Kathy Hayes' Toenails(01 of28)
Open Image ModalLos Angeles-based anthropologist Kathy Hayes has toenails that are five inches long. She only wears open-toed sandals to protect her nails. (credit:Ripley's Entertainment)
What A Tongue(02 of28)
Open Image ModalAdrienne Lewis of Michigan is only 14, but her tongue measures a whopping 3.5 inches. (credit:Ripley's Entertainment)
Einstein In Toast(03 of28)
Open Image ModalBritish artist Adam Sheldon uses toast to make incredible portraits of people like Albert Einstein. (credit:Ripley's Entertainment)
Liu Fei Puts Snakes In His Nose(04 of28)
Open Image ModalFor 30 years, Lui Fei of China has been pulling snakes through his nose, sometimes two at once. (credit:Ripley's Entertainment)
Vomit Artist(05 of28)
Open Image ModalMillie Brown creates paintings by drinking dyed soy milk and vomiting it back on to a canvas. Her works sell for as much as $2,400. (credit:Ripley's Entertainment)
Cow Stuck In Ladder(06 of28)
Open Image ModalThis Belgian blue bull got its head stuck in a ladder in August 2011, but was able to be rescued without suffering permanent injury. (credit:Ripley's Entertainment)
Willard Wigan Microscopic Art(07 of28)
Open Image ModalBritish artist Willard Wigan makes art works small enough to fit in the eye of a needle. (credit:Ripley's Entertainment)
Food For Louis(08 of28)
Open Image ModalLouis Cole is willing to eat anything, including live bugs, mice, decomposing frogs and this live scorpion. (credit:Ripley's Entertainment)
The Scream(09 of28)
Open Image ModalLos Angeles-based artist Cain Motter burns and melts old credit cards into unique scupltures that he sells for up to $1,200 -- to pay off his credit card bill. (credit:Ripley's Entertainment)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(10 of28)
Open Image ModalDr. Peter Terren of Bunbury, Western Australia, shot more than 200,000 volts of electricity through his body for this high voltage version of Rodin's "The Thinker." He avoided electrocution, in part, by wrapping his torse, arms and legs in insulating foil. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(11 of28)
Open Image ModalEngland's Gary Craig set a record of shorts, er, sorts, by putting on 211 pairs of underwear all at the same time.
Tongue Tricks(12 of28)
Open Image ModalActor Nick Afanasiev can not only touch his own nose with his tongue, he can lick his elbow (you try it!). (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(13 of28)
Open Image ModalDoug Higley, an artist from California, makes lifelike sculptures of mermaids, atomic death worms and, in this case, chupacabras using only manmade materials. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelievable But True Pictures From Ripley's(14 of28)
Open Image ModalA water dog mermaid made by Higley, who once made 42 mermaids for a car promotion in which someone who purchased a car might find a mermaid in the trunk. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(15 of28)
Open Image ModalIn 2010, BrewDog, a Scottish-based brewery, packaged bottles of its new beer, "The End Of History," inside the bodies of dead animals. The beer, which was 55 percent alcohol, cost $1000 if housed inside a dead squirrel and $750 if stuffed inside a stoat. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(16 of28)
Open Image ModalChilean artist Fredo does 3-D pencil drawings that are all just pencil on flat paper. He is only 17, but is already exhibiting his work. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(17 of28)
Open Image ModalChinese artist Yank Maoyuan creates animal sculptures by inflating the skins of dead animals. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(18 of28)
Open Image ModalAt the annual Glen Nevis River Race in Scotland, competitors on inflatable airbeds navigate a treacheous 1.5 mile course down a river that includes a 30-feet waterfall. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(19 of28)
Open Image ModalEscape artist Anthony Martin skydives while handcuffed and shackled. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(20 of28)
Open Image ModalSome people are attracted to the idea of having tiny magnets inserted in their fingers so they can pick up metal items such as paper clips. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(21 of28)
Open Image ModalHope the cat has 24 digits -- six on each paw. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(22 of28)
Open Image ModalJinxi Boo, a mother of three in southern California, has 95 percent of her body covered in tattoos, including an octopus tat across her throat and neck that took 26 hours to complete. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(23 of28)
Open Image ModalPaul Stender's jet-powered bus can reach 350 miles per hour. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(24 of28)
Open Image ModalGerman skier Henrik May prefers sand to snow and developed a special type of wax that allows him to reach speeds near 60 mph down sand dunes. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(25 of28)
Open Image ModalSupatra Sasuphan of Bangkok, Thailand, has congenital hyperthichosis, a genetic condition that causes excessive hair growth all over the body. Less than 40 people in the world have it, but she hasn't let it stop her from following her dreams. She hopes to eventually be a teacher. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(26 of28)
Open Image ModalTim Cockerill is known as the "Great Inferno" because he happily gargles hot molten lead until it cools and hardens into solid metal. During the day, he works as a zoologist. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's (27 of28)
Open Image ModalAsha Mandela's hair measures more than 19 feet long; she hasn't cut it in 22 years. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)
Unbelieveable But True Images From Ripley's(28 of28)
Open Image ModalBritish artist INSA created these 10 inch stiletto shoes with platforms made from elephant dung. (credit:Courtesy of RipleyBooks.com)