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Wearing only swimming trunks, Wim Hof (Netherlands) was able to endure standing in a tube filled with ice cubes for 1 hr 1 min 32 sec on the set of El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain on 29 October 2001.

Jerry and Jary Souza (France) attempted a triple back somersault at a height of 10.5 m (34.4 ft) at the studios of L'Émission des Records, Paris, France on 30 November 2001.

Matthieu Bommier (France) jumped into and out of a pair of pants (underwear) a total of 27 times in a minute on the set of L'Émission des Records, Paris, France on 18 April 2001.

Layne Snook and Ramon Torregrosa benchpressed the host of the Spanish GWR show and a specially designed bench in 1 minute but did not break the record. Layne managed to do 57 and Ramon did 60.

With electricity passing through his body, Slavisa Pajkic 'Biba' (Yugoslavia) was able to heat a 15 ml (0.5 fl oz) cup of water from 25 °C to 97 °C (77 °F to 206 °Fin a time of 1 min 37 sec on the set of Guinness Rekord TV, Stockholm, Sweden on 24 Novembe

The most rock 'n' roll windmill spins (or dullaines) performed in one minute is 44 by David Felipe Verche and Monica Martinez Chust (both Spain) on the set of El Show de los Records in Madrid, Spain on 11 October 2001.

A team from Espoon Ammattioppilaitos (a Finnish technical school) consisting of Tapio Heino, Aaro-Pekka Nousiainen, Sampo Vuolteenaho, Ahmed Abdirizag, Janne Spanow, Panu Natunen, Mikael Gorski, Juha Määttä, and Sami Rissanen, dismantled a five-door famil

The longest ever line of floating air-beds (lilos) consisted of 130 mattresses and was constructed in the sea by the set of L'Ete De Tous Les Records, St Cyprien, France on 8 July 2004.

The greatest number of storeys achieved in building a free-standing house of standard playing cards is 131 to a height of 7.71m (25.29 ft), built by Bryan Berg of Spirit Lake, Iowa, USA on 6 November 1999. The house was built using 91,800 cards in the lob

Manuel Rubio Rubio (Spain) managed to crush 59 full cans of beer with his hands in a minute on the set of El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain on 23 October 2001.

Aslak De Silva tried to beat the record of Highest martial arts kick (2.94m at the time) on the set of the Finnish GWR show but only managed 2.55m.

Pekka Oey (Finland) managed to break 5 ice blocks with a single closed karate move. He was only allowed one attempt and the ice blocks measured 15cm×15cm×200cm each and the combined weight was 225kg.

The record for the most backward flips on a gymnastic beam completed in one minute is 17 set by Julie Martinez (France)on the set of L’Été De Tous Les Records in Biscarrosse, France on 1 July 2004.

The record for the fastest time for a team of five to throw and catch a flying disc down a course of 20 m and back again is 16 seconds and was set by Emmanuelle Tartoue, Yoann Greau, Michel Affile, Vincent Levievse and Amaury Guerin (all France) on the se

Ali Bandbaz juggled his brother Massoud for 12 consecutive 360° revolutions using only his feet on 26 October 2000. Both from Tehran, Iran, the record was achieved on the set of L'Émission des Records, Paris, France.

First record; A total of 1,442 students from KTH Högskolan participated in brushing their teeth for 3 min 36 sec on 29 August 2001 at Millespottan, Sweden. Second record; 117 couples from KTH Högskolan tried to break the record of Most couples kissing but

The heaviest truck pulled with an arm wrestling move weighed 3,259.3 kg (7,185 lb 7 oz) by Oscar Olaria Paris and Mariano Macor Stopello (both Spain) on the set of El Show de los Records in Madrid, Spain on 4 October 2001.

5 people tried to break the record for blowing the largest bubble gum on the Spanish Guinness World Records show but no one managed to break it.

Vesa Kivimäki picked up 26 full food cans whilst driving his car, a Opel Calibra, on two wheels in Finland. Vesa scooped the cans up through his open window as the ground rushed by beneath him. To make things more difficult, the rules of this event state

The longest ramp jump on an aquabike is 17 m (55.7 ft)and was set by Henry Charlet (France) the set of L’Été De Tous Les Records in Argeles Gazost, France on 14 July 2004.

