Guinness World Records (32 photos)

1. Chinese Xe Pingping smiling, standing next to the Sultan Kёsenom during promotions in Istanbul on 14 January 2010. Heh with the growth of 73 cm and with the growth Kёsen 246, 5 cm were named by Guinness the smallest and the biggest man in the world, respectively. (REUTERS / Osman Orsal)



2. 73-inch Chinese man looks at Khe Pingping Kёesena Turk Sultan, the growth of which is 246, 5 cm. (REUTERS / Osman Orsal)



3. 27-year-old Joel Wall is on the ball of rubber bands, which he collected from his home in Loderhille, Florida, October 23, 2009. Joel, who works at a clothing store stock, the last six years, selected the gum of various sizes, and collected them into a neat ball. Guinness World Records named the rubber ball of the largest in the world in 2008. (AP Photo / Alan Diaz)



4. In this photo taken on August 21, 2009, Diana Taylor walks with his German mastiff Titan on Ocean Beach in San Diego. November 12, 2009 Guinness World Records has officially recognized the 4-year-old Titan the biggest dog in the world. His owner Diana Taylor said that the dog is blind, deaf, epileptic, and every three weeks held a session of acupuncture and chiropractic. Height Titan 107 cm from the floor to the withers, weight - 86 kg. (AP Photo / Union Tribune, Peggy Peattie)



5. Bakers combine portions of gingerbread to break the world record December 18, 2009 in Ludwigsburg, Germany. In the manufacture of gingerbread kilometer semitonnogo took honey 1700 kg, 1700 kg of flour, 1,000 kg of walnuts, hazelnuts 900 kg, 550 liters of milk and 158 liters of cherry schnapps. (SASCHA SCHUERMANN / AFP / Getty Images)



6. BASE jumpers leaping backwards skyscraper Menara Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28 October 2009. Group BASE jumpers tried to set a world record - 24 BASE jumpers jumped down every hour during the day from the 278-meter building. (AP Photo / Mark Baker)



7. physically disabled people participate in the biggest event on finger painting on canvas 30x42 meters in honor of the International Day of Disabled Persons in Ahmedabad December 3, 2009. More than 200 people with disabilities participated in this event in the hope to get into the Guinness Book of Records. (AP Photo / Ajit Solanki)



8. Street Artist Cheyne Hultgren (also known as the "Space Cowboy") plays his attempt to get into the Guinness Book of Records, zaglotnuv 18 swords at once, amid Sydney Opera House February 8, 2010. The Australian broke his own world record when both thrust into the mouth 18 of swords, the size of each of them was 50, 8x1, 3 cm, during the International Day of sword-swallower February 28th. (TORSTEN BLACKWOOD / AFP / Getty Images)

9. Lisa Courtney is in the collection of toys - the largest collection of toys from the cartoon "Pokemon." The collection of 12,113 toys. (Guinness World Records, Paul Michael Hughes)



10. Children catch candy from a mug with nearly 1893 liters of hot chocolate Dec. 30, 2009 in Bryant Park, New York, during the attempt of the American Association of the dairy industry to make the largest cup of hot chocolate in the world. (AP Photo / American Dairy Association, Diane Bondareff)



11. Born in India's 59-year-old British strongman Manjit Singh pulls on a rope tied to his hair, the famous two-storey English bus in London November 12, 2009. Singh broke the world record by dragging a bus 21, 2 meters. (CARL DE SOUZA / AFP / Getty Images)



12. Filipino chefs and students try to break the world record for "the largest number of dishes in one day in one place" in a suburb of Quezon, north of Manila, December 14, 2009. Organizers hope to enter the Guinness Book of Records in 5000 dishes, each of which featured cheese. The previous record was set by India in 2007 - 4668 dishes. (AP Photo / Aaron Favila)



13. The 104-year-old Chinese twins Sao Datsyao (senior, right) and Sao Xiaoqiao at home in Weifang, Shandong Province November 29, 2009. According to the Shanghai Guinness Book of Records, the twins, who were born in 1905, are the oldest in the world. (STR / AFP / Getty Images)



14. Brian Berg of the US poses with his creation - a mini-replica of the Venetian hotel «Macao-Resort-Hotel». Brian broke the world record for the biggest house of cards March 10, 2010. Berg used 218,792 cards, and to build a mini-hotel took 44 days. The result was a masterpiece of 10 meters in length and 3 meters in height, and weighed 272 kg. (AP Photo / Kin Cheung)



15. Israeli student playing with the biggest flag Jerusalem at the stadium "Teddy" September 17, 2009. The flag was named the Guinness Book of Records the largest flag in the world April 11, 2009. Flag Square - 44 404 sq.m. (AP Photo / Tara Todras-Whitehill)



