Record holders include a Popeye lookalike and extremely large animals

Sep 13, 2012 11:56 GMT  ·  By
The world's biggest hot-dog is sold in Chicago and costs $38 (€30). It weighs 7lb (3kg)
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   The world's biggest hot-dog is sold in Chicago and costs $38 (€30). It weighs 7lb (3kg)

Cartoon character lookalikes, animals of different sizes, and a woman with a freakishly large toy collection, are just some of this year's Guinness World Record title holders.

The 2013 collection of oddities will soon be out and it will probably be a best-seller. This is the 57th edition of the book, and it is expected to sell more than 2.7 million copies.

Moustafa Ismail is the modern Popeye. He didn't get his 31in (78cm) biceps by eating spinach, as lifting weights twice a day for ten years proved to be more helpful.

A Belgian gelding is the world's biggest horse, at 7ft (213cm). He would win in a fight against Archie, the world's smallest bull, measuring just 30in (76cm). And Mr. Ismail could probably lift them both over his head.

52-year-old Bettina Dorfmann owns more than 15,000 dolls, and it's safe to say she is the world's biggest Barbie fan.

None of them could outrun a sheep from Buckinghamshire in the UK, however. This sheep has won 165 out of 179 races. Its name is Zippy Lamborghini.

Check out more weird records in the photo section below.

Weirdest Guinness Book Records 2012 (6 Images)

The world's biggest hot-dog is sold in Chicago and costs $38 (€30). It weighs 7lb (3kg)
Moustafa Ismail is 24 and lives in Massachusetts. His "guns" are 31in wideAlexander, the horse, weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone) as is 7ft tall
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