Guinness World Records
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Indian artist and Guinness Book of Worl
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Amritsar, INDIA: Indian artist and Guinness Book of World Records holder , Jaspal Singh Kalasi poses with a miniature wooden carving of The Taj Mahal in Amritsar, 24 June 2007. The Taj Mahal is among the contenders to make it as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World as a massive poll enters its final month with votes already cast by around 50 million people, organizers say. The seven winners will be announced 07 July in Lisbon, Portugal. AFP PHOTO /Narinder NANU
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Winner Of The Guinness World Record's Smallest Newspaper
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LONDON - NOVEMBER 08: First News received the Guinness World Record for the smallest newspaper on November 8, 2007 in London, England. The children's newspaper published the paper for Guinness World Record Day.
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Jordanian taekwondo instructor Mustafa D
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Jordanian taekwondo instructor Mustafa Dasan breaks a tower of cement slabs with his elbow in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records during a public show in Amman on April 26, 2008. Dasan, 54-years-old, and father of six, broke 5,000 kg of marble and cement bricks in one minute and sixteen seconds in the presence of Jordanian referees. AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI
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Mexican Manuel Uribe, the world's fattes
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Mexican Manuel Uribe, the world's fattest man in the 2007 Guinness Book of Records, waves as he is driven atop a truck to go to his wedding, on October 26, 2008, in Monterrey, Mexico. Despite shedding 230 kilograms (570 pounds) from 590 kilograms early on this year, Uribe, 43, had to be carried by a crane on his bed, where he has been confined for years, to marry an old friend's widow at a makeshift altar at a venue 30 minutes from his home. AFP PHOTO/Edgar QUINTANA
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY IN SPANISH (FILE) M
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY IN SPANISH (FILE) Mexican Manuel Uribe, the world's fattest man in the 2007 Guinness Book of Records, is driven atop a truck to go to his wedding, on October 26, 2008, in Monterrey. Manuel Uribe made contact with 15 other people weighing more than 200 kilograms, and that like him, live in the metropolitan area of the industrial city of Monterrey. Uribe, that made diet and lost 230 kilos, said that he contacted these people, as he was organizing the "Manuel Uribe Foundation", with the purpose of helping obese people. AFP PHOTO/Edgar QUINTANA
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RED BULL HIGH RISE
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CHICAGO, IL - JULY 25: (EDITORS NOTE: MULTIPLE EXPOSURE IMAGE) In this handout image provided by Red Bull Photofiles, professional motocross athlete Ronnie Renner broke his own Guinness World Record for highest motorcycle jump off a quarterpipe at the Red Bull High Rise where he jumped 63 feet 5 inches above the ground on July 25, 2009 at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois.
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Mexicans take part in the "I do dance Th
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Mexicans take part in the "I do dance Thriller" event which attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the biggest mass "Thriller" dance, in Mexico City, on August 29, 2009. Up to 15,000 people are expected to take part in a potentially record breaking mass performance of Michael Jackson's famed "Thriller" dance on the day he would have turned 51. AFP PHOTO/Ronaldo Schemidt
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379 people, some dressed as robots, smas
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379 people, some dressed as robots, smash the offical Guinness World Record attempt for robot dancing at the University of Melbourne, on September 29, 2009, breaking the previous record of 279 people set by the University of Kent in England. The robotic macarena was organised by Robogals, a non-profit group of young engineering undergraduates teaching robotics to schoolgirls to lift the profile of science in schools. AFP PHOTO/William WEST
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The world?s tallest man, Sultan Kösen (R
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The world?s tallest man, Sultan Kösen (R) standing at 8 ft 1 in (246.5 cm) poses with shortest man in the world He Pingping standing at 2 ft 5.37 in (74.61 cm) during celebrate the launch of the Guinness World Records live roadshow in Istanbul, on January 14, 2010. AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER
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Guinness World Records' "Most Tattooed Woman" Visits Book Expo America
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NEW YORK - MAY 26: 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. Guinness World Records 2011 edition will be available September 15.
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Guinness World Records' "Most Tattooed Woman" Visits Book Expo America
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NEW YORK - MAY 26: 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. Guinness World Records 2011 edition will be available September 15.
