Algeria's Salim Haini is a man on a mission. He wants to be in the Guinness Book of Records under his adopted title: The man who eats everything.

Haini, 25, seen here munching on nails, candles and lightbulbs, also has a taste for lamps and sawdust. He says he’s chowed down more than 1,000 boiled eggs in a single sitting. "I've eaten two barrels of olive oil in one go, 40 loaves of bread, 75 bowls of chorba (Algerian soup)..." Haini told Reuters. "I once ate an entire roast lamb weighing 35 kilos. God willing, the authorities will help me travel abroad and become the first Arab to eat his way into the Guinness Book of Records."

But he faces some stiff competition. France’s Monsieur Mange Tout also feasts on metal and glass. And Briton Ken Edwards holds the record for eating cockroaches – 36 of them in a minute.

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