Should you encounter a site that deals with Poon Lim's excellent adventure, please feel free to drop a short e-mail note. There is a great summary of Poon Lim's ordeal on pages 741-742. A few of the details seem to contradict the actual newspaper articles, but these are minor points.
People do all kinds of strange things to make a world record.
The world's largest pizza. The longest fingernails. The person that can pull a train with his teeth. The loudest rock concert. There is one world's record that I bet no one wants to break.