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Melburnians Attempt Superhero Costume World Record
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 29: Melburnians dressed as superheroes participate in a Guinness World Record attempt for the most number of people dressed in superhero costume at Federation Square on May 29, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. The event was organised to mark the 75th anniversary of DC Comics.
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Chicago White Sox v Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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ANAHEIM, CA - MAY 10: Fans wear wrestling masks given away as a promotion as they set a Guinness World Record for "largest gathering of people wearing costume masks" during the game between the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on May 10, 2011 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.
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Chicago White Sox v Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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ANAHEIM, CA - MAY 10: Fans wear wrestling masks given away as a promotion as they set a Guinness World Record for "largest gathering of people wearing costume masks" during the game between the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on May 10, 2011 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.
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Guinness World Record Attempt At Largest Chocolate Bar
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CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 13: Workers and guests at the World?s Finest Chocolate company look at a 12,190 pound chocolate bar they created to set a new Guinness World Record September 13, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. The bar, which stands nearly 3 feet high and measures 21 feet long, beat the previous record chocolate bar by more than a ton.
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Chris "The Dutchess" Walton shows off he
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Chris "The Dutchess" Walton shows off her fingernails that total 19 feet 9 inches (6.02 meters) in length September 14, 2011 at the New York Public Library, setting a record that puts her in the new Guinness World Records 2012 book. Walton's nails measure 10 feet 2 inches (3.1 meters) on her left hand and 9 feet 7 inches (2.92 meters) on her right hand and has been growing her nails for 18 years. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA
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Chris "The Dutchess" Walton shows off he
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Chris "The Dutchess" Walton shows off her fingernails that total 19 feet 9 inches (6.02 meters) in length September 14, 2011 at the New York Public Library, setting a record that puts her in the new Guinness World Records 2012 book. Walton's nails measure 10 feet 2 inches (3.1 meters) on her left hand and 9 feet 7 inches (2.92 meters) on her right hand and has been growing her nails for 18 years. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA
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A 50-foot long bun awaits a bratwurst as
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A 50-foot long bun awaits a bratwurst as Chicago's Berghoff Restaurant goes for the Guinness World Record for the Midwest's Longest Brat on Thursday, September 15, 2011. Proceeds from the sale of the brat at the German restaurant's 26th annual Octoberfest celebration (held in the Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago) were donated to Mercy Home for Boys and Girls. Father Scott Donahue was on hand to measure the brat, which came in at 47 feet and three inches. The brat weighed in at 40 pounds and was made from a pork and beef mix seasoned with salt, black pepper, whole marjoram, sugar and paprika. The pig that provided the casing was named Chic. The 50-foot long bun required 35 pounds of dough and was transported in a trailer from Highland Bakery. A backup bun was also provided. The record must still be certified by Guinness officials. AFP PHOTO / Mira OBERMAN
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Guinness World Records adjudicator Chris
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Guinness World Records adjudicator Chris Sheedy holds the certificate awarded to the participants at Surfers Paradise Beach in Gold Coast City on October 2, 2011 after they broke the world record for the longest bikini parade. 357 bikini clad girls paraded on Surfers Paradise beach to break the record of 331 set in 2010 by the Cayman Island Amateur Swimming Association. AFP PHOTO / MURRAY RIX
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Bikini clad participants parade along Su
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Bikini clad participants parade along Surfers Paradise Beach in Gold Coast City on October 2, 2011 in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest bikini parade. 357 bikini clad girls paraded on Surfers Paradise beach to break the record of 331 set in 2010 by the Cayman Island Amateur Swimming Association. AFP PHOTO / MURRAY RIX (Photo credit should read MURRAY RIX/AFP/Getty Images)
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In a picture taken on October 30, 2011 s
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In a picture taken on October 30, 2011 some 14,345 Chinese participants attempt to set a new Guinness World Record as they gather for a bath at a hot spring in southwest China's Chongqing municipality. The former world record was 10,121 people having a hot spring bath at the same time in China's Hubei province. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Guinness Book of World Records Holder John Cassidy Performs at White House
