Many events and feats reported to us do surpass all other known

claims yet are not included in each new edition of the book The

Guinness Book of World Records is not a compendium of every record

ever set, but a rather subjective selection of those that the editors in their

sole discretion find to hc the most signigicant and /or interesting.More-

over.in order to~ give succeeding editions of the book variety, some

records and photos,and even some whole categories of records,are

dropped from time to time even when they have not been exceeded.

This 27th US edition has been brought up to date by the editors and

provided with many new photos

We wish to thank correspondents from the many countries of the

world for raising and settling various editorial points. Strenuous efforts

have been made to improve the value of the lnaterial presented and this

policy will be continued in future editions

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