The smallest actor in the world

At 2 feet 6 inches, Ajay Kumar, an Indian comedy star, has been officially recognised as the world's smallest actor.

Hailing from Kerala, Kumar, better known by his stage name Unda Pakru, has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records after starring in 50 films over 13 years.

In 2005, when he married Gayatri, 5ft 1in-who is more than twice her husband's height.Better known by his stage name Unda Pakru, the tiny star has become a household name in his native Kerala.

World's longest sausage

This small village in the southern province of Potenza is trying to become the latest Italian town to enter the Guinness Book of Records by producing what it hopes will be the world's longest sausage.

According to the Rotonda town official responsible for tourism, Giuseppe Bonafine, butchers are already at work producing some 60-70 meters of sausage a day. By Saturday, the sausage should measure 450 meters, thus beating the record of 413 meters held by a town in the Sardinian province of Sassari.

Guinness World Record for "fastest time to skateboard 100 cones slalom"