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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: In this handout provided by the White House, Guinness Book of World Records holder John Cassidy performs a balloon act for first lady Michelle Obama in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on October 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Cassidy performed for kids on the South Lawn before before the first lady launched a challenge to break the Guinness World Records title for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. (Photo by Chuck Kennedy/The White House via Getty Images)
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The Tokyo Sky Tree company president Mic
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The Tokyo Sky Tree company president Michiaki Suzuki (L) and Guinness World Records president Alistair Richards show a certification paper as Tokyo's new tower is recognized as the tallest tower in the world, in Tokyo on November 17, 2011. The 634-meter-tall tower is recognized as the world's highest tower by Guiness World Records on November 17. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO
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British inventor Colin Furze rides the w
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British inventor Colin Furze rides the worlds fastest mobility scooter with a top speed of 115.21km per hour during the annual Guinness World Records Day in London on November 17, 2011. Wacky Guinness world record holders got together to race their unlikely vehicles like the world's fastest toilet and smallest roadworthy car in London the mark the 7th annual Guinness World Records day. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL
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British inventor Edd China rides the wor
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British inventor Edd China rides the worlds fastest toilet with a top speed of 68km/h during a race at the annual Guinness World Records Day in London on November 17, 2011. Wacky Guinness world record holders got together to race their unlikely vehicles like the world's fastest toilet and smallest roadworthy car in London the mark the 7th annual Guinness World Records day. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL
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The world's tallest Basketball player, B
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The world's tallest Basketball player, British man Paul 'Tiny' Sturgess (L), measuring 231.8cm high poses in front of the British inventor of the world's smallest legally roadworthy car Perry Watkins in his vehicle measuring 104.14cm high, 66.04cm wide and 132.08cm long at Guinness World Records Day in London on November 17, 2011. Wacky Guinness world record holders got together to race their unlikely vehicles like the world's fastest toilet and smallest roadworthy car in London the mark the 7th annual Guinness World Records day. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL
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British inventor of the world's smallest
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British inventor of the world's smallest legally roadworthy car Perry Watkins sits in his vehicle measuring 104.14cm high, 66.04cm wide and 132.08cm long at Guinness World Records Day in London on November 17, 2011. Wacky Guinness world record holders got together to race their unlikely vehicles like the world's fastest toilet and smallest roadworthy car in London the mark the 7th annual Guinness World Records day. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL
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A picture taken on November 26, 2011, sh
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A picture taken on November 26, 2011, shows Albanian mosaic artist Saimir Strati, 45, working on his coffee bean mosaic with five characters which represent five continents, in Tirana. The theme of the mosaic is "One world, One family, One coffee". About a million coffee beans will be used to create the mosaic which Strati hopes will enter the Guinness World Records. The mosaic measures 25 square meters and will take 30 days to complete. AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU
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A picture taken on November 26, 2011, sh
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A picture taken on November 26, 2011, shows Albanian mosaic artist Saimir Strati, 45, working on his coffee bean mosaic with five characters which represent five continents, in Tirana. The theme of the mosaic is "One world, One family, One coffee". About a million coffee beans will be used to create the mosaic which Strati hopes will enter the Guinness World Records. The mosaic measures 25 square meters and will take 30 days to complete. AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU
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Etibar Elchiyev poses with 50 metal spoo
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Etibar Elchiyev poses with 50 metal spoons stuck to his body during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for "Most spoons on a human body" in Tbilisi, on December 14, 2011. AFP PHOTO /VANO SHLAMOV
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Etibar Elchiyev (R) poses with 50 metal
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Etibar Elchiyev (R) poses with 50 metal spoons stuck to his body during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for "Most spoons on a human body" in Tbilisi, on December 14, 2011. AFP PHOTO /VANO SHLAMOV
