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Guinness World Records declares a teenager from the Philippines, Junrey Balawing, the world's shortest man on his 18th birthday.

Kraft's Oreo brand tries to set the Guinness record for Facebook likes.

Alik Gershon from Israel took the Guinness record for simultaneous chess games from the Jewish state's arch-foe Iran today after a marathon 19-hour match against 523 players.

A call for Smurfs brought together 1,253 blue-clad people in County Monaghan, Ireland. A 4,703-pound (2,133 kilo) cheesecake rolled out in Mexico City. A 13-year-old, at 7 feet 4.6 inches (2.27 meters) is the tallest teenage boy.

As Ireland's overheated property market crumbles, even Guinness is feeling the pain and putting plans to build a superbrewery on hold.