Guinness World Records: wow & wacky.

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Reality just reached another level of amazing with the new Guinness World Records 2013 edition. The best-selling copyrighted book in history is packed with thousands of inspirational achievements, exclusive pictures, and a free augmented reality app that brings the book to life in 3D.

The Guiness World Records team has traveled to the far corners of the globe searching for the tallest, smallest, fastest, heaviest, and more:

* "Snap Shots" and "Fact" Bubbles. Get the story behind the scenes of the newest records with these info-packed morsels featured throughout the book.

* Wild Style. Check out the extremes of human body modification with vibrant pictures of the record holders for "Most Piercings of the Tongue," "Most Tattooed Woman," "Most Piercings on the Face;' and more.

* Wacky Vehicles. From "Fastest Bathroom" to Smallest Van" and beyond, check out these absurd automobiles.

* Animalympics. Humans have nothing on these athletic animal feats, including the...