Even though 2017 is Female Instructor’s Strange Private Lesson (2025)four months away, the Guinness World Records 2017book received its official release today.
The book features 4,000 records, ranging from silly to strange to straight-up impressive.
SEE ALSO: Fan wins Guinness record for Batsuit with 23 working gadgetsHere are 13 of the coolest world record holders that the 2017 edition celebrates.
The world's longest domestic cat is Ludo, who measures 118.33 centimeters (3 feet, 10.59 inches) long. Ludo, a Maine Coon, resides in Wakefield, UK, with his human Kelsey Gill.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Harnaam Kaur, 25, is the world's youngest woman with a full beard. Kaur, a model and activist from the UK, had her beard measured at 6 inches long.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were awarded with the record for First Men on the Moon. They made the trip via the Apollo 11 back in 1969, and Armstrong's legendary first step on the moon was shortly followed by his co-astronaut Aldrin.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Keon the dog has the longest canine tail in the world, at 76.8 centimeters (30.2 inches). The pup and his human Ilse Loodts reside in Belgium.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable The most tattooed senior citizens in the world happen to be an adorable, badass couple from Melbourne, Florida. Charlotte Guttenberg and Charles “Chuck” Helmke hold the world record for most tattooed female and male senior citizens, with 91.5% and 93.75% tattooed bodies, respectively.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Who knew llamas could jump so high, let alone at all? Caspa the llama is the highest jumping of his breed, securing the record of highest bar jump cleared by a llama at 1.13 meters (3 feet, 8.5 inches). Caspa and his human Sue Williams are from the UK.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Jim Bolin's rocking chair is the largest in the world, at 17.09 meters (56 feet 1 inch) tall and 9.99 meters (32 feet 10 inches) wide. The rocking chair can be seen outside of Casey City Hall in Casey, Illinois.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Harry Sperl a.k.a. Hamburger Harry proves that buying too many tchotchkes can pay off. He has the world's largest collection of hamburger-related items at 3,724 pieces. The Germany native now resides with his hamburger collection in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Holy sh*t! The largest collection of coprolite (which is fossilized dung) belongs to George Frandsen, who owns 1,277 (hopefully sterilized) pieces of fossilized feces.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Kevin Scott and the UK Monowheel Team hold the record for fastest speed achieved on a monowheel motorcycle, at 98.464 kilometers per hour (61.18 miles per hour).
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Rasputin has the largest horn spread on a living goat at 135.2 centimeters (53.23 inches) long, and he resides in Lienz, Tirol, Austria.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Don't worry, this boy did not get the bottom half of his body surgically attached backwards. Maxwell Day, 14, UK, has achieved the largest external foot rotation at 157 degrees.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable If you're feeling inspired, Guinness World Records 2017book has a “Do Try This At Home” section, in which readers are presented with challenges to break records, most of which can be done with common household items.
The book is available here. Happy record breaking!
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