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The New Guinness World Records, from brilliant to bonkers
Strongest eye sockets —
Manjit Singh of the United Kingdom officially has the strongest eye sockets in the world. On November 15, he lifted 24 kilograms (52.91 pounds) from his eye sockets.
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Fastest on all fours —
World record holder Usain Bolt can sprint 100 meters in 9.58 seconds. Kenichi Ito, from Japan, can run it in 17.47 seconds, but he set a world record for doing so on all fours.
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High flying pogo stick —
Michael Mena, an American Xpogo athlete, aimed high on Guinness World Records Day. He achieved the highest forward flip pogo stick jump at 8 feet.
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Stuffed Mini —
Linsi Ludlam, from left, Helen Statnic and Katie Fitzpatrick are part of the 28-member team from the UK who dared to set a world record for how many people can fit in a modern Mini hatchback -- which they did.
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Gigantic chocolate coin —
The largest chocolate coin in the world has been achieved by master chocolatiers in Bologna, Italy. The coin weighs 1,450 pounds and is 6 feet, 5 inches in diameter and 6.7 inches thick.
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Massive kaikottikali dance —
Normally, when women from Kerala, India, dance the kaikottikali, there's only eight or 10 of them, clapping and creating circular patterns. This year, 2,639 women danced the kaikottikali and set a world record.
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100% solar powered —
Solar lights illuminate plenty of suburban American yards. But in Wajima City, Japan, they light up a whole town. More than 220 volunteers planted 20,461 solar lights, which wound around terraced rice fields and set a world record.
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Spinning basketball —
Can you spin a basketball? How about spinning a basketball on a toothbrush? Which you hold in your mouth? Michael Kopp set the world record for longest duration spinning a basketball on a toothbrush -- 26.078 seconds -- in Hamburg, Germany on November 14.
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Longest note —
A fifteen year old in New South Whales, Australia has achieved what most didgeridoo players can not. Lachlan Phelps blew a single not on the digeridoo for 65.66 seconds. That's more than twice what didgeridoo artists consider a phenomenal achievement.