Fantastic Feats and Ridiculous Records

People are funny--and so are many animals when they're encouraged by their human keepers! Here's a tour of the weird and wacky side of life around the world, with surprises and laughs for older boys and girls. They'll read about people with unusual bodies, including the tallest and the shortest, as well as the man with the most tattoos, a woman with the longest fingernails, an 80-year-old body builder, and a studs-and-rings-decorated woman who calls herself The Human Pincushion. Among the world's most preposterous pastimes and silliest sports recounted here are cheese rolling contests, a crying baby competition, and so-called Underwater Olympics. Just two among the dozens of animal antics recounted include a report on Olympic games for pigs, held in Moscow in 2006, and the story of Fin and Tofu, a pair of New Zealand rats who go surfing with their owner. They're all reported in detail, with color photos as supporting evidence and amusing pull-out features that add crazy details to the

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Fantastic Feats and Ridiculous Records is a fun-packed tour through the weird and wacky side of the world's record books! You'll read about the tallest man and the most pierced woman. You'll also be amused as you learn about the world's fattest cat . . . and the man who can stretch his neck skin over his chin . . . and the Hawaiian rats who go surfing with their owner. . . and many others!

With emphasis on strange habits and wacky antics, this book describes the strangest world records, as well as many amazing and just plain crazy feats performed by people all over the world. Pullout fact boxes and quotations from the men and women described help to make this the most fantastically informative and ridiculously fun book you're likely to read any time soon!