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Guinness World Records 2012 Look through images of the biggest, fastest, longest, weirdest and wackiest record breakers from the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records. How did it all start? On May 4, 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, went on a shooting party in North Slob in County Wexford, Ireland. He became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, then later realized it was impossible to confirm in reference books. He then thought that a book supplying answers to such questions could be popular. The first 197-page edition of the "Guinness Book of Records" was bound on Aug. 27, 1955, and went on to the top of the British best-seller list by Christmas. Over 400 million copies have sold since. From biggest to smallest, wackiest to weirdest, check out some of the world record breakers honored in the latest Guinness book. PhotoBlog: Today's most interesting photos Search: More world record holders Longe...

Bizarre world records Bizarre world records One second was all it took to capture a world record. Standing side-by-side, jammed like sardines, participants made history recently for the most people inside a soap bubble.Check out other strange world records. Largest house of playing cards American architect Bryan Berg broke his own world record of the world's largest house of free-standing playing cards. How many cards did he use? He broke the record for the first time in 1992. Typing to 1 million in words After 16 years and seven months, typing an average of three pages of numbers a day, using only one finger, Les Stewart finished his record-breaking goal of typing out the words from one to 1 million on a manual typewriter. Most break-dancing head spins An 18-year-old Japanese break dancer broke a world record by using his head. "Spinboy" Aichi  set the record for the most break-dancing head spins in one minute. Find out how many full twists he did to break the record. La...