IN PHOTOS: WEIRDEST world records in recent times

We take a look at some of the weirdest world records of recent times.

Chinese residents in Costa Rica cook Cantonese fried rice during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown in San Jose, February 12, 2013.

Some 52 chefs from various Chinese restaurants in Costa Rica cooked the "world's largest Cantonese fried rice", which weighed 1,345 kg, and served over 7,000 people, according to Isabel Yung, president of the Chinese Residents Association in San Jose.

The event was attended by a judge from the Guinness Book of World Records who certified the effort.

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People take part in an attempt to break the Guinness world record for most number of people simultaneously hula-hooping at Thammasat University stadium in Pathum Thani province, on the outskirts of Bangkok.

Thailand broke the previous record held by Taiwan, with a new record of 4,483 people hula-hooping for 7 minutes. The event was organised by the public health ministry to promote exercise and good health.

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Participants Kanokwan Arjkidkarn (behind, L), 22, kisses Krittirath Chaikum, 25, during an attempt to break the world record for the longest kiss in Pattaya, 150 km east of Bangkok February 12.

Thai couples locked lips to break the Guinness Record of the world longest continuous kiss ahead of Valentine's Day.

Nine couples aimed to continue kissing until Thursday, to break the previous record of 50 hours 25 minutes and 1 second, held by a Thai couple.

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Jin Songhao sits in snow as spectators take pictures of him during a cold endurance performance in Yanji, Jilin province, China.

Jin set the Guinness record for the longest time spent in direct full body contact with snow on January 17, 2011 with a time of 46 minutes and seven seconds.

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French athlete Philippe Croizon (L), whose arms and legs were amputated after an electric shock accident in March 1994, swims next to an unidentified diver in a 33 metre deep pool, the world's deepest pool built to train professional divers, at Nemo33 diving centre in Brussels.

Croizon, who swam with adapted prostheses that had flippers attached, broke a world record and became the first disabled person to dive to 33 metres, according to the organisers.

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One attendee blocks a snowball from another participant during an official attempt to break the Guinness World Records for the world's largest snowball fight in Seattle, Washington January 12, 2013.

Officials confirmed 5,834 attendees to break the previous record.

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People eat traditional Swiss cheese fondue during a world record attempt of 800 people eating fondue together, at Zurich main station in Zurich.

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People in traditional attires play their drums during an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Record at a field in Titabar town in Assam, January 6, 2013.

A total of 14,833 Assamese people on Sunday attempted to enter the Guinness Book of World Record by playing the drums for 15 minutes non stop, organisers said.

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Ukrainian violinist Oleksandr Bozhyk plays four violins as he attempts to establish a new Guinness world record, organisers said, in Lviv.

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A Guinness World Record for the longest train of a wedding dress is attempted in front of the Parliament palace in Bucharest March 20. The 2,750 meter long train broke a previous record of 2,488 meters. It is made of 4,700 meters of material using 1,857 needles, taking 100 days to made.

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Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, poses for a picture with his certificate after being announced as the world's shortest man living, as well as shortest person ever measured by the Guinness World Records, in Kathmandu February 26. Dangi was measured at 21.5 inches (54.60 cm) by the Guinness World Record, beating former record holder Junrey Balawing of the Philippines, who stands at a height of 23.5 inches (60 cm).

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Trainer Robert Mistler (C) boosts cyclist Robert Marchand of France (L) next to trainer Magali Humbert-Perret during his attempt to set a world record for cycling non-stop for one hour, in the over 100- year old category, at the Union Cycliste Internationale velodrome in Aigle February 17. Marchand, born November 26, 1911, cycled 24.251 km around the 200 metre indoor track to set the record.

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Students and staff from the Federal Institute of Science and Technology take their self-portraits during a competition on self-portrait photographs at the college campus in Angamaly, near the southern Indian city of Kochi, February 15. The students and college staff participated in a competition in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Record by taking over 1,000 frames in a minute.

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Italian free divers Mike Maric and Ilaria Bonin kiss in an attempt to set the world record for the longest underwater kiss, in an oceanic tank at the Gardaland Sea Life Aquarium in Castelnuovo del Garda, northern Italy. Maric and Bonin set the new world record at three minutes and eight seconds.

