( CNN ) -- Thousands of people around the globe may find the payoff Thursday for the countless hours they have spent perfecting the most ridiculous of feats . Chefs in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia , try in September to set a record with a tub of Quaker soup , made with Quaker oats . More than 200,000 people in 18 countries hope to make it into the `` Guinness World Records '' book with a variety of rather odd achievements on this day . Students at the University of Bournemouth in the United Kingdom plan to round up more than 100 participants to set a record for the Most People Dressed as Superheroes . Several Germans will vie to set a record for the Most Juice Extracted from Grapes by Treading . And in New Zealand , would-be record-holders will chase glory in a race to set the Fastest Time to Peel and Eat -- what else ? -- a Kiwi Fruit . The unusual pursuits unfold worldwide as part of Guinness World Records Day . The editors of `` Guinness World Records '' -- universally recognized as the foremost authority on record-breaking achievement -- began celebrating the day in 2004 , a year after the book sold its 100 millionth copy . `` We are very happy to see that people are still passionate and eager to achieve their goals in the midst of the global market turmoil , '' Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday said in a prepared statement . Dubai , in the United Arab Emirates , shows its studious side Thursday in an effort to enter the record books for Most People Reading Simultaneously . Brazil will try to break the record for World 's Largest Bread , and Japan hopes to clock the Fastest Time to Run 100 Meters On All Fours . Various places in the United States are also getting in on the act . New York will try for the Most Grains of Rice Eaten with Chopsticks in a Minute and Oak Park , Illinois , will host the Largest Dog Wedding . Sports network ESPN will televise attempts at the Fastest Egg and Spoon Mile and the Most Apples Cut in the Air with a Sword . Roll your eyes if you must . But keep count of the rotations : You could be a contender next year .
Guinness World Records ' efforts range from the ridiculous to the absurd . Largest Apple Alive , Most Beautiful Cut in the World with a Sword among categories . The book 's cover praises achievement of goals in spite of economic turmoil .