It may be hard to believe, but Malta has earned a mention in the latest edition of the Guiness Book of World Records as the country with the lowest road accident rate.
With the island's reputation for bad driving and the latest statistics showing 37 traffic accidents occurring daily, it would be natural to want to know about the astronomical rates in other countries.
The book, containing thousands of other 'unbelievable' entries, is about to be published in Britain.
It is also the ultimate achievers' book. Your chance of glory awaits if, for example, you can pluck a chicken in under 4.4 seconds or swallow 95 worms in half a minute.
Keep bell-ringing till you are 101 years old or unhook 17 bras with one hand in under a minute and your place is assured in Guinness.
Or why not try something completely different - invite round your 982 closest friends and set the record for the most people to sit on whoopee cushions at the same time.
"People really do the most remarkable things," said Guinness editor Claire Folkard, reflecting on the book that gets 60,000 record claims a year.
"The fascination is just endless," she told Reuters. "The crazy stuff is a lot of fun."
Guinness, whose sales look set to top 100 million by the end of this year, even has its own entry as the world's most successful copyright book. It is only outsold by the Bible and the Koran.
The breathtaking and the bizarre abound in the latest edition, from an American woman who boasts the largest breasts in the world to the dog with the longest ears.
Dutchman Niek Vermeulen makes his claim to fame with a collection of 3,240 airline sick bags. A Russian woman had 69 children.
The book was launched in 1954, brainchild of Hugh Beaver, managing director of the Guinness Brewery.
He was out shooting in Ireland and got into an argument about whether the golden plover ranked as Europe's fastest game bird. Believing that records sparked pub and bar disputes around the world, he decided the time was right to produce the ultimate reference book for superlatives.