( CNN ) -- A call for Smurfs brought together 1,253 dressed-up-in-blue people in County Monaghan , Ireland . A 4,703-pound cheesecake rolled out in Mexico City . A 7-year-old Michigan boy made a ball of plastic wrap that 's 11 feet across . Anthony Victor of India has hair measuring 7.12 inches sprouting from the center of his outer ears . Meanwhile , in Ellensburg , Washington , 13-year-old Brenden Adams is having a hard time fitting into cars . At 7 feet 4.6 inches , Adams -- who as a kindergartner was taller than his teacher -- has made it into the Guinness World Records 2010 book , released Thursday , as the tallest teenage boy . It 's a stature he said was earned simply because his 12th chromosome split in half . And while the height has its perks -- `` You do n't get picked on as much '' -- he wishes strangers would n't stare . `` I 'm another person , just like everybody else , '' said Adams , who does n't play basketball -- two knee replacements insured that -- and prefers to hang out with friends , camp and ride dirt bikes . The tallest teenage boy is one of about 4,000 records listed in this year 's book -- a number that accounts for a mere 10 percent of all the mind-blowing stats that make up the Guinness World Records database , said Stuart Claxton , a spokesman for the organization that began publishing feats in 1955 . See more world record holders . From the obscure ( Most balloons inflated with a nose ? 308 ) to the old standbys ( Lucia Zarate , who died in 1890 , still holds the record for lightest adult at 4.7 pounds ) , it 's the reference-book gift that keeps on giving . So why would someone set out to spend the most time in a bumper car ( record : 24 hours ) , or solve the most Rubik 's Cubes in one hour ( record : 185 ) ? `` It 's an innate part of our psyche as human beings to explore how far we can push the boundaries , '' said Claxton , who 's been with Guinness World Records since 2000 . `` We 're intrigued by extremes in our daily life '' and by `` the things we 're not familiar with . '' iReport.com : Follow updates on `` Le Grande Bebe '' Jake Lonsway of Bay City , Michigan , was only 6 when high school students in his area set out to assemble the largest group of people wearing Groucho Marx glasses . A snowstorm killed the attempt , but the idea of setting a record became an obsession for the young boy , his mom Julie Grames said . `` I told him , 'We 'll get a bunch of books , and we 'll see if there 's anything we can do , ' `` she said . Building a ball of plastic wrap was where they landed . And what started with a softball-sized ball grew and grew and grew into a 281-pound monstrosity , earning Lonsway , now 9 , a spot in this year 's record book . `` It does take up a nice corner of the garage , '' Grames said with a laugh . And when people comment on how `` cool '' it is , she said her husband 's response is always the same : `` You want it ? Take it . '' iReport.com : Massive chess board with human pieces . Claxton , of Guinness , has seen everything from the innocuous to the extreme and dangerous . He 's watched a motorcycle rider crash -- and survive -- trying to outdo the ramp-to-ramp distance jump , just one of the `` pushing the envelope '' moments that helped him `` realize just how out there the world of record breaking can be , '' he said . Some images might be hard to take in at first . `` Over 1,000 piercings in the human body is something you have to get used to looking at , '' Claxton said . And while the most tattooed man -- 99 percent of his body is covered -- `` may not be my cup of tea , '' he said that when it comes to categories there 's something for everyone . Lee Redmond , 68 , of Salt Lake City , Utah , earned the top berth for longest fingernails after not cutting them from 1979 onward . As of the last record-setting measurement , her nails were 28-foot long in total , the longest being her left index fingernail that came in at 3-foot , Claxton said . But a car accident in February of this year left her nails broken and her hands much freer , the Guinness spokesman said . iReport.com : World 's largest rocking chair ? `` They were such a part of her , '' he said , before describing Redmond 's attitude as `` very stoic , '' and her take on the broken nails this way : `` If something like that had to happen , it had to happen . Someone somewhere had decided enough is enough . '' This year 's book release includes a look at the top 100 records of this century 's first decade , Claxton added , as well as beefed up offerings on the Guinness World Records Web site , which is also where wannabe record holders can find out how to compete and get recognized -- if not now , then in the next book 's edition . Since the current record-holding Smurfs gathered in Ireland and after the 2010 book went to press , for example , 2,510 ambitious blue ones amassed in a nightclub in Wales . iReport.com : Large gathering of `` Waldos '' Does Claxton have his own eyes on a record prize ? `` I want to spin a quarter for the longest time possible , '' he said , adding that the current record is 19.34 seconds . `` That 's the one I want to get . ''
1,253 people gather in Ireland , find place in Guinness World Records record book . Released Thursday , the record book lists 4,000 hair - raising tidbits . ` ` I ' m another person , just like everybody else , '' tallest teenage boy ' . Woman who grew fingernails for about two years loses them in car accident .