Guiness World Record

Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U.S. editions as The Guinness Book of World Records), is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book series of all time. It is also one of the most frequently stolen books from public libraries in the United States.

1. The smallest monkey in the world

A Pygmy Marmont (Callithrix pygmaea) in primate research center near Santiago, Chile, on August 3, 2010. Pygmy Marmont is the world’s smallest monkey and almost extinct. REUTERS / Ivan Alvarado

2. The smallest chameleon in the world

This photo shows a chameleon ‘Brookesia Micra’ at the end of a match held a researcher in Madagascar, March 16, 2007. Chameleons ‘Brookesia Micra’ is believed to be the smallest in the world, discovered in Madagascar by biologists from Germany and the United States and announced on February 16, 2012. This lizard has a body length of 16 millimeters and 29 millimeters with a tail. REUTERS / Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen / Joern Koehler

3. The shortest man in the world

Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, is the shortest man in the world with a height 56 cm. REUTERS / Navesh Chitrakar

4. Woman with the longest fingernails in the world

Chris “The Dutchess” Walton show off his fingernails reach the total length of 6.02 meters in New York. She is the woman with..

the longest fingernails in the world.

5. The world record for cycling nonstop for an hour in the age category of over 100

French bicycle athlete Robert Marchand is the world record holder for cycling nonstop for an hour in the age category of over 100, the Union Cycliste Internationale Velodrom (UCI) in Aigle, February 17, 2012. REUTERS / Denis Balibouse

6. The world’s longest wedding dress train

Guinness World Record for the world’s longest wedding dress train came from Bucharest. This dress is 2.750 meters in length breaking the previous record of 2.488 meters. The train is made of 4700 meters of material to use 1857 needles, and 100 days of manufacture. REUTERS / Bogdan Cristel

7. World record for most covered body with a bees

Ping She broke the world record attempt to cover his body with bees. In Chongqing, China, on 18 April 2012, She Ping, 32, covered his body with 33.1 kg of bees (about 331 thousand bees). Ping She surpassed the previous record, which is keep by a beekeeper Ruan Lingming that covered her body with 26.8 kg of bees. REUTERS / China Daily

8. World longest playing basketball on a toothbrush

Thaneshwar Guragai play basketball on a toothbrush for 22.41 seconds in Kathmandu on 19 April 2012 to break the previous Guinness record, 13.5 seconds by Thomas Connors from England. REUTERS / Navesh Chitrakar

9. The world record for most spoons in the human body

Etibar Elchiyev posing with spoons 50 attached with magnets to the body, in an effort to break the record for most spoons in the human body in Tbilisi December 14, 2011. REUTERS / David Mdzinarishvili

10. The world record by riding a bicycle wheel along a bottles of beer

Lutz Eichholz, 25, from Germany ride a bicycle wheel along a bottles of beer in Tel Aviv, on 26 September 2011. Eichholz holds the Guinness record by riding a bicycle wheel along the 8.93-meter or 127 bottles of beer. The previous record of 7.99 meters. REUTERS / Nir Elias

11. The world’s oldest twin sister in pairs

Marie (right) and Gabrielle Vaudremer, is a 101-year-old twins. Marie and Gabrielle was born in 1910, the world’s oldest twin sister pairs according to Guinness World Records. REUTERS / Thierry Roge