The crazy, bizarre world of weird records

Thaneshwar Guragai spins a basketball on a toothbrush while holding the toothbrush in his mouth for exactly 22.41 seconds to break the last Guinness record of 13.5 seconds set by Thomas Connors of UK in Kathmandu. (REUTERS)

Mexican workers prepare the largest sandwich in the world, in the main Zocalo square in Mexico City. The sandwich, weighing 3,178 kg (6,991 pounds), was made by Mexican company Bimbo in conjunction with McCormick, Fud, Chalet and Petalo Jumbo. It was certified by Guinness Book of World Record officials today. (REUTERS)

Brian Spotts of the US works to balance 439 eggs on their ends on the floor of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne. Spotts, who lives in Colorado, travelled to Melbourne to attempt a new world egg balancing record which currently stands at 420 eggs. (REUTERS)

Samat Hasan, a 24-year-old stuntman from Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, walks on a tightrope in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province. Walking on a 700-metre-long (2,300 ft) rope with a 3.1-centimetre (1.2 inches) diameter and set at a 39-degree gradient, Hasan successfully broke the Guinness World Record for aerial tightrope walking after failing in a previous attempt in October last year, local media reported. (REUTERS)

Chefs cook an omelette during a Guinness World Records attempt for the world's largest omelette in Ankara. The Turkish Egg Producers Association celebrated World Egg Day on Friday with an attempt to cook the world's largest omelette weighing 6 tonnes with a total of 432 litres of oil and 110,000 eggs used. The current record holder for the largest omelette was one made in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, on 9 October 2009 weighing 3.625 tonnes. (REUTERS)

A Jordanian worker performs noon prayer on a huge sofa in Amman. The sofa, measuring seven metres long and two metres tall, took about seventy metres of material and two weeks to complete. Its owner hopes it would be considered for the Guinness Book of Records for the biggest sofa in the world. (REUTERS)