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Some weird entries in this year's Guinness Book
Of Record
These are some of the entries in the latest Guinness Book of
World Records.
Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the 2013 edition
is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous
biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle,
measuring a towering 3ft 8in.
Biggest biceps: Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail, 24, from
Massachusetts, has spent ten years pumping iron twice a
day to get his 31in biceps. He eats lots of chicken rather than
spinach – which he hates
The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world's heaviest
sportswoman and the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to
sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the
oldest gymnast; Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest 'guns' – biceps and triceps –
with a circumference of 25.5in; and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran
Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest sportswoman. Bodybuilder
Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average
human head.
Biggest horse: Big Jake, a nine-year-old Belgian gelding, from Winsconsin, U.S., tops 20 hands – or almost 7ft
Tallest dog: Three-year-old Great Dane Zeus and his owner Denise Doorlag in Michigan. On his hind legs, he
towers over her at 7ft 4in
The 24-year-old, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to
become a professional body-builder. Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the
shortest bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.
Tallest mohican: Japanese designer Kazuhiro Watanabe's spear-like hairdo peaks at more than 3ft 8in, thanks
to three cans of hairspray and a large bottle of gel
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car – a vehicle created by students
and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.
The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of 39,437
pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk
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