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Some Weird Entries In This Year's Guinness Book Of Record (PHOTOS)
It's been a record-breaking summer thanks to the incredible efforts of our athletes. But even the
likes of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis would struggle to compete with 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.
It's not just humans either, with all creatures great and small snatching a few records — from a
mighty Great Dane to a teeny bull.
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 bodybuilder.
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 vehiclecreated 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.
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