Everyone’s heard of Usain Bolt, but how many people know about Dineka Maguire? Like Bolt, the Irish woman is a world record holder but in the rather lesser known sport of bog snorkelling. She is just one of the hundreds of unsung heroes featured in this book chronicling the people who go to bizarre lengths to break world records in the weirdest categories; people who devote hours of intense training to spitting dung, eating cockroaches, sniffing feet or tossing tuna in the hope of one day being recognised as the best in the world. This astonishing compendium of the weirdest, wackiest and most disgusting world records will amuse and astound in equal measure.

Entries include:

Longest ear hair

Fastest marathon while wearing a deep-sea diving suit

Fastest bog snorkeller

Farthest distance skateboarding by a goat

Most bees on body

Most milk crates balanced on head

Fastest 5-km run while dressed as a penguin and juggling

Heaviest airplane pulled with teeth

Fastest shopping trolley

Longest backwards motorcycle ride

Most stairs climbed by bicycle

Fastest 30 metres on a scooter by a dog

First water-skiing squirrel