Soaring high in her latest daredevil stunt, 97-year-old Betty Bromage (UK) has not only broken her own record for oldest wing walker (female), she also became the oldest person to perform a ...

Susan Burgos is mad as a box of frogs… about frogs! She’s addicted to amassing amphibians, that is. The American woman officially has the world’s largest collection of frog-related items with a ...

From science and tech innovators to sports stars, creatives, activists and uniquely GWR record-breakers, these are the pioneers, the lifelong obsessives, the dedicated and the dreamers who have come ...

The longest earthworm is Microchaetus rappi of South Africa. In 1967 a giant specimen measuring 6.7 m (21 ft) in length when naturally extended and 20 mm (0.8 in) in diameter was found on a road ...

The first ever circumnavigation of the world was accomplished on 8 September 1522, when the Spanish vessel Vittoria (aka Nao Victoria), under the command of the Spanish navigator Juan Sebastián de ...

This extraordinary young man is Lalit Patidar. The 18-year-old from India has the hairiest face on a person (male), with 201.72 hairs per square centimetre. Over 95% of his face is covered in hair. He ...

On the 26th of January 1972, Vesna Vulović was a flight attendant onboard JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367. The flight path, between Stockholm in Sweden and Belgrade in Serbia, took the aircraft over ...

One of Guinness World Records' most coveted and hotly contested titles, the chicken nuggets record has been beaten at the Mediaset Studios, Milan, in the backstage of the Guinness World Records ...

Kevin may be the world’s tallest living male dog but that doesn’t mean he’s big enough to be left Home Alone… And yes, that is where his name comes from. The Great Dane has claimed the record title ...

The world’s oldest person Ethel Caterham (UK) has become the first-ever Brit to reach the age of 117. Since then, she’s been celebrated around the world and was even paid a special visit by King ...

A grandmother from Alberta, Canada, has broken the world record for the longest time in an abdominal plank position (female). DonnaJean Wilde, 58, planked for 4 hr 30 min 11 sec, just over 10 minutes ...

The card was purchased by Paul in another record-breaking sale back in 2021, when it became the most expensive Pokemon card sold at a private sale for $5,275,000. This time, the card was sold via ...