Weird world records.

It seems like just about every inconceivably nutty thing has been tried in the name of getting a world record. World's longest midget toss? World's largest ketchup bottle? World's largest bowl of pasta? I guess no length is too far or too strange in the name of getting into Guinness.

Enjoy this long list of weird world record holders. It's, ah, enlightening.

(My favorite is probably the world's largest Lego structure, standing at 92 feet and six inches.)



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Why on Earth...

SALT LAKE CITY (May 21) - Never mind the ick factor, a Utah boy is trying to get into the record books by covering his face with live snails. Eleven-year-old Fin Keheler, from Sandy, allowed 43 of the slimy mollusks to be put on his face Saturday. He wants the Guinness World Records to verify his effort.

The Guinness Web site says the record set in 2007 for snails on the face for 10 seconds is eight. The boy says he has since learned the record was 36.

Fin made three attempts on Saturday. Sitting back in a reclining chair, snails gathered from neighbors' gardens were carefully placed on his face. Those that remained for at least 10 seconds were counted.

His family is sending witness statements, video and media coverage to Guinness this week.

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