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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Dec. 23 (UPI) --Each passing year sees new heights reached in the arena of Guinness World Record-breaking human -- and sometimes even animal -- accomplishment, and 2025 has proven to be no different.

When it comes to mass-participation events, would-be record setters are finding it harder than ever to draw a crowd. But it’s still fun to try. In May, at the Gold Bar Whiskey distillery in San ...

Sonny is getting a lot of accolades well into his 30s.

Hope once arrived to a farm in the heart of Byron so thin you could count every rib. Now the 15-year-old American Mammoth Jackstock donkey stands tall on Frost Farm with her ears — officially the ...

Guinness World Records confirmed a reticulated python discovered in the Maros region of Indonesia is officially the wortld's longest wild snake.

With 20 Guinness World Records and a collection valued at over $150 million, one man sees himself as a caretaker for the world’s most priceless liquid history. Mr. Nguyễn Đình Tuấn Việt has achieved ...

With an Afro that is more than six feet in circumference, Jessica Martinez set a new Guinness record. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Jessica Martinez was about 12 years old when she stopped using relaxers ...

Kenya has produced extraordinary individuals whose achievements have earned global recognition in the Guinness World Records From record-breaking athletes to cultural icons and everyday heroes, these ...