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The 2008 version of the Guinness Book of World Records hit shelves today. Just in case you haven't picked up your copy yet, here's a peek at some of this year's strangest records (and record winners)...
Hairiest Family: The Gomez brothers from Mexico. They have a rare affliction that causes excessive facial and body hair...


Fastest Furniture: Manek Turowski achieved the high speed of 92 mph while driving his motorized sofa. Yes, he really did drive a sofa. Don't believe me? See for yourself...

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Heaviest Eyelid Pull: This one hurts just to think about. Dong Chaunghong pulled a 3,300 lb. CAR about 32 feet with ropes attached to this eyelids! Ouch...

Most Watermelons Crushed by Forehead: Where do they come up with this stuff? John Allwood crushed 40 watermelons with his head. I wonder how many Advil he took...

Heaviest Concrete Block Break on a Bed of Nails: If you thought the Eyelid Pull sounded painful, wait until you hear what Chad Netherland did for his record. He balanced 26 concrete blocks on his chest while laying on a bed of nails... and then someone swung a sledgehammer hard enough to break all 26 blocks! I sure hope he's had a tetanus shot in the last 10 years.

Just to get an idea of what that would look like, here's what 3 concrete blocks on a bed of nails is like...

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None of those records sound particularly comfortable. If I was going for a Guinness, it'd be something more along these lines...

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What would you do for a Guinness?