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A man from Australia has achieved the loudest shout EVER recorded.

Joseph McGrail-Bateup's mighty yell was registered at a huge 122.4 decibels - that's around the same noise level as a jet plane taking off!

It also broke the previous world record, set by a Belfast school teacher, which had stood for more than 30 years.

After the attempt, Joseph said that he was "ecstatic" that he'd made it into the record books.

It probably won't come as much surprise to the residents of Canberra and Queanbeyan in Australia that Joseph broke the record.

That's because he's been the official town crier for the area for the past nine years.

He often has to shout over the noise of sports car engines at events he's involved with in his hometown, although he does admit he can lose his voice from all the yelling.

However, Joseph said his new achievement wasn't just about shouting as loudly as possible.

It seems that finding the perfect word to break the Guinness World Record took some careful planning too.

Joseph explained: "My daughter and I worked together to find the best word to hit the decibels.

"The previous word was 'quiet' but that wasn't quite loud enough and we ended up settling for the word 'now'."

Joseph added that he never would have imagined setting a new record as a youngster.

"When I was a kid I didn't really have a loud voice, I was very shy, withholding all that stuff until I left school and I joined the theatre. It was very clear then that I needed to pipe up, make myself loud.

"So, I trained in the theatre where you didn't use microphones or anything like that and I got loud and as the years went by, louder."

If you could try to break a world record what would it be? Let us know in the comments.