The cat’s whiskers

Samantha Valle, from Maryland, US, discovered her tearaway mongrel Geronimo Bib was just chilling when his owner decided to balance dice on his paw.

The puss, from Selangor, Malaysia, even sticks his other leg up at the same time without losing balance, or dice. had a hidden talent as she struggled to train her. Geronimo was a double dutch natural – and is now the world record holder. Tom Bagnall, 26, from Staffordshire, tinkered with a go-kart in his garage Barry John Crowe, 36, has been perfecting his sausage making skills from the age of 10, helping in his parents’ butchers.

He now runs the business in Cavan, Ireland, and is also a proud record holder. and made it a super-charged world record breaker. It took 12 months to complete and he reached 112.29mph to smash the record. Five years ago Mirko Hanßen from Bocholt, Germany, started to skate on his hands. Now the fastest two-hand skater, he can also skate one-handed and tackle ramps. How do you make backflips more impressive? Breathe fire while you flip.

Ryan Luney, 22, from Northern Ireland, also holds records for the longest reverse vault, and lowest standing backflip. A love of Lego and Star Wars sparked Matt Denton’s passion for animatronics. Personal trainer Evan Ungar decided to better a colleague who boasted how high he could jump.

Evan, from Ontario, Canada, beat his pal and realised he was only 12 inches away from the world record so started to train for it. Matt, 45, from Winchester, created droid BB-8 for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

But his rideable robot is his proudest achievement.

THEY say everyone has a hidden talent, no matter how obscure.And these Guinness World Record holders prove that even the oddest skills could earn you Most double dutch skips by a dog in a minute – 128 your 15 minutes of fame. From sausage making to training dogs to skip and teaching cats to defy gravity. These are some of the wonders in the 2019 edition. Most dice balanced on a cat’s paw – 10 Fastest speed in a jet-propelled go-kart – 112.29mph Most sausages produced in one minute – 78 Fastest50m hand skating – 8.55 secs Most fire breathing backflips in one minute – 14 Largest rideable hexapod robot – 2.8m tall, 5m wide Highest standing jump – 1.616m