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Jyoti Amge, 18, is measured for her heig
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Jyoti Amge, 18, is measured for her height during a news conference in Nagpur on December 16, 2011. Amge was officially announced by the Guinness World Records on December 16 the world's "shortest woman living (mobile)" measured as 62.8cm (24.7 inches) and will take the title from US woman Bridgette Jordan, previously held the record at 69.5 cm (27.4 in). AFP PHOTO/Punit PARANJPE
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Guinness World Records adjudicator Rob M
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Guinness World Records adjudicator Rob Molloy and Jyoti Amge (L), 18, attend a news conference in Nagpur on December 16, 2011. Amge was officially announced by the Guinness World Records on December 16 the world's "shortest woman living (mobile)" measured as 62.8cm (24.7 inches) and will take the title from US woman Bridgette Jordan, previously held the record at 69.5 cm (27.4 in). AFP PHOTO/Punit PARANJPE
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NBA All-Star Jam Session
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ORLANDO, FL - FEBRUARY 25: Grizz Mascot of the Memphis Grizzlies helps the NBA mascots attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the Most DTeam Dunks Between the Legs by a Team during the Mascot Slam Dunk Guinness World Record on center court at Jam Session during the NBA All-Star Weekend on February 25, 2012 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2012 NBAE
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NBA All-Star Jam Session
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ORLANDO, FL - FEBRUARY 25: Sly the Silver Fox Mascot of the New Jersey Nets helps the NBA mascots attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the Most DTeam Dunks Between the Legs by a Team during the Mascot Slam Dunk Guinness World Record on center court at Jam Session during the NBA All-Star Weekend on February 25, 2012 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2012 NBAE
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NBA All-Star Jam Session
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ORLANDO, FL - FEBRUARY 25: Harry The Hawk Mascot of the Atlanta Hawks helps the NBA mascots attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the Most DTeam Dunks Between the Legs by a Team during the Mascot Slam Dunk Guinness World Record on center court at Jam Session during the NBA All-Star Weekend on February 25, 2012 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2012 NBAE
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Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1 - Guinness World Record Attempt
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 11: Brides attend the Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1 - Guinness World Record attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the longest chain of brides in one location at HMV, Oxford Street on March 11, 2012 in London, England.
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Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1 - Guinness World Record Attempt
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 11: Brides attend the Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1 - Guinness World Record attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the longest chain of brides in one location at HMV, Oxford Street on March 11, 2012 in London, England.
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Former England cricketer Andrew "Freddie
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Former England cricketer Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff runs as he attempts to break the fastest 100m zorbing world record in North London on March 19, 2012. Flintoff was attempting to set twelve Guinness World Records in 12 hours to raise money for the Sport Relief charity. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS
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Former England cricketer Andrew "Freddie
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Former England cricketer Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff runs inside a zorb as he attempts to break the fastest 100m zorbing world record in North London on March 19, 2012. Flintoff was attempting to set twelve Guinness World Records in 12 hours to raise money for the Sport Relief charity. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS
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Picture of the world's biggest Easter eg
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Picture of the world's biggest Easter egg, made by professional pastrycooks during the Chocolate Festival in San Carlos de Bariloche, in the foothills of the Andes in the province of Rio Negro, Argentina, taken on April 8, 2012. The 8,5-metre-high egg was certified by the Guinness Records as the world's largest. AFP PHOTO/Francisco RAMOS MEJIA
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Cooks help to give out pieces of the wor
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Cooks help to give out pieces of the world's biggest Easter egg to people gathered at the Civic Centre of San Carlos de Bariloche, in the foothills of the Andes in the province of Rio Negro, Argentina, on April 8, 2012 to look and have a taste of it. The 8,5-metre-high egg, made by professional pastrycooks for the Chocolate Festival, was certified by the Guinness Records as the world's largest. AFP PHOTO/Francisco RAMOS MEJIA
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Nepalese Thaneswar Guragai, (22), makes