The largest pizza base spun using 500 g (17.6 oz) of dough, and with only two minutes spinning time, is 72.37 cm (28.49 in) by Graziano Bertuzzo, of Venezia, Italy, on the set of L’Emission Des Records in Paris, France on 7 September 2001.

Without touching the floor, Sebastian Hauser (Germany) rotated his body around a bench measuring 2.2 m (7.21 ft) long, 47 cm (18.5 in) high and 25 cm (9.84 in) wide a total of 19 times in 1 min 30 sec on the set of El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain on

The record for shooting 25 clay sporting targets in the fastest time is 1 min 11 sec and was set by Jose Lopes (France) on the set of L’Été De Tous Les Records in Argeles Gazost, France on 12 July 2004.

Ismael Rivas Falcon (Spain) pulled with his beard a train weighing 2,753.1 kg (6,069 lb) over a distance of 10 m (32.8 ft) at the studios of El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain on 15 November 2001.

The record for the fastest 20 metre run flat while wearing standard scuba-diving flippers is 3.50 seconds by Christophe Bertaux on the set of L'Emission des Records, Paris, France, on 29 March 2000.

Marco Aldany (Spain) twisted the hair of 25 women into a chignon-style updo using a chopstick-type implement in one minute on the set of El Show de los Récords , Madrid, Spain on 21 September 2001.

Roman Stampers (France) achieved with his aquabike a total of eight barrel rolls in two minutes for L'Été De Tous Les Records at Biscarrosse Lac, France on 6 August 2003.

The most successful three point shots made in a minute is 19 achieved by Lea Hakala (Finland) on the set of Guinness World Records, Helsinki, Finland on 22 October 2001.

The record for the highest flat spin on inline skates was set by Sven Boekhorst (Netherlands) when he cleared a bar at 4 m 60 cm (15 ft) on the set of L’Été De Tous Les Records in Biscarrosse, France on 1 July 2004.

Anders Johansson tried to beat the Fastest yodel record but failed. Stockholm, Sweden

The record for the most eskimo rolls performed in a tandem canoe with paddles in one minute is 26 and is held by Yann Hascoet and Emmanuel Baclet (both France) who broke the record in Benodet on 2 August 2004.

Matthieu Nassif was able to clear a show jump set at a height of 1.57m (5.15 ft) on the set of L'Émission des Records, Paris, France on 14 September 2000.

The record for the highest MacTwist on inline skates is 2.2 m and was set by Taïg Khris on the set of L’Été De Tous Les Records in Biscarrosse, France on 28 June 2004.

The most concrete blocks smashed by hand in one minute is 36 by Mikael Birgersson (Sweden) on the set of Gunnness Rekord TV, Stockholm, Sweden on 27 November 2001.

A total of 13 girls from Team IGA-Optic in Datteln, Germany crammed into a Smart car on the set of Guinness - Die Show Der Rekorde, Munich, Germany, on 2 April 1999.

The world record for the longest ears on a dog each measured 33.2 cm (13 in) on 11 December 2003 and belong to a basset hound called Jack vom Forster Wald, who lives with his owners, Claudia and Carsten Baus, in Fulda, Germany.

The world record for guinea pig high-jump belongs to Puckel Martin who jumped 20 cm (7.8 in) on 16 March 2003. Puckel Martin is owned by Madde Herrman (Sweden) of Vargön, Sweden.

Soap bubble artist Fan Yang (Canada) set the world record for most soap bubble domes created inside one another with 12 at the studios of Guinness World Records , Helsinki, Finland on 20 October 2001. This delicate record is created by blowing a series of

Jérôme Béthune climbed a vertical wall onto a platform at a height of 3.21 m (10 ft 6.36 in) on the set of L’Été de Tous les Records, Courchevel, France on 13 August 2003.

Cyclists Chris Benny and Damien Gillings attempted to break the existing bunny hop record of 1m 21cm. Sadly, on this occasion, they were unsuccessful.