Inspired by a monkey, Kenichi Ito ran 100 meters in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 15, in 17.47 seconds. It's a Guinness World Record because he did it on all fours.
Kazuhiro Watanabe holds the world record for the "Tallest Mohawk."
Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, the world's shortest man was photographed in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Feb. 26. He is 1 foot, 9 inches tall.
Children dressed as Mohandas Gandhi taking part in a peace march in India. A thousand students in Ahmedabad claimed to be the most people in one place simultaneously dressed as the nonviolent leader.
On Sept. 30, about 15,000 people participated an event in Kiev, Ukraine, to establish a new record for the most people taking part in a mass morning exercise.
World's biggest tea party, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on Sept. 29.
A record for the longest train of a wedding dress is set in front of the Parliament palace in Bucharest, Romania, on Mar. 20. The 1.86-mile long ivory train took 100 days to stitch.
Jordan Michael Geller posing with his collection of the Nike Air Jordan Retro line in downtown Las Vegas, Nev., on Sept. 25. He has more than 2,600 pairs.
A new Guinness record category: tent mosaic. About 900 tents form the shape of a Chinese dragon in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, on Oct. 13.
Lasha Pataraia has the world's strongest ear. He pulled an eight-ton truck with his ear in Rustavi, Georgia, on Nov. 14.
10 weird records to remember 2012 by
12/9/2012When people ask about your special talents, you might say you make a great pumpkin pie, go geocaching on weekends or consistently coax your African violets to bloom. To those accomplishments these folks say, pfft! Here's a collection of ten world records set this year that are nearly as creative in their conception as they are impressive in their execution. We noted some of these amazing feats when they took place. Others we just learned about today.
Stories we covered on msnNOW:
1. Monkey enthusiast becomes fastest man on all fours
2. World's tallest Mohawk is also its most ridiculous
3. Nepalese man is the opposite of tall
4. Mustachioed kids set record for most Gandhi impersonators
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