Guinness World Records releases its 60th anniversary edition
Guinness marks six decades of its famous book with a special edition
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 10 September, 2014, 10:59pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 11 September, 2014, 3:21am
Agence France-Presse in London
Alley the cat on its way to a record jump. Photo: AFP
From super-long tongues to leaping cats, a host of weird and wacky landmarks have made the cut for 60th anniversary edition of the Guinness World Records book out today.
The edition will reflect on six decades of record-breaking, as well as featuring the latest additions to the oddball hall of fame.
They include Californian Nick Stoeberl, possessor of the world's longest tongue at 10.1cm.
Britain's Nick Bennett earned a place for having the largest collection of James Bond memorabilia, with 12,463 items from model cars to posters.
In Japan, Akiko Obata has the largest collection of plastic food, with more than 8,000 items including giant plastic burgers, doughnuts and dishes of everything from soup to desserts. And Alley of the United States takes the longest jump by a cat record, at an impressive 1.83 metres.
Brewer Guinness launched its famous book in 1955 to settle disputes among drinkers.
Since then, more than 132 million copies of its annual compendium have been sold in 20 languages in more than 100 countries.
New inclusions this year include Inke Siefker of San Francisco, who has the new record for furthest arrow shot on target with the use of feet (6.10 metres) - done by operating a bow with her legs while standing on her hands.
The 2015 book also looks back at records from the last 60 years including Roger Bannister's sub-four-minute mile, the land speed record and Michael Jackson's music industry landmarks.
"This is an important landmark edition for Guinness World Records, giving us the opportunity to look back at how records have changed over these six extraordinary decades," said editor Craig Glenday.
