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 lobby of the casino at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany.
John Evans balanced a gutted Mini car weighing a total of 159.6kg (352lb) on his head for 33 seconds at The London Studios, London, England, on May 24, 1999.
Russ Swift (UK) performed 10 donuts (360º spins) in 16.07 sec in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII on the set of Guinness World Records: 50 Years, 50 Records, at London Studios, UK, on 11 September 2004.
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!! The greatest weight lifted with a human tongue is 11.025 kg by Thomas Blackthorne (UK) who lifted the weight hooked through his tongue on the set of Guinness World Records: 50 Years, 50 Records in London, UK on 11 September 2004.
Gary Shawkey (USA) walked 50.29 m (165 ft) over embers of cedarwood, with an average temperature of 982.22 ºC (1,800 ºF) at the Central Florida Fair in Orlando, Florida, USA, on 4 March 2000.
The most cars to have been driven on two wheels simultaneously in a continuous line is 16, by a team of Renault drivers at a military base at Evreux, France, on 26 November 2000.
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! The world record for the fastest time to pass through an unstrung tennis racket three times is 1 minute and was achieved by contortionist Daniel Smith aka The Rubber Boy (USA) on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi - Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 20 December 2006.
The most basketballs spun simultaneously is 28 by Michael Kettman of St. Augustine, Florida, USA, on 25 May 1999 on Guinness World Records, London, UK.
This is one record we all wish we could master! In April 1999 at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire, UK, Stunt driving legend Russ Swift, of Darlington, UK, managed to parallel park a Mini in a space only 33cm longer than the length of the car!
The most backward flips against a wall in one minute is 27, set by John Forster (Germany) on the set of Guinness World Records - Die Grossten Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany, on 23 November 2007.
The record for the most head spins in one minute is 89 and was achieved by Aichi Ono (Japan) on the set of Guinness World Records: Die größten Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany on 09 September 2006.
The tallest man visits London! Xi Shun (China, b. 1951), measured 2.361 m (7 ft 8.95 in) as a result of six measurements taken on 15 January 2005 at Chifeng City Hospital, Inner Mongolia, China.
This Guinness World Record is true motorcycle madness! American Trigger Gumm, a member of Australia's 'Crusty Demons' motocross team jumped an awesome 84.5 m (277 ft 4 in) on a Honda CR500 on at the Queensland Raceway in Queensland, Australia on 14 May 2005.
This is one Guinness World Record that will tie you in knots! Australian Ben Bradshaw escaped from a regulated straitjacket in a time of 50.08 seconds on the set of Guinness World Records in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 19 June 2005.
The record for the longest backflip is 3.75 m (12 ft 3 in), achieved by Tommie Bonds (USA) on the set of Guinness World Records - Die größten Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany, on 1 September 2007.
The record for most costume change illusions in one minute by an individual is 11 achieved by Victoria Petrosyan (Germany) on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi - Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 29 October 2007.
Matthew Henshaw swallowed a non-retractable 40.5 cm (15.9 in) long sword and then held a sack of potatoes weighing 20.1 kg (44 lb 4.96 oz) attached to the handle of the sword for five seconds at the studios of Guinness World Records, Sydney, Australia, on 16 April 2005.
Lachlan Heinrich and Erick Blechen tried to beat the record for the fastest time to eat a raw onion on the set of Guinness World Records, Australia but they both failed...
The record for the most 180 degree jumps on a bicycle in one minute is 31 and was set by Kenny Belaey (Belgium) on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi - Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 20 December 2006.
The Giant Drop at Dreamworld, Queensland, Australia, drops from a height of 119 m (390 ft), giving riders five seconds of free fall time before being brought to a halt by electromagnetic brakes. The ride, which is as tall as a 30-storey building, opened on 26 December 1998 and cost AU$12 million (£4.5 million or US7.4 million)!
The record for balancing on most stacked chairs is 11 and was achieved by Luo Jun from the Zun Yi Acrobatic Group (China) on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi - Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 15 September 2007.
YEE-HA! Australian cowboy Jamie Manning rode a mechanical bull for 2 min 4.49 sec on the set of Guinness World Records in Sydney, Australia on 2 April 2005. He managed to ride from level 1 to 9 and stay on 9 for 9.5 secs.
This Guinness World Record is sub-zero cool. Dutchman Wim Hof swam 57.5 m. (188.6 ft.) under three feet of an ice lake near the Finnish village of Kolari, deep inside the Arctic Circle on March 16, 2000. Using no special equipment, he wore only swim shorts and a pair of goggles! It's enough to make you shiver just watching it!
