Guinness World Records published its 62^nd edition last month. It’s the world’s biggest selling annual book, with global recognition.  The latest 2017 edition is now available and contains more Guinness World Records than before.  The record holders are made up of Hollywood stars, Olympic athletes, kids and adults of all ages. The new book illuminates the world of achievement, entertainment, and extreme.  Guinness World Record 2017 edition includes approximately 3000 new and updated records as well as 1000 favorite classics.  Also, just released, is the new Guinness World Records 2017: Gamer’s Edition.  Featuring records achieved from popular video games. Some of the new 2017 records to check out include:

The world’s longest duration of a full-body burn was performed by stuntman Josef Toedtling from Austria. He has also acquired 49 movie credits to his name, most recently in the 2015 movie Point Break. The GWR 2017 edition introduces Josef Toedtling for the first time; he holds the record for longest duration full-body burn without oxygen, aflame for a time of 5 minutes and 41 seconds and breaking the previous record by a mere 16 seconds. He has also obtained the record for farthest distance pulled by a horse (full-body burn) with a distance of 1,640 feet at a speed of about 21 mph. In an interview with GWR, Josef Toedtling said, “The most important thing is to have a good crew; you can trust them.” A crew to extinguish him is key to a successful burn.

The next world record, possibly the strangest, is held by Harnaam Kaur, age 24, from Slough, UK. She is the youngest female with a full grown beard measuring to be six inches. Living in the UK, Harnaam Kaur is a body image activist, as well as an anti-bullying activist. She has a strong life story to tell from her previous years of dealing with bullying and her personal battle with the hormonal imbalance disease polycystic syndrome. She views her record in the book as “absolutely humbling” and hopes it will impact people to follow her powerful message. In March, she was the first female with a beard to walk the runway at London Fashion week.

The world’s tallest living female dog is a Great Dane, named Lizzy, from Alva, Florida. Lizzy breaks the World record, measuring an enormous 37.96 inches tall at the age of seven years old.  She has to eat her food from a chair because it is too difficult for her to reach the ground. Greg Sample, Lizzy’s owner, calls her a “gentle giant and a show-stopper” because she tends to attract attention when they are out and about.

Other world records included in the new 2017 edition include Caspa, a llama, from the Canine Centre in Porthmadog, North Wales, holds the record for ‘Highest jump by a llama’. Caspa leapt his way into the Guinness World Records by clearing a 3ft 10in hurdle.

Another odd record holder is 14-year-old Maxwell Day from Enfield, North London, who obtains the record for ‘Largest Foot Rotation’. Maxwell can rotate his feet 157 degrees. This unique ability that he’s had since a young age, “isn’t painful,” he has to wear insoles in his shoes to keep his feet straight.

The record holder for ‘Longest Tail on a Dog’ is held by Irish wolfhound Keon, age five from Westerlo, Belgium.  His tail measures to be 30.2 inches long, surpassing the previous record of 17 inches, which was held by another wolfhound.

A handful of World Records are ‘The World’s Largest’, one of the many includes ‘The World’s largest Ukulele’. Lawrence Stump from Lasing, Michigan, owns the world’s largest ukulele. It measures 13 feet 1.08 inches long.

Classic records that remain in the World Record Book include: ‘The Tallest Man’ held by Robert Wadlow from Alton, Illinois. With an astonishing height of 8 feet and 11.1 inches tall. Another classic record is ‘The Oldest Person Ever’ held by Jeanne Louise Calment from France, she lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days.

World Records can be broken about anything and by any age. “Find something you’re good at, look for a quirky angle, and then put your absolute heart and soul into it, ” advises, Stephen Daultrey, editor of the new Guinness World Record books.