The brightest attempts to get into the Guinness Book of Records in 2013

Attempts to get into the Guinness Book of Records continue. Let's look at the brightest of them.

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1. Dot Portnoy, 83, and her husband from Florida dance in New York's Times Square in an attempt to break the world record for the most people in underwear on August 5, 2013. Organizers had hoped to draw 2,271 people, the current record is 2,270.

2. Professional slackliner Reinhard Kleindl walks the line with Frankfurt in the background. Austrian Kleindl managed to set a world record by walking on a line at a height of 185 meters.

3. Thousands of young people launched paper lanterns into the sky on the occasion of the "World Peace Through Meditation" event on the campus of the University of the Philippines in Miagao, Iloilo province, on May 24, 2013. Organizers claimed to have launched 15,185 sky lanterns into the sky, thus beating the world a record of 12,740 lanterns that were launched into the sky during the opening of a shopping center in Romania in 2012.

4. Prisoners participate in a group exercise at the Lurigancho prison on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, on June 14, 2013. They were trying to break the Guinness World Record for the largest group of prisoners taking part in the event at the same time.

5. Nearly 5,000 people take part in a hoop spin to music at Thammasat University in Pathum Thani, Thailand on February 12, 2013. They managed to set a world record. Guinness World Records judge Seyda Subasi-Gemichi said that 4,483 people simultaneously spun the hoop to the music without interruption for seven minutes.

6. Workers carry the flag of Romania in an attempt to set a record for the largest national flag in the world, near Bucharest, May 27, 2013. The flag, measuring 349.4 by 226.9 meters, set a new Guinness world record.

7. The national flag of Romania sets a record as the largest national flag in the world.

8. Mariachi performers perform during halftime of Mexico's match against Panama at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup at the Rose Ball in Pasadena, California on July 7, 2013. The previous world record for the most mariachi performers performing together was 555 and was established in 2010, the current record is 600 people.

Medical students take part in an attempt to break the world record for the most artificial respiration dolls in Lingen, Germany on June 18, 2013.

10. 2340 chefs and sommeliers gathered near the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City to try to break the world record for the largest gathering of chefs in one place, March 16, 2013. Earlier this year, the record was set in Dubai with 2847 participants.

11. More than 1,900 participants in a traditional German dress with a fitted bodice and wide ruched skirt gathered in Speyer, Germany, and set a new world record, July 13, 2013.

12. British athlete Stephanie Reed kisses her Canadian husband Brent Lakatosh after he set a new world record in the 100 meters in the T53 category as part of the anniversary of the Games in London at the Olympic Stadium, July 28, 2013.

13. Stirling Hart (right) of British Columbia touches the top of a nearly 100 foot tall pole during the World Lumberjack Championship in Hayward, Wisconsin on July 27, 2013. Brian Bartow of Molalla, Oregon competes with him. Hart set a world record for lifting. More than 100 people took part in the championship.

14. Cy Perlis, 91, hugs his wife Joan, 69, after setting a new bench press world record in the 90+ category in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 8, 2013. The 91-year-old weightlifter from Arizona didn't just break the world record , he exceeded it by 23.5 kg, squeezing 85 kg.

15. Fans in stock wigs during a game between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at the Angels Stadium in Anaheim, California, on June 1, 2013. Guinness World Records officials recognized that the event was the largest gathering of people in stock wigs.

16. American surfer Garrett McNamara rides a wave about 30 meters high at Praia do Norte beach in Nazar, Portugal, on January 28, 2013. If the data is confirmed, McNamara will set a new world record. The previous record, which was set in the same place in November 2011 with a wave height of 23.77 meters, also belongs to him. Garrett McNamara was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1967, but when he was 11 years old, his family moved to the North Shore in Hawaii.

17. People put on face masks in Taipei, July 28, 2013. The event was attended by 1213 people, breaking the world record.

18. Volunteers plant mangrove trees in an attempt to plant 750,000 seedlings in one day near the Arabian Sea in Karo Chan, 225 km south of Karachi, Pakistan, June 22, 2013. In an event organized by the Coastal Development Administration in cooperation with the Sindh Forest Department and Asian Development Bank, attended by 300 people.

19. People arrange pillows in a giant pillowcase in an attempt to create the largest pillow in the world in Prilep, Central Macedonia, May 23, 2013.

20. Jerry Hall emerges on the surface of Lake South Holston, Tennessee, after he set a new world record for the longest dive in fresh water for 6 days, 1 hour and 42 minutes, August 2, 2013.

21. Mexican climber David Liano Gonzalez holds a Guinness World Record certificate for climbing Everest on both sides in the same climbing season at a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 30, 2013. Gonzalez summited the 8848-meter mountain from Nepal on May 11 and since Tibetan side on May 19th.

22. 24 pairs of 5th grade twins in Wilmette, Illinois broke the previous record for having the most twins in a single class, 16 pairs.

23. Frenchman Francis Joyon arrived in his IDEC trimaran in New York Harbor, from where he will sail to Cape Lizard in England to try to set a new world record in a solo transatlantic voyage, May 16, 2013. He managed to do this with a result of 5 days, 2 hours, 56 minutes and 10 seconds. The previous world record in a solo transatlantic voyage was held by another Frenchman, Thomas Corville, with a time of 5 days, 19 hours, 30 minutes and 40 seconds. Joyon also holds another more serious world record: he circumnavigated the world in 57 days, 13 hours and 34 minutes.

24. 566 Sears employees gather at corporate headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, to break the world record for the most people dressed in a Superman suit, June 5, 2013.

25. An attempt to set a world record for the largest number of balloons in the air at the same time, in Chamblay-Bussières, eastern France, on July 31, 2013. The world record currently stands at 408 balloons.