This week, died on the smallest man in the world - 21-year-old Pingping Xe. He felt pain in his chest during filming of TV shows in Italy. Pingping suffered from dwarfism, which is why he could not grow more than 73 cm Guinness Book of Records recognized Pingpinga the smallest person on earth. In November last year hosted the Day of Records, in which people from all over the world can register their records. Collected here are photos of the champions, world record, and their attempts.


 Heh Pingping Chinaman smiles, standing next to the Sultan Kesenom during promotions in Istanbul on 14 January 2010. Xe with the growth of 73 cm and with an increase in Kesen 246.5 cm have been named Guinness Book of Records the smallest and the biggest man on earth, respectively. (REUTERS / Osman Orsal)
 27-year-old Joel Wall is on the ball of rubber bands, which he collected, at his home in Loderhille, Florida, October 23, 2009. Joel, who works in a warehouse clothing store, the last six years selected the gum of various sizes and collected them into a neat ball. Guinness World Records called it a rubber ball biggest in the world in 2008. (AP Photo / Alan Diaz)
 In this photo taken August 21, 2009, Diana Taylor walks with his German mastiff Titan on Ocean Beach in San Diego. November 12, 2009 Guinness Book of Records has officially recognized 4-year Titan's biggest dog in the world. His owner, Diana Taylor said that dog is blind, deaf, epileptic, and every three weeks is a session of acupuncture and chiropractic. The growth of the Titan 107 cm from the floor to the withers, weight - 86 kg. (AP Photo / Union Tribune, Peggy Peattie)
 Bakers combine portions of gingerbread, to break the world record for December 18, 2009 in Ludwigsburg, Germany. In the manufacture of gingerbread kilometer semitonnogo took 1,700 kg of honey, 1,700 kg of flour, 1,000 kg of walnuts, hazelnuts 900 kg, 550 liters of milk and 158 liters of cherry schnapps.(SASCHA SCHUERMANN / AFP / Getty Images)
 BASE jumper leaps backward from the skyscraper Menara Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 28, 2009. BASE jumpers group tried to set a world record - 24 BASE jumpers jumped down every hour during the day with a 278-meter building. (AP Photo / Mark Baker)
 Physically handicapped people participate in the biggest event on the drawing with his fingers on the canvas in 30x42 feet in honor of International Day of Disabled Persons in Ahmedabad December 3, 2009. More than 200 people with disabilities participated in this event, hoping to get into Guinness World Records. (AP Photo / Ajit Solanki)
 Street Artist Cheyne Haltgren (also known as "Space Cowboy") plays his attempt to get into the Guinness Book of Records once zaglotnuv 18 swords, against the backdrop of Sydney Opera House February 8, 2010. The Australian broke his world record at the same time when stuck in the mouth 18 of swords, the size of each of which accounted for 50.8 x1, 3 cm, during the International Day of sword-swallower on February 28. (TORSTEN BLACKWOOD / AFP / Getty Images)
 Lisa Courtney is in his collection of toys - the largest collection of toys from the cartoon "Pokemon." The collection of 12,113 toys. (Guinness World Records, Paul Michael Hughes)
 Children caught in candy cups with almost 1893 gallons of hot chocolate December 30, 2009 at Bryant Park, New York, during an attempt of the American Association of dairy industry to make the largest cup of hot chocolate in the world. (AP Photo / American Dairy Association, Diane Bondareff)
 Born in India, 59-year-old British athlete Manju Singh pulls on a rope tied to his hair, the famous double decker bus in London English November 12, 2009. Singh broke the world record by dragging a bus 21.2 meters. (CARL DE SOUZA / AFP / Getty Images)
 Filipino chefs and students trying to break the world record for "largest number of dishes in one day in one place" in the suburbs Kezona, north of Manila, 14 December 2009. Organizers hope to enter the Guinness World Record with 5,000 dishes, each of which featured cheese. The last record was set by India in 2007 - 4668 courses. (AP Photo / Aaron Favila)
 104-year-old Chinese twins Sao Datsyao (senior, right) and Sao Xiaoqiao at his home in Weifang, Shandong Province November 29, 2009. According to the Shanghai Guinness Book of Records, the twins were born in 1905, are the oldest in the world. (STR / AFP / Getty Images)
 Brian Berg from the U.S. poses with his creation - a mini-copy of the Venetian hotel «Macao-Resort-Hotel». Brian broke the world record for the biggest house of cards March 10, 2010. Berg used 218,792 cards, and to build a mini-hotel took 44 days. As a result, a masterpiece of 10 meters in length and 3 meters in height and weighed 272 kg. (AP Photo / Kin Cheung)
 Israeli student playing with Jerusalem's largest flag in the stadium, "Teddy," September 17, 2009. The flag was named the Guinness Book of Records the largest flag in the world April 11, 2009. The area of ​​the flag - 44 404 sq.m. (AP Photo / Tara Todras-Whitehill)
