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Tatsumi Osawa (Japan) tried to beat his record of balancing 70 glasses on his chin for at least 10 secs. He managed to 70 but one glass broke when he tried 72 and he did not manage to set a new record.

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The most people buried in sand simultaneously is 200 which occurred on the set of L'Ete de Tous Les Records, Biscarrosse, France on 8 August 2003.

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Anthony Kelly (Australia) caught 10 arrows in 2 min standing at a distance of 13 m (42.65 ft) from the archer at the studios of El Show de los Records, Madrid, Spain on 5 December 2001.

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Emilio Sheikhan painted 34 faces in 1 hour in Sweden. Some got an animal face, others got artistic patterns.

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Esther Moya Salvador (Spain) completed 30 360° spins on the top asymmetric bar in a minute at the studios of El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain on 15 November 2001.

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Holding a 100 kg (220 lb) weight to his chest, Michael Goatherd Defaul (Canada) completed 51 consecutive sit ups in a minute at the studios of El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain on 15 November 2001.

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The record for the most consecutive passes of a beach volley ball, one throw per person, is 29 on the set of L¿Été De Tous Les Records in Biscarrosse, France on 1 July 2004.

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The largest fruit mosaic, unveiled at Kivik, Österleden, Sweden, consisted of 25,000 apples, measured 104 m² (1,119 ft²), and was designed by Emma Karp Laggar and Jan Laggar (both Sweden).

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Five cyclists from St Cyprien, France, jumped over a bar set on 4.10 metres. They did five consecutive jumps.

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Sami Ahola (Finland) hit a ball at a speed of 174km/h (108.1 mph) at the Lahti Indoor Arena, Finland on 20 February 2002. Finnish sportman Lauri " Tahko " Pihkala created the game from European baseball 1922. The main difference is that the feeder throws the ball straight upwards, standing beside the player who hits the ball.

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Four men tried to break the record for the Fastest Ice Hockey Slapshot. Anders Lingstro is the fastest in both rounds with 145 km/ hour as his best.

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Wim Hof (The Netherlands) swam 57.5 m. (188.6 ft.) under ice in a lake near the Finnish village of Kolari on March 16, 2000.

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The record for the longest time to hop on one leg on a treadmill at a constant speed of 6.5 km/h (4.7 mph) is 2 min 17 sec and was set by Nicolas Thomas (France) on the set of L'Emission Des Records, Boulogne-Billancourt, France on 23 May 2002.

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Susanne "Tussen" Formgren of Sweden, inflated until they burst, three pre-powdered procedure gloves in two minutes at the studios of Guinness Rekord TV, Stockholm, Sweden on February 1, 2001.

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Jonas Bellander managed to keep a regulation golf ball aloft, alternating touches between two sandwedge golf clubs for 13 min 47 sec at the studios of Guinness Rekord TV, Stockholm, Sweden on 3 February 2001.

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Both Marcos Garcia de Paz and Santiago Villalba Arranz (Spain) travelled 21 m (68.89 ft) across rings hung 1 m (3.28 ft) apart while dangling from just two fingers of each hand on the set of El Show de los Records, Madrid, Spain on 27 November 2001.

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The narrowest J?Turn was performed in a Ford Escort Estate, in a space measuring 172 cm 67.7 in, by Russ Swift of Darlington, Co. Durham, UK, at the Zenithhalle, Munich, Germany, on 9 Apr 1999.

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Martti Kuoppa (Finland) completed 95 continuous rotations of his 50.8 cm (20 in) freestyle BMX bike whilst balancing on just the front wheel, on the set of Guinness Rekord TV at Liljeholmshallen, Stockholm, Sweden on 6 October 2001.

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The most petanque balls hit consecutively from a seven metre radius in one minute is seven, by Thierry Stackow, of Vence, France, on the set of L'Emission Des Records in Paris, France on 5 September 2001.

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Tomas Lundman (Sweden) managed to keep a regulation size football up in the air using his feet whilst lying on his back for 6 min 6 sec at the studios of Guinness Rekord TV, Stockholm, Sweden, on 31 January 2001.