18 Most Remarkable World Records Broken In 2013

With 15,185 lanterns lit, the University of the Philippine Visayas held the record for simultaneous skylantern release.

Priced at $235, the Bacon Bling sandwich has set the record for most expensive bacon sandwich. The sandwich contains a "rare breed bacon," eggs, black truffles, truffle oil, gold leaf, gold dust and saffron.

Measuring 0.74 x 0.75 mm (0.0291 x 0.0295 in), Japan's Toppan Printing set a record in March for the smallest book ever published. It contains 22 pages, mostly with pictures of flowers.

More than 5 million LEGO bricks were used to create a life sized replica of the Star Wars' X-wing fighter jet.

"The model weighs nearly 20,865 kilograms, stands 3.35 meters tall and 13.1 meters long, with a wingspan of 13.44 meters." source

At $190,000 Grid 2: Mono Edition became the most expensive game to ever be sold. It came with an actual car; the BAC Mono.

13,892 people participated in the largest human no smoking sign at the Bicol University football field on June 28, 2013 in the Philippines.

On May 23, 2013 Japan's Yuichiro Miura became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 80. He had previously climbed the mountain in 2003 and 2008.

Orange Julius teamed up with renowned fruit sculptor Shawn Feeney to create the largest fruit sculpture. The ten foot tall tree was made with 1,200 pieces of pineapple, orange, strawberry, peach and mango.

California's lumber salesman Tim Mathison has grown the largest pumpkin to date at 2,032 pounds. It took him 105 days to grow the ginormous veggie.

Meanwhile in the Kerry Hotel in Shanghai, China, more than 1m balls were used to fill its 82x41 meter pool, and subsequently, the largest ball pit was created.