Surprise Zone

Ronald Suki King (Barbados) played 385 games of checkers simultaneously at the Huston International Festival, Texas, USA, on April 26 1998.

Michel Lotito (France), known as Monsieur Henri Mangetout, has been eating metal and glass since 1959.

The most protracted operation reported lasted for 96 hours and was performed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on February 4-8 1951.

The largest quantity of baked beans flicked from a bathtub into a bucket is 34.63 oz (982 g) by Jamie Rickers (UK)