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When it comes to all things wacky and wonderful, the book of Guinness World Records is hard to beat.
談及一切古怪奇妙的事情，幾乎沒有什么能打敗吉尼斯世界紀錄手冊了。

Guinness World Records 2017 goes on sale, priced ￡20. Here are some highlights...
2017吉尼斯世界紀錄手冊上市了，售價20英鎊。這里有部分精彩內容……

Longest cat: At 3ft 10.6in, Ludo is three times the size of the average moggie.
最長的貓：盧多長達3英尺10.6英寸，其身長是普通貓咪的三倍。

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Highest jump by a llama: Caspa leapt his way into the record book by clearing a 3ft 10in hurdle in front of an adjudicator at a dog show.
跳的最高的美洲駝：在一場賽狗會上，卡斯帕在一位裁判的見證下跳過了3英尺10英寸高的欄架，躍入吉尼斯世界紀錄手冊。

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Largest foot rotation: Maxwell Day, 14, can rotate his feet by 157 degrees.
最大幅度的腳旋轉：14歲的麥克斯韋·戴能將他的腳旋轉157度。

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Longest tail on a dog: When Irish wolfhound Keon wags his tail you'd better watch out — because it's 30.2in long.
最長的狗尾巴：當愛爾蘭獵狼犬基翁搖尾巴的時候，你最好小心一點，因為它的尾巴長達30.2英寸。

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Longest distance pulled by a horse while on fire: Daredevil Josef Todtling was dragged 1,640ft while doing a 'full body burn'. He protected himself with several layers of clothing, a cooling gel and metal shin and elbow pads.
在燃燒的狀態(tài)下，被馬兒拖著行進了最長的距離：魯莽大膽的約瑟夫·陶德特靈在“全身浴火”的情況下被拖著行進了1640英尺。他用幾層衣服、一層蘆薈膠、金屬脛骨和護肘來保護自己。

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Biggest Mouth: That burger won't last long! Bernd Schmidt, of Wendlingen, Germany, can open his mouth 3.46in wide.
最大的嘴：那個漢堡很快就被消滅掉了！來自德國文德林根的貝恩德·施密特可以把嘴張大到3.46英寸寬。

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Most ice cream scoops balanced on a cone: Dimitri piled up an incredible 121.
在一個蛋筒上平穩(wěn)地堆了最多的冰淇淋球：迪米特里平穩(wěn)地堆了121個冰淇淋球，真不可思議。

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World's tallest female dog: Great Dane Lizzy is 37.96 inches tall.
世界上最高的雌犬：大丹犬利齊高達37.96英寸。

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World's longest monster truck: The truck made by Brad and Jen Campbell of Big Toyz Racing in the U.S. was 32ft long.
世界上最長的巨輪卡車：由美國改裝車公司（Big Toyz Racing）的布拉德和珍打造的這輛卡車長達32英尺。

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The biggest clogs: The largest pair of clogs in the world are 11.5ft long, 5ft 10 inches wide and 4ft 10 inches tall.
最大的木鞋：世界上最大的木鞋長11.5英尺，寬5英尺10英寸，高4英尺10英寸。

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Youngest female with a beard: Anti-bullying activist and catwalk model Harnaam Kaur has a beard measuring as long as six inches.
蓄著胡子的最年輕女性：反欺凌活動家兼時裝模特哈娜姆·考爾蓄著長達6英寸的胡子。

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Most tricks performed by a dog in a minute: The puppy can do 32 including a handstand, putting a tea bag in a mug, walking backwards and various jumps, twists and twirls.
一只狗狗能在一分鐘之內表演最多的特技：這只狗狗能表演32種特技，包括倒立、把茶袋放進杯子里、倒著走、各種跳躍、扭轉和旋轉。

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Largest mailbox: The world's largest postbox measures 5,743 ft long.
最大的郵箱：世界上最大的郵箱長達5743英尺。

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Record-breaking: The world's largest knitting needles measure 13ft 0.75inches long and 3.25inches wide.
破紀錄：世界上最大的毛衣針長達13英尺0.75英寸，寬3.25英寸。