Aussie sheep makes world record book

The newly crowned dog with the longest tongue is one of a number of unusual facts checked and documented by Guinness World Records (GWR).

Here are some other extraordinary records:

:: Long in the tooth Lucky lived up to her name, becoming the world's oldest sheep at a ripe old age of 24.

:: Fluffy the reticulated python from Columbus Zoo, Ohio, becomes the longest snake in captivity, slithering in at 7.3m.

:: Jack Russell Anastasia took less than a minute to burst the record for the fastest time to pop 100 balloons. The Californian canine took the title in an impressive 44.49 seconds.

:: Stephen Parkes, 44, from Nottingham, scooped the record for the largest collection of Smurf memorabilia in the world - his stash totalling a whopping 1,061 items.

:: Mario's Cafe Bar in Bolton cooked up the record largest commercially available English breakfast which includes six rashers of bacon, six sausages, four eggs, six slices of bread, five black puddings, mushrooms, a can of beans and tomatoes, and weighs an average of 2.917kg. It's available for STG10.95 ($A18.10) but for punters who can eat it in less than 20 minutes without a drink, it's free.

:: Corby's Patrick Rielly has broken the record for Most Football Management Rejection Letters.The hapless Scotsman, who between 2000 and 2010 received 46 rejection letters from professional football clubs across the UK, said: "I might of not got my dream job but now I have a world record, every cloud has a silver lining."

:: Saturn played host to the longest-lasting lightning storm which flashed in at a striking 8 months long.

:: American Donna Simpson becomes the heaviest living woman to give birth, weighing in at 241kg.

:: West Midlands resident Stephen Buttler broke the record for the most push ups with claps in one minute. He completed 73 push ups with a clap in one minute, an impressive 1.2 push ups each second.