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The latest edition of the Guinness World Records book
has just been published, and as you might expect it features a wealth of
strange, fascinating and arguably pointless records within its pages.
The 2012 edition of the book, which is now in its 57th year, includes
such illustrious record holders as Rob Hull, owner of the world’s
largest collection of Daleks (571), Christine ‘the Duchess’ Walton and
her record-breaking finger nail (10 foot 2 inches) and the owner of the
world’s largest afro.
Other records featured in the weighty tome range from the world’s most
pierced man, the longest tongue and the world’s fastest wedding chapel,
alongside the usual selection of quickest, largest and strongest
animals, humans and machines.
The Huffington Post collected some of the best and silliest records in
the gallery, below:
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1) Skipping Dogs
The record for the most dogs skipping on a rope is 13, achieved
by Uchida Geinousha’s ‘Super Wan Wan Circus’ in Japan.
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2) Exterminate!
Rob Hull from Doncaster, UK, is the proud owner of the largest
collection of Daleks (571 different models). The Dalek empire itself
probably has more than that, but so far its existence has not been
verified by the Guinness officials. So no record.
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3) Fastest On The Snow
Cecilie Skog has completed the ‘Three Poles’ challenge in the quickest
ever time. (That’s reaching the North and South Pole as well as the top
of Mount Everest, if you have to ask). She was inducted into the record
book in 2011.
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4) Youngest Person To Fly Solo Round The World
Barrington Irving is the youngest person to have flown solo around the
world. He was 23 when he completed the feat.
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5) World’s Most Useless Typist?
Christine ‘The Dutchess’ Walton from Las Vegas, USA, is the proud owner
of the world’s longest fingernails. The nails, measuring 10ft 2in
(309.8cm) on her left hand and 9ft 7in (292.1cm) on her right hand, are
featured in the new Guinness World Records 2012 book.
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6) Fastest Wedding Chapel
Introducing ‘The Best Man’, a 1940s fire truck that’s been converted
into a wedding chapel. The creation of the Rev. Darrell Best from
Illinois, USA, the wedding chapel is capable of reaching a speed 99 km/h
(62 mi/h) and is included in the the new Guinness World Records 2012 as
the world’s fastest such facility.
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7) Afro
Aevin Dugas from New Orleans, USA, is the proud owner of the largest
natural afro with a circumference measuring 4 ft. 4 in (1.32 m), as
featured in the new Guinness World Records 2012 edition.
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