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Villagers perform the annual 'dragon march' to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Gutian township, Fujian province. According to local media, the traditional march, usually performed during Lantern Festival, has a history of more than 200 years. The marching dragon, made of paper and bamboo and connected by wood planks, set the new Guinness World Records of the longest parade float with 791.5 meters, according to local media.

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Children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi take part in a peace march in Kolkata. Four hundred and eighty-five children from the Training Resource and Care for Kids, a charity for single mothers and children living without support at railway stations, took part in a peace march in an attempt to create a Guinness World Record for being the largest gathering of people dressed as Mahatma Gandhi.

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Calligrapher Mohammad Sabir Khedri (centre right) gives information about the biggest Quran in the world to Afghan officials during its inauguration ceremony in the Hakim Nasir Khosrow Balkhi library in Kabul January 12. The Afghan calligrapher has worked for five years to create the world's biggest Quran, a bid to show the world that Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage and traditions have been damaged but not destroyed by 30 years of war.

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Chefs throw their hats in the air in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people throwing chefs hats at the Grand Place in Brussels January 9. There were 617 participants who successfully broke the record, organisers said.

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People gather with their bicycles at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei December 31. Hundreds of thousands people participated in a bike ride around Taiwan on New Year's Eve as part of an attempt to achieve a Guinness World Record of the largest bicycle parade in the world. Various groups began from 1000 starting points around the island and cycled clock-wise towards the next starting point within one hour.

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People light candles at Praca do Comercio in Lisbon December 17. Fifty thousand candles were lit in Praca do Comercio, Lisbon's downtown square, as part of an attempt by non-governmental organisation Terra dos Sonhos (Land of Dreams) to achieve a Guinness World Record. The candles were sold at 1 euro each ($1.30) to raise funds for realizing the dreams of children suffering from long and terminal illnesses. 

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Etibar Elchiyev poses with 50 metal spoons magnetised to his body during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for 'Most spoons on a human body' in Tbilisi.

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Schoolchildren dressed as Santa Claus form the shape of a star ahead of Christmas celebrations at a school in the southern Indian city of Chennai December 10. Some 1,500 schoolchildren aged three to five formed the shape of a Christmas star on Saturday in an attempt to make a maiden entry in the Guinness Book of World Records, a media release said.

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Volunteers hold taped coins as they prepare to lay down 25-centavo coins in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record on the longest line of coins, now held by the United States at 64.8 km, at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. Some 3.5 million pieces of 25-centavo coins are collected to complete a record breaking 70 km, local media reported.

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Grower Pete Glazebrook poses for photographers with his onion weighing 8.150kg, that now holds the world record holder for being the heaviest onion, at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show in Harrogate, northern England. The show marking its 100th year, has introduced a giant vegetable class for the first time.

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Twenty-five-year-old German Lutz Eichholz rides his unicycle along upright beer bottles in Tel Aviv during his attempt to break the world record. Eichholz on Monday set a new Guinness world record by riding his unicycle over a 8.93-metre-long row of 127 beer bottles. According to organisers, the previous record was 7.99 metres.

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Marie and Gabrielle Vaudremer, 101-year-old Belgian twins, celebrate their birthday at the Chateau Sous-Bois retirement home in Spa October 2. They were born in 1910 and are the world's oldest pair of twin sisters, according to the Guinness World Records.

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Rassila Abed el-Hafez works on a giant straw tray at her home in West Bank village of al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah. Seventy-year-old Hafez and two other Palestinian women began the weaving two years ago in hopes of winning a Guinness Book of Records mention for the tray, which currently has a diameter of a whopping five metres.

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People in wheelchairs react after managing to pull a C130 cargo aircraft weighing 67 tons across 100 metres at the Melsbroek military airport near Brussels. The attempt, led by 84 people, set a new Guinness World Record for heaviest plane pulled over 100 metres by a team of people in wheelchairs.

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Children hug trees as they prepare to take part in an attempt to create a Guinness World Record for the most number of people hugging trees for two minutes in Kathmandu. 879 people took part in the event, which was held on World Environment Day to spread the message of saving the environment.

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