Liesl Benecke has more than 1,000 Minion items, including her latest purchase: three crystal figurines from Swarovski.

But his attempts didn’t stop there. “I saw that Chiquita Banana had sponsored a guy in Canada to set the record for the fastest half marathon at the Toronto Marathon and he got the record ...

Unfortunately, in May of that year, Maddocks received a letter stating the record was denied due to the banana suit he wore at the time being one inch too short in the back. But his attempts didn’t ...