some of the strangest world records ever attempted

Slide 1 of 28: <p> People will do some pretty crazy things to get in the record books. </p><p> Though some world-record holders are physical anomalies - like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/tall-man-2015-7?utm_source=msn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=msn-slideshow&utm_campaign=bodyurl">the world's tallest person</a>, or <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/life-of-the-worlds-shortest-man-2015-10?utm_source=msn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=msn-slideshow&utm_campaign=bodyurl"> the shortest</a> - the Guinness Book of World Records is filled with some incredibly strange attempts.</p><p>In honor of these odd achievements, here are the 27 weirdest records broken by people around the world.</p>
People will do some pretty crazy things to get in the record books.
Though some world-record holders are physical anomalies - like the world's tallest person, or the shortest - the Guinness Book of World Records is filled with some incredibly strange attempts.
In honor of these odd achievements, here are the 27 weirdest records broken by people around the world.


Slide 2 of 28: <p>Source: <a href="http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2011/9/new-largest-bikini-photo-shoot-world-record-set-in-china/"> Guinness World Records</a></p>

1,010 bikini-clad women pose on an Australian beach in 2007 to set a Guinness World Record for the largest swimsuit photo shoot to date. In 2011, they were outnumbered by 3,090 in China.





Source: Guinness World Records
Slide 3 of 28: Hassan al-Zayyat shows off Quranic verses that he had copied by hand on 39- by 28-inch paper, aspiring to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest handwritten Quran, in 2010.
Hassan al-Zayyat shows off Quranic verses that he had copied by hand on 39- by 28-inch paper, aspiring to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest handwritten Quran, in 2010.
Slide 4 of 28: In their attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the "Biggest Barbecue in the World," about 30,000 people grilled 13,713 kilos of beef.
In their attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the "Biggest Barbecue in the World," about 30,000 people grilled 13,713 kilos of beef

Chris "The Duchess" Walton holds the Guinness World Record for longest fingernails.

Slide 5 of 28: <p>Source: <a href="http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2011/9/record-holder-profile-christine-walton-%E2%80%93-owner-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-longest-fingernails"> Guinness World Records</a></p>

Source: Guinness World Records


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