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Guinness World Records releases its 60th anniversary edition

Guinness marks six decades of its famous book with a special edition

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From super-long tongues to leaping cats, a host of weird and wacky landmarks have made the cut for 60th anniversary edition of the Guinness World Records book out today.

The edition will reflect on six decades of record-breaking, as well as featuring the latest additions to the oddball hall of fame.

They include Californian Nick Stoeberl, possessor of the world's longest tongue at 10.1cm.

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Britain's Nick Bennett earned a place for having the largest collection of James Bond memorabilia, with 12,463 items from model cars to posters.

In Japan, Akiko Obata has the largest collection of plastic food, with more than 8,000 items including giant plastic burgers, doughnuts and dishes of everything from soup to desserts. And Alley of the United States takes the longest jump by a cat record, at an impressive 1.83 metres.

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Brewer Guinness launched its famous book in 1955 to settle disputes among drinkers.

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