16. The tallest man in the world sultan kösen represents the largest gingerbread in the world at the store «Ikea» in Oslo, 12 November 2009. 246-centimeter Turkish sultan kösen presented Gingerbread weighing 651 kg. It was made in the traditional form of gingerbread local bakery and beat the previous world record of 2006: the then cake weighed 593 kg and was manufactured in Smithville, Texas. (AP Photo / Morten Holm / Scanpix)



17. The «Life Time Fitness» broke the world record for the largest lesson on exercise bikes, which was attended by 1052 person. The event was held in the hall of «Target Center» in the heart of Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Peter Wong)



18. The Lebanese chefs prepare a great Tabbouleh in Beirut on 25 October 2009. Under the gaze of the members of the jury of the "Guinness" 250 chefs and 50 of their superiors from the state culinary school chopped and sliced ​​half a ton of salad, using 1600 kg of parsley, tomatoes 1500 kg and 420 kg of onions. (RAMZI HAIDAR / AFP / Getty Images)



19. The Lebanese celebrate the progress that they have the world record for the largest portion of the production of hummus in the world. Plate weight of 2056 kg was filled dish of peas, weighing 1350 kg. The organizers have announced a world record as the size of the dishes, and for the largest number made hummus. (REUTERS / Jamal Saidi)



20. The Palestinians stand at the embroidered dresses at the stadium in the city of Hebron October 25, 2009. Dress produced a few months, its official measurement was to be held next week. (REUTERS / Nayef Hashlamoun)



21. Burj Dubai during the opening ceremony on Jan. 4, 2010 in Dubai. The skyscraper is 824, 55 meters high and is the tallest building in the world. (Martin Rose / Getty Images)



22. Some 15 000 people took part in a tug of war during the annual event in Naha, on the Japanese island of Okinawa, October 11, 2010. The event used by the rope 200 m length, 156 cm in diameter and weighing 43 tons. It was made from straw collected. Guinness World Records recognized it as the world's largest rope. (JIJI PRESS / AFP / Getty Images)



23. The world's largest horse named Lyuskomb Nodram, or just a buddy, stands with his owner Jane Greenman before heading to the exhibition in honor of Easter in Melbourne March 19, 2010. This horse breed Shire seven years old, his height of 2, 5 meters long and weighs 1, 5 tons - three times the average thoroughbred horse. Shire horse breed in danger of extinction, only 2,000 of them left, and only a few of them gray. (AFP PHOTO / William WEST)



24. Albanian artist Saimir 43-year-old Strati creates a mosaic of the late Michael Jackson in Durres, near Tirana, Albania, 31 October 2009. In the production of a masterpiece from Strati spent 250,000 paintbrushes and 28 days. "Painting" is 10 meters wide and 2, 6 meters in height. Complete the painting on the side of a truck traveling in Albania. This is the fourth attempt to get Strati Guinness World Records. (REUTERS / Arben Celi)



25. Thousands of Mexicans are taking part in the event "I dance Thriller», hoping to break the world record as the most popular dance of the famous clip of Michael Jackson's «Thriller» in Mexico City on 29 August 2009. Up to 15 000 people attended the event, held on the day when the King of Pop had turned 51 year. (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP / Getty Images)



26. Norman Surplas from Larne, Northern Iralndiya, waving to reporters from his autogyro at Duxford, England, March 11, 2010. Surplas trying to travel around the world in his autogyro, starting from Larne on March 18. With the open cockpit, he plans to fly over 26 countries, 43,452 km, including 6920 km above the sea, during the expedition, the proceeds of which will go to the fight against cancer. Specially assembled machine has a detachable fuel tanks, thanks to which you can fly 1,448 kilometers without refueling. (AP Photo / Alastair Grant)



27. The chef makes the biggest in their view, the world's cheesecake in Mexico City, January 25, 2009. They hope to enter the Guinness Book of Records. (AP Photo / Eduardo Verdugo)



28. The 25-year-old Egyptian Muhammad Ali Zinhom trying to set a world record for the largest number of push-ups on two fingers of his right hand in front of the historic pyramids at Giza March 8, 2010. Zinhom did 46 push-ups in 49 seconds. (AP Photo / Amr Nabil)



29. Chef Matthew Mitnitski rejoices meatballs weighing results, which helped him to enter the Guinness Book of Records as the largest meatball in the world, in Concord, New Hampshire, November 1, 2009. (AP Photo / Jim Cole)



30. About 1,800 people dressed as Santa Claus preparing for the race on the main street of Sydney November 29, 2009. The organizers of the race «Variety Club Santa Fun Run», the money from which went to help the children, tried to enter the Guinness Book of Records for the biggest race of people dressed as Santa Claus. (REUTERS / Tim Wimborne)



31. The Indonesians are trying to set a world record for the most massive deflation of lanterns into the sky in Jakarta on December 5, 2009. The skies have been issued at least 10,000 lanterns. (AP Photo / Dita Alangkara)