 The tallest man in the world Kesen Sultan is the largest gingerbread in the world at the store «Ikea» in Oslo November 12, 2009. 246-inch Turkish Sultan presented Kesen cake weighing 651 kg. It was made in the traditional form of gingerbread local bakery and broke the previous world record in 2006: then cake weighed 593 pounds and was manufactured in Smitville, Texas. (AP Photo / Morten Holm / Scanpix)
 Organization «Life Time Fitness» broke the world record for the largest lesson in cycling, which was attended by 1052 people. The event was held in the hall of «Target Center» in the heart of Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Peter Wong)
 Lebanese chefs prepare a great Tabule in Beirut, October 25, 2009. Under the watchful gaze of the jury members of the "Guinness" 250 chefs and 50 heads of state to culinary school and cut into half-ton of chopped lettuce, parsley, using 1600 kg, 1500 kg of tomatoes and 420 kg of onions. (RAMZI HAIDAR / AFP / Getty Images)
 Lebanese celebrate the progress that they have the world record for the largest portion of production of hummus in the world. Plate weighing 2056 kg was filled with a dish of peas, weighing 1350 kg. Organizers have announced a world record as the size of our meals, and for the most made hummus.(REUTERS / Jamal Saidi)
 Palestinians stand at the embroidered dress at the stadium in the city of Hebron October 25, 2009. Dress produced a few months, its official measurement was to be held next week. (REUTERS / Nayef Hashlamoun)
 Burj Dubai during the opening ceremony January 4, 2010 in Dubai. The skyscraper is 824.55 meters high and is the tallest building in the world. (Martin Rose / Getty Images)
 About 15 000 people took part in the tug of war during the annual event in Naha, on the Japanese island of Okinawa, October 11, 2010. The event used a rope 200 feet long, 156 cm in diameter and weighing 43 tons. It was made of straw collected. Guinness World Records recognized him as the world's largest rope. (JIJI PRESS / AFP / Getty Images)
 The world's largest horse named Lyuskomb Nodram, or just a friend, standing with his mistress Jane Greenman before heading to the exhibition in honor of Easter in Melbourne March 19, 2010. This horse breed Shire for seven years, his height of 2.5 meters and weighs 1.5 tons - three times the average thoroughbred horses. Shire horse breeds are in danger of extinction, there are only 2000, and few of them are gray. (AFP PHOTO / William WEST)
 Albanian artist 43-year-old Saimir Strati creates a mosaic of the late Michael Jackson in Durres, near Tirana, Albania, October 31, 2009. In the manufacture of a masterpiece in Strati spent 250 000 brushes and 28 days. "Painting" is 10 meters wide and 2.6 meters in height. Completed painting on the side of a truck traveling in Albania. This is the fourth attempt to get Strati Guinness Book of Records. (REUTERS / Arben Celi)
 Thousands of Mexicans are taking part in an event, "I'm dancing Thriller», hoping to break the world record as the most popular dance of the famous clip of Michael Jackson «Thriller» in Mexico City on 29 August 2009. Up to 15 000 people attended the event held on the day when the King of Pop has been fulfilled 51 years. (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP / Getty Images)
 Norman Surplas from Larne, Northern Iralndiya, waving to reporters from his autogyro at Duxford, England, March 11, 2010. Surplas trying to travel around the world in a gyroplane, from Larne on March 18. With an open cockpit, he plans to fly over 26 countries, 43 452 km, including 6920 km above the sea during the expedition, from which funds will be used to fight cancer. A specially built device is collapsible fuel tanks, through which you can fly 1448 miles without refueling. (AP Photo / Alastair Grant)
 The chefs make the largest, in their opinion, the world's cheesecake in Mexico City, January 25, 2009. They hope to enter the Guinness Book of Records.(AP Photo / Eduardo Verdugo)
 25-year-old Egyptian Mohammed Ali Zinhom trying to set a world record for the highest number of push-ups on two fingers of his right hand in front of the historic pyramids at Giza March 8, 2010. Zinhom made 46 push-ups for 49 seconds. (AP Photo / Amr Nabil)
 Chef Matthew Mitnitski happy meatballs weighing results, which helped him to enter the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest meatball in the world, in Concord, New Hampshire, November 1, 2009. (AP Photo / Jim Cole)
 About 1,800 people in Santa Claus costumes are preparing for the race on the main street of Sydney November 29, 2009. The organizers of the race «Variety Club Santa Fun Run», money from which went to help children, tried to enter the Guinness World Record for the biggest race of people dressed as Santa Claus. (REUTERS / Tim Wimborne)


The Indonesians are trying to set a world record for the most massive deflation lanterns into the sky in Jakarta, December 5, 2009. In the sky have been released, at least, 10 000 flashlights. (AP Photo / Dita Alangkara)