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Sales of all editions exceed seventymillion and their records are verified through an advanced accreditation process that is. Guinness world records celebrates its 60th anniversary and its new book comes out september 10. The book is published annually, updating previous records with new ones, but some world records are made to never be broken by people who have a unique, special. Check out these talented individuals who can juggle, flip bottles, solve rubiks cubes really quickly and perform yoyo tricks.
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