Guinness World Records Day

Datca, Turkey: Ali Bahcepete broke the world record for most concrete blocks smashed in a minute, with a total of 1,077 Photograph: Guinness World Records

London, England: Manjit Singh, 59, pulled a double decker bus 21.2 metres using ropes attached to his hair, a new world record Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images

Tirana, Albania: A mosaic made of paintbrushes standing on end depicts the king of pop Michael Jackson. Albanian artist Saimir Strati took 28 days to finish the 10m by 2.6m mosaic, the largest ever, using 233,000 paintbrushes Photograph: Guinness World Records

Helsinki, Finland: The record for the fastest 40m human wheelbarrow race is 17 seconds, achieved by Adrian Rodrigues Buenrostro (Mexico) and Sergiy Vetrogonov (Ukraine) Photograph: Guinness World Records

Auckland, New Zealand: The furthest distance to blow a malteser with a straw was set at 11.29m Alistair Galpin Photograph: Guinness World Records

Helsinki , Finland: A new record for the most people in a sauna was set. It was 57, it is now 76, thanks to multinational students and staff at Haaga Helia university in Helsinki Photograph: Guinness World Records

London, England: Early morning commuters at St Pancras station take a minute to stop and embrace en route to work. The number of people hugging for one minute was 112 - a new Guinness World Record Photograph: Tim Anderson /Guinness World Records

Milan, Italy: The longest platform-to-platform bicycle jump was 4.02m by Italian Vittorio Brumotti in Fiera Milano, smashing the past record of 2.95m Photograph: Guinness World Records

Denmark: The fastest time to peel and eat 3 lemons was 28.5 seconds now belongs to Jim Lyngvild Photograph: Guinness World Records

Memphis, Tennessee: The Universal Cheerleaders Association set the largest cheerleading dance record, with 297 participants, smashing the previous record of 225 for the UCLA Intramural Field, Los Angeles Photograph: Guinness World Records

Fort Worth, Texas: The record for the most people lassoing simultaneously is 23, courtesy of the Stockyards Championship Rodeo Photograph: Guinness World Records

Beirut, Lebanon: The tallest matchstick model record was set Toufic Daher at the City mall in Beirut. The model measured 6m 53cm and used approximately 6m matches (150 boxes, each with 40,000 matches) Photograph: Guinness World Records

Milan, Italy: Italian Ernesto Cesario set the record for the fastest time to eat a bowl of pasta, gorging it down in 1min 30sec at the Restorante Sant'Eustorgio Photograph: Guinness World Records

Sydney, Australia: 235 people in their swimwear, including 144 men wearing "budgies", descended on the Opera House in Sydney. Sadly this wasn't a record. The record for the largest swimwear parade remains at 281 Photograph: Guinness World Records