Guiness World Records 2013: weird and wacky new entries

This year’s Guinness Book of Records was released yesterday. The new entries are an intruiging bunch, and include Mostafa ‘Mo’ Ismail,whose biceps, at 31 inches, are as bigger than some waistlines.Archie, the world’s shortest bull, is just 30 inches high, but “he still thinks that he’s the biggest cow in the herd.” From the man with the biggest biceps to the worlds tallest dog the latest Guiness Book of World Records is full of some pretty wacky stuff. The 57th edition of the book, published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies.

The world's largest biceps belong to Mostafa Ismail (Egypt) and were measured for left arm flexed at 64.77 cm (25.5 in) and non-flexed 62.23 cm (24.5 in)and for right arm flexed at 63.5 cm (25 in) and non-flexed 60.96 cm (24 in). The measurements were taken in Franklin, Massachusetts, USA which is where Mostafa now resides.

Largest collection of Barbie dolls : Bettina Dorfmann (Germany) has15,000 different Barbie dolls. She has been collecting Barbies since1993.

The heaviest rideable bicycle weighs 750 kg (1650 lb) and was built by Wouter van den Bosch (Netherlands) and ridden in Arnhem, Netherlands.

The tallest living dog is ‘Zeus’ (USA) a Great Dane, who measured 1.118m (44 in) tall and is owned by Denise Doorlag and her family, of Otsego, Michigan, USA.Zeus also takes over the 'Tallest dog ever' title from previous holder 'Giant George'.

The tallest mohican measures 113.5 cm (44.68 in) and belongs to Kazuhiro Watanabe (Japan). The length was verified at Bloc de l'art hair salon,Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

The youngest professional drummer is Julian Pavone (USA) (b. 14 May2004). As of 21 March 2010, he was five years, 10 months, three daysold.