Monsieur Mangetout — that's Mr. Eats Everything in French — is famous for eating a plane, earning the Guinness World Record for world's strangest diet.

His record is one of tens of thousands on the books at Guinness World Records where, every year, applications are reviewed under a meticulous auditing system. Guinness World Records editor-in-chief Craig Glenday has met the shortest, tallest and fastest, along with the people behind jaw-dropping human feats, during his decades in the role.

"Humans are such an interesting bunch, aren't we? And record breaking is an innately human thing," Glenday said. "If that means you do strange things like swallowing sausages whole, or climbing Everest, or running a marathon with a milk bottle on your head, then that's fine. That's great."

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