Making, measuring world records is no easy feat at Guinness World Records
Behind the jaw-dropping feats recorded by Guinness World Records is a strict auditing system, certifying everything from the tallest man to the world's biggest pizza party.
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What goes into the sometimes zany attempts at Guinness World Records
In Guinness World Records, you'll find the shortest, tallest and fastest. Behind the spectacle is an auditing system so strict it has crushed many more record attempts than it has certified.
The system behind Guinness World Records
In Guinness World Records, you'll find the shortest, tallest and fastest. Behind the spectacle is an auditing system so strict it has crushed many more record attempts than it has certified.
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Japanese man beats his own record as oldest person to summit Mount Fuji
Kokichi Akuzawa has beaten his own record as the oldest person to climb Japan's Mount Fuji, according to Guinness World Records.
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World's oldest living person celebrates her 116th birthday
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Meet the surfer chasing a world record
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British toddler becomes youngest-ever member of the Mensa high-IQ club
Mensa has welcomed its youngest member, a British two-year-old whose professor parents say, "the credit is all his!"
World's tallest and smallest dogs meet up for Idaho playdate
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Soccer-loving nun from Brazil is world's oldest person at nearly 117
Sister Inah Canabarro became the world's oldest living person after the death of Japan's Tomiko Itooka.
World's oldest person has died at 116
Tomiko Itooka, who loved bananas and a yogurt-flavored Japanese drink called Calpis, was born on May 23, 1908.
Quirky Guinness World Records of 2024 include a skateboarding cat
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World's oldest man dies in England
John Tinniswood, the world's oldest man, has died in northern England. He credited his longevity largely to "pure luck," but did offer advice about over-indulging - in anything.
Philly sets Guinness World Record for most-attended drag story time event
Over 260 people gathered at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia to kick off Pride Month as the city set a world record for the most attended drag queen story time event.
Toddler becomes world's youngest artist
Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah, from Ghana, gained recognition as the world's youngest artist after having ten of his paintings displayed in an exhibition
706 people named Kyle descend on Texas town for world record attempt
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Lori and George Schappell, world's oldest living conjoined twins, dead at 62
George Schappell and sister Lori, of Reading, Pa., were the world's oldest conjoined twins, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Rubber duck found 18 years after it was lost at sea
The bath toy – older than the boy who found it – is "maybe not the quickest duck," the boy's mom said, "but it must have been one of the farthest ducks."
French athlete attempts record after climbing Eiffel Tower
Anouk Garnier scaled a free-hanging rope nearly 361 feet in 18 minutes in an attempt to set a new climbing world record. It was two minutes faster than expected.
Athlete sets climbing record at Eiffel Tower
A French woman has broken the world rope-climbing record after reaching the second floor of the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday. Anouk Garnier, 34, climbed nearly 361 feet in 18 minutes to set a new record and raise money for cancer prevention and support.
Grandmother breaks world planking record
The former vice principal spends hours planking every day while she watches movies and even studied for her master's degree.
British man claims the crown of the world's oldest man at age 111
British man John Alfred Tinniswood, 111, has been confirmed as the world's oldest man by Guinness World Records.
Oldest man in the world dies weeks before 115th birthday
Juan Vicente Pérez Mora was named the world's oldest man by Guinness World Records on Feb 4, 2022, when he was 112 years and 253 days.
See the "behemoth blueberry" named the world's heaviest
Guinness World Records declared the record for the "behemoth blueberry" that's as big as a ping pong ball.
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