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Nepalese Thaneswar Guragai, (22), makes an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for keeping a basketball spinning on a toothbrush in Kathmandu on April 19, 2012. Guragi, who already has six records to his name, will send a video of himself spinning the basketball for 22.5 seconds thus adding nine seconds to the old record of 13.5 seconds, to Guinness World Records for confirmation. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash MATHEMA
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Nepalese Thaneswar Guragai, (22), makes
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Nepalese Thaneswar Guragai, (22), makes an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for keeping a basketball spinning on a toothbrush in Kathmandu on April 19, 2012. Guragi, who already has six records to his name, will send a video of himself spinning the basketball for 22.5 seconds thus adding nine seconds to the old record of 13.5 seconds, to Guinness World Records for confirmation. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash MATHEMA
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Dancers try to set a Guinness World Reco
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Dancers try to set a Guinness World Record for the greatest number of people dancing, to the iconic song of Wilson Choperena, 'La Pollera Colora', considered to be the second national anthem of Colombia, on April 29, 2012, in Cali, Colombia, as part of the celebrations of International Dance Day. AFP PHOTO/Luis ROBAYO
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Chandra Bahadur Dangi (R), the 72-year-o
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Chandra Bahadur Dangi (R), the 72-year-old Nepali crowned the "world's shortest man" by Guinness World Records, walks along a wall to attend a press conference at Circular Quay on Sydney Harbour on May 14, 2012 at the start of a week of promotional engagements. Dangi, from a remote valley in southwestern Nepal, stands just 54.6 centimetres (21.5 inches) tall. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD
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Chandra Bahadur Dangi, the 72-year-old N
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Chandra Bahadur Dangi, the 72-year-old Nepali crowned the "world's shortest man" by Guinness World Records, meets Bailey the golden brush-tail possum at Wildlife World in Sydney on May 14, 2012. Dangi, who is just 54.6 centimetres tall, is in Australia for a week of promotional engagements. AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD
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Chandra Bahadur Dangi (C), the 72-year-o
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Chandra Bahadur Dangi (C), the 72-year-old Nepali crowned the "world's shortest man" by Guinness World Records, is surrounded by media and translators in Sydney on May 14, 2012. Dangi, who is just 54.6 centimetres tall, is in Australia for a week of promotional engagements. AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD
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A picture taken on May 21, 2012 shows Du
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A picture taken on May 21, 2012 shows Dubai's recently constructed Princess Tower (3R) which has set a new record in the Guinness World Records as the world's tallest residential building. The tower which is located in Dubai Marina is 413.4 (1,356 feet) high and has 101 storeys above ground. AFP PHOTO /KARIM SAHIB
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A view of the 160-metre Capital Gate tow
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A view of the 160-metre Capital Gate tower, developed by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company, leans at 18 degrees -- over four times the angle of Italy's famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, has been recognised as the "furthest-leaning man-made tower" in the world by Guinness World Records, local newspapers reported on June 6, 2010. AFP PHOTO/STR
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Shoemaker Georg Wessels (R) and Turkish
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Shoemaker Georg Wessels (R) and Turkish Sultan Kosen, the Guinness World Record holder for tallest living male at 2.51 meters, pose in front of Wessels' shoe shop in Vreden, western Germany, on June 12, 2012, after Kosen got his new shoes. The shop, specialized in King-Size shoes, offers men's shoes from size 47 up to size 69 and ladies shoes start from size 42 1/2 up to size 55. AFP PHOTO / BERND THISSEN GERMANY OUT
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An employee of the Niessing jewellery ma
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An employee of the Niessing jewellery manufacturer lays her hand on the hand of Turkish Sultan Kosen, the Guinness World Record holder for tallest living male at 2.51 meters, at the company's workshop in Vreden, western Germany, where Kosen was given a ring custom-made for his hand on June 12, 2012. During his first visiti to Germany, Kosen said that he recently found a girlfriend. AFP PHOTO / BERND THISSEN GERMANY OUT
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Commonwealth Bank World Record Attempt
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 25: Commonwealth Bank gathers 935 Australian sports fans and two-time Olympic Medallist Geoff Huegill on Clapham Common to set a new Guinness World Record for the ?Most people in the same team kit?. The event gave local Australians the chance to welcome the Australian Olympic Team to London on July 25, 2012 in London, England.
