFP Photo)
22. Elaine Davidson, the most pierced woman, attends the Guinness World Records – 50th Anniversary Party at the Royal Opera House on November 16, 2004 in London. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole)
23. The “Manly Sisters” warm up before joining an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for “The Most People Running in High Heeled Shoes”, in Melbourne on April 10, 2010. Raced over 80 meters, the attempt was unsuccessful but raised money for a foundation which helps support young adults with cancer. (Photo by William West/AFP Photo)
24. U.S. “cardstacker” Bryan Berg knocks down his Guinness World Record for the largest house of freestanding playing cards, a replica of the Venetian Macao, the Plaza and Sands Macao casino and hotel buildings in Macau on March 20, 2010. Berg's promotional attempt took 44 days and used a total of 218,792 playing cards. (Photo by Dale de la Rey/AFP Photo)
25. On November 8, 2011 EdgeWalk at the CN Tower was presented with the Guinness World Record for the “Highest External Walk on a Building”. Carey Low, the Guinness World Records' Canadian Representative, presented the certificate to Jack Robinson, Chief Operating Officer of the CN Tower on the EdgeWalk itself, 356m/1,168ft above the ground. (Photo by CNW Group/CN Tower)
26. Cyclist Javier Zapata rides up the stairs of the Piedra del Penol monolith on November 21, 2010 in Guatape municipality, east of Antioquia department, Colombia. Zapata rode up 649 steps, with a time of 43 minutes, setting the Guinness World Record. (Photo by Raul Arboleda/AFP Photo)
27.Lynx World Record for the most people showering together set on Bournemouth Beach on 13th August 2011. (Photo by Lynx UK/Guinness World Records)
28. A 46 foot pinata in the form of an orange M&M candy, filled with thousands of M&M's pretzel packages, set a new Guinness World Record for the world's largest pinata in New York on August 4, 2011. (Photo by Stan Honda/AFP Photo)
29. The largest collection of stuffed dogs in the world, some of which are seen in July 2011, was created by the last owner of the Bitov Castle, Baron George Haas, who commited suicide in 1945 before deportation to Austria, at Bitov Castle in Bitov, South Moravia. The Baron had thousands of animals and around 200 dogs, of which 51 were stuffed after their death and are part of the Guinness World Record collection. (Photo by Radek Mica/AFP Photo)
30. People break a world record as they take part in the world's largest and longest 3D anamorphic street painting, which is 198.36 feet long with a surface area of 9601 square feet, by British artist Joe Hill in the Canary Wharf district of London, November 17, 2011. (Photo by Matt Dunham/Associated Press)
31. A crowd of 262 people dressed as Leprechauns gather at the Canal Theatre to break the Guinness World Record in Dublin November 16, 2011. Irish leprechauns, tea-sipping Britons, Australian ABBA impersonators and the oldest yoga teacher on the planet were just some of the people setting world records on Thursday. More than 300,000 people around the world took part in the seventh annual Guinness World Records Day. (Photo by Maxwell Photography/Guinness World Records)
32. Undated handout photo issued by Guinness World Records of 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast. Issue date: Wednesday September 12, 2012. (Photo by Guinness World Records)
33. Undated handout photo issued by Guinness World Records of Zeus, the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers. Issue date: Wednesday September 12, 2012. (Photo by Guinness World Records)
34. 560 Indian Odissi dancers preform to try and get into the Guinness Book of World Records during the inauguration of the International Odissi dance festival in Bhubaneswar on December 23, 2011. (Photo by STRDEL/AFP Photo)
35.Undated handout photo issued by Guinness World Records of Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, which measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers. Issue date: Wednesday September 12, 2012. (Photo by Guinness World Records)
36. Model and television personality Holly Madison (center), flanked by “Jubilee!” showgirls Deana Dakake (left) and Amanda Portie pose after helping the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority earn a Guinness World Record for staging the world's largest bikini parade with 281 participants marching in swimwear along the Las Vegas Strip May 14, 2009. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Visitlasvegas.com)
37. Mexicans dance to the rhythm of danzon music at the “Monumento a la Revolucion” in downtown Mexico City on October 26, 2008. More than 1000 couples danced in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record of people dancing this Cuban rhythm. (Photo by Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP Photo)
38. This isn't just any little helicopter – it's the littlest helicopter in the world. The GEN H-4 from Japan's Gen Corporation has a rotor length of just 13 feet and weighs only 154 pounds. Guinness World Records 2011. Location: Matsumoto City, Japan. (Photo by Shinsuke Kamioka/Guinness World Records)
39. Wouter van den Bosch – Heaviest Rideable Bicycle. At 1,650 pounds, this bike built by Wouter van den Bosch of the Netherlands is the heaviest rideable bike in the world – and was ridden in Arnhem (also in the Netherlands) back in 2010. Guinness World Records 2011. Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records)
40. Women in bikinis march across the Las Vegas Strip as they help the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority earn a Guinness World Record for staging the world's largest bikini parade with 281 participants May 14, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Visitlasvegas.com)
41. College students line a grass verge next to a giant photo mosaic of former late Philippine president and democracy icon Corazon Aquino at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. President Benigno Aquino led the unfurling of the photo mosaic, which is composed of 3,200 photos and weighs almost 4 tons, to honor his mother, Corazon Aquino, on the first anniversary of her death. The photo mosaic, measuring 250 feet by 200 feet, was made in an attempt to earn entry into the Guinness World Records book. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)
42. Television journalist Takashi Yanagisawa holds a measuring tape from atop a step ladder while interviewing Japanese fashion designer Kazuhiro Watanabe, who holds the world record for the “Tallest Mohawk”, during a media event held by the Guinness World Records to launch their 2013 book edition in New York September 12, 2012. According to the Guinness World Records, Watanabe's do stands at 3 feet 8.6 inches. (Photo by Adrees Latif/Reuters)
43. Dan Abbate – Largest Hot Dog Commercially Available: The big hot dog 16 inches long, four inches thick and made from beef, veal and pork in Chicago. Guinness World Records 2011. Location: Chicago, USA. (Photo by Kevin Scott Ramos/Guinness World Records)
44. Adili Wuxor lies on a tightrope during the last day of his two-month tightrope walking performance on top of China's National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, Friday, July 2, 2010. Adili, an Uighur ethnic Dawaz tightrope walking performer, has been walking the tightrope five hours a day on the top of the Bird's Nest over the past 60 days, setting a new Guinness World Record. (Photo by Alexander F. Yuan/Associated Press)
45. Guinness World Record-holder Julia Gnuse, the “most tattooed woman” in the world, poses at BookExpo America at the Javits Center May 26, 2010 in New York City. Gnuse has tattoos covering 95 percent of her body and has used the same artist for every design. (Photo by Mario Tama)
46. Sam, a 4-year-old American Mammoth Jackstock who's not like any of the other Jackstock around – because Sam is the tallest donkey in the world. Sam stands 15.3 hands high, or, at 5'1" tall. Guinness World Records 2011. Location: Watsonville, California, USA. (Photo by James Ellerker/Guinness World Records)
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