Wow, 7cm is just over 3 inches high! Tabletop Yorkies! I wonder if the teeny, tiny ones are more prone to health problems?
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LONDON: Marking its 50th anniversary, the Guinness Book of World Records published the latest edition of its trivia book yesterday, including everything from the biggest and smallest dogs to the lightening serves of tennis star Andy Roddick.
Other new entries include Hollywood star Will Smith, who holds the record for the highest annual earnings by an actor after making an estimated £60 million (BD12.7m) in 2002.
One world record that hasn't been topped is Robert Wadlow's. The world's tallest man - at 2.73 metres - appeared in the first edition of the book.
"The one thing that hasn't changed during the 50 years we've been publishing this book is that people are still inspired to break and set new Guinness World Records and this commemorative collector's edition is a testament to that desire," said Stewart Newport, the keeper of the records.
"There are more records out there to be broken and even more for us to chronicle." The book was the brainchild of Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of Guinness Brewery, who spotted a market for a book that could settle pub arguments over trivia.
Twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter were commissioned to create it, and the first book was published on August 27, 1955.
The special 50th anniversary collector's edition has interviews with celebrities and extraordinary record holders, including computer mogul Bill Gates, cartoonist Matt Groening, mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and pop legend Paul McCartney.
New records in the latest edition include two canine entries from Britain. The biggest one is Harvey, a great dane, at 1.05 metres tall and 2.31 metres long. The shortest, Whitney, a yorkshire terrier, is 7.6 centimetres high.
In addition to Roddick, who is credited with serving a tennis ball at 240 kph, the book mentions Alan Pettigrew, who hurled a haggis 55.12 metres in Scotland.
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