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Mexican Maria Jose Cristerna, known as "
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Mexican Maria Jose Cristerna, known as "Vampire Woman", Guinness World Record for being the woman with more changes in her body in America, poses for visitors and photographers, during the "Expo Tatoo Art Mex" convention at the World Trade Center in Mexico City on August 3, 2012. AFP PHOTO/RONALDO SCHEMIDT
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A man peers from behind a mattress as he
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A man peers from behind a mattress as he stands in a row with other participants attempting to set a Guinness World Record in Mattress-Domino on August 12, 2012 on a parking site in front of a furniture shop in Gruendau-Lieblos, western Germany. For the attempt, 1,150 volunteers fell on mattresses set up around the shop over a distance of 2,4 kilometers and broke a Chinese record, according to media reports. AFP PHOTO / FRANK RUMPENHORST GERMANY OUT
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Participants attempting to set a Guinnes
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Participants attempting to set a Guinness World Record in Mattress-Domino fall on mattresses on August 12, 2012 on a parking site in front of a furniture shop in Gruendau-Lieblos, western Germany. For the attempt, 1,150 volunteers fell on mattresses set up around the shop over a distance of 2,4 kilometers and broke a Chinese record, according to media reports. AFP PHOTO / FRANK RUMPENHORST GERMANY OUT
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TAIWAN-AGRICULTURE-GUINNESS-RECORD
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Local farmers plant rice shoots during a successful Guinness World Records attempt in the fields of Hsinwu, northern Taoyuan county on August 18, 2012. Some 1,215 local farmers planted 3 million rice shoots in twenty-five miniutes to hold the new Guinness World Record for the largest amount of people gathered to plant rice. AFP PHOTO / SAM YEH
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INDIA-CULTURE-DANCE-RECORD
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Indian Kathak dancer Chirasree Dasgupta, 22, performs during a demonstration to photographers following her world record in Kathak dance spinning in Kolkata on August 23, 2012. Dasgupta earlier August 23 made a record Kathak dance spin of 107 rotations in a minute confirmed by Guinness World Records officials, breaking the previous record of 102. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR
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THAILAND-HEALTH-MASSAGE
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Some 641 Thai masseurs and masseuses perform massages as they establish a new Guinness World Record for Thai massage at an indoor sport arena on the outskirts of Bangkok on August 30, 2012. The 641 masseurs and masseuses broke a previous record set in 2010 by 236 masseuses in Australia during the event organised to promote the country's famous massage and spa industry. AFP PHOTO
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THAILAND-HEALTH-MASSAGE
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Some 641 Thai masseurs and masseuses perform massages as they establish a new Guinness World Record for Thai massage at an indoor sport arena on the outskirts of Bangkok on August 30, 2012. The 641 masseurs and masseuses broke a previous record set in 2010 by 236 masseuses in Australia during the event organised to promote the country's famous massage and spa industry. AFP PHOTO
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GUATEMALA-EXTREME UNITY FEST-CRISTERNA
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Mexican Maria Jose Cristerna, known as "Vampire Woman", Guinness World Record for being the woman with more changes in her body in America, poses for photographers at La Aurora Zoo, during the Latin American Extreme Unity Fest in Guatemala City on September 22, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Johan ORDONEZ
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GUATEMALA-EXTREME UNITY FEST-CRISTERNA
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Mexican Maria Jose Cristerna, known as "Vampire Woman", Guinness World Record for being the woman with more changes in her body in America, poses for photographers at La Aurora Zoo, during the Latin American Extreme Unity Fest in Guatemala City on September 22, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Johan ORDONEZ
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GEORGIA--GUINNESS-RECORD-TRAINING
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Lasha Pataraia pulls an eight-ton truck with his ear during a test event in the Georgian city of Rustavi outside Tbilisi, on November 14, 2012. The 32-year-old Georgian athlete will attempt to break a record registered by the Guinness Book of World Records by the end of the month, the event organisers said. AFP PHOTO /VANO SHLAMOV
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GEORGIA-GUINNESS-RECORD-TRAINING
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Lasha Pataraia pulls an eight-ton truck with his ear during an event to break the Guinness Book of World Records in the Georgian city of Rustavi outside Tbilisi, on November 29, 2012. The 32-year-old Georgian athlete broke today a Guinness record after he managed to pull the truck with his ear for 21,50 metres (70.5 feet), the event organisers said. AFP PHOTO /VANO SHLAMOV
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GERMANY-SPORT-LIFESTYLE-OFFBEAT
(Photo by MARC MUELLER/AFP/Getty Images)
The 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, the oldest active gymnast in the world according to ??the Guinness Book of World Records attends the annual review show 'Menschen 2012' (People of 2012) aired on the public television broadcasting station ZDF in Munich, on December 2, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Marc Mueller /Germany Out
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GERMANY-SPORT-LIFESTYLE-OFFBEAT
(Photo by MARC MUELLER/AFP/Getty Images)
The 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, the oldest active gymnast in the world according to ??the Guinness Book of World Records attends the annual review show 'Menschen 2012' (People of 2012) aired on the public television broadcasting station ZDF in Munich, on December 2, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Marc Mueller /Germany Out
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