Guinness World Records

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Literary records to blow your mind this World Book Day: from best-sellers to record theft A round up of amazing literary records to celebrate World Book Day...

Today the UK and Ireland celebrates World Book Day - bookworms, browse these fascinating non-fictional facts 📚

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Man with the most teeth in the world flashes his record-breaking smile Prathab Muniandy (Malaysia) has broken a world record after discovering he has 10 more teeth than the average person.

“People are usually very surprised and initially find it hard to believe,” says Prathab from Klang in Selangor, Malaysia, “especially when they learn that I have 10 more teeth than the average person, who typically has 32 teeth.”

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What's the world record for...? Answering your most-Googled questions We've played a game of 'Google Autocomplete' to answer your most-Googled questions about world records.

You asked... we answered! 💭

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Many horses are euthanized once their riding years are over in their 20s — but Paige Blumer's horse, Fancy, was just named the world's oldest at age 37 by Guinness World Records.
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Introducing Fancy: the oldest living horse in the world who grew up alongside her owner Ring in the Year of the Horse with our a-neigh-zing new record holder!

A beautiful brown mare aptly-named “Fancy” in Aldie, Virginia, USA has achieved the record for oldest living horse, just in time for the zodiac Year of the Horse 🐴👏

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Delicious-looking train becomes longest chocolate sculpture ever at over 55 m Maltese chocolatier Andrew Farrugia has broken his third Guinness World Records title by creating the world's longest chocolate sculpture in the shape of a train.

The world’s longest chocolate sculpture is a 181 ft (55.27-metre) long steam train that's longer than an Olympic swimming pool 🚂🍫

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Fearless Slackliners Cross the World's Tallest Waterfall Six slackliners set a Guinness World Record for Highest Highline Over a Waterfall when they traversed Angel Falls, the world's tallest waterfall.

Six slackliners set a Guinness World Record for Highest Highline Over a Waterfall when they traversed Angel Falls, the world's tallest waterfall. laughingsquid.com/slackline-ov...

Daring adventurers break slackline record with walk across world's tallest waterfall A group of daring adventurers walked the highest highline, suspended over the world's tallest waterfall Angel Falls.

Over 1,000 m above the ground, a daring group of adventurers walked a slackline suspended above the world’s tallest waterfall.

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Logan Paul's rare Pokemon card becomes most expensive ever sold in record-setting auction A PSA 10-graded Pikachu Illustrator card owned by content creator and WWE superstar Logan Paul has sold at auction for a whopping $16,492,000.

A PSA 10-graded Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card owned by content creator and WWE superstar Logan Paul has sold at auction for a whopping $16,492,000.

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Deadpool superfan adds THOUSANDS of items to his record-breaking comic collection Ryan Reynolds… are you seeing this?

Greg has the largest collection of Deadpool memorabilia in the world, with over 2,250 items, spanning from comic books to figurines, life-sized sculptures and tiny Funko Pops ⚔️

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Think you could do even faster kisses? Joshua said: "I want to be beaten - so if you're watching this and think you can do better, apply!"

UK journalist Joshua and his partner Jenny visited GWR HQ for this record attempt. Some kisses were deducted from the total for not fully pulling away from the face before the next kiss.

Most kisses in 30 seconds by a pair 😘 146 by Joshua Saunders and Jenny Troy 🇬🇧

History of Valentine's Day: first box of chocolates and cards to send to people you hate A round up of Valentine's Day-themed records to help you celebrate the most romantic day of the year...

Happy Valentine's Day 💖

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This bird is a Millennial: 32-year-old cockatiel makes history as oldest in the world Are you older than a cockatiel?

Oldest cockatiel living 🦜 Sonny 🇺🇸 (b. 10 January 1993) who is 32 years and 292 days old. He's a cherished member of the Reicher family in Northbrook, Illinois, USA and loves to entertain by whistling TV theme tunes.

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Guinness World Records’ editor in chief has measured both extremes — the tallest and the shortest men in the world. cbsn.ws/4tmFKKR

Teacher who taught Robin Williams, Steve Ballmer earns Guinness World Record for 67-year career A MIchigan teacher -- whose long list of students include actors Robin Williams and Courtney B. Vance and former Microsoft CEO and current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, Steve Ballmer -- earned a Guinness World Record for her close to seven decades of shaping young minds.

Teacher who taught Robin Williams, Steve Ballmer earns Guinness World Record for 67-year career

Stranger Things superfan turns his home Upside Down with largest memorabilia collection Superfan Joey Avalos (USA) has amassed the world's largest collection of Stranger Things memorabilia with thousands of items from the Upside Down,

Joey's obsession with Stranger Things has taken over his home

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Today's as good a day as any to decide you want to break a record

Indonesian python makes GWR hissstory as the longest measured wild snake A giant reticulated python rescued in Sulawesi is one of the first of these mega-serpents ever to be measured and weighed on camera

Bow to gigantic reticulated python The Baroness 🐍

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Two-year-old pots two Guinness World Records with snooker trick shots Manchester toddler Jude Owens becomes youngest person to perform bank shot and double pot just weeks apart A two-year-old has become the holder of two Guinness World Records by becoming the youngest person to perform a pair of trick shots in snooker. Manchester toddler Jude Owens successfully performed a pool bank shot at two years and 302 days old on 12 October last year. Continue reading...

Two-year-old pots two Guinness World Records with snooker trick shots

How one man celebrated the longest birthday ever by keeping party going around the world Paul Morgan (USA) carefully planned a trip around the world so he could have the longest birthday ever.

On this day in 2018, traveler Paul Morgan kept his birthday going for a whole 48 hours ✈️🎂

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Humanoid robot stuns passersby as it walks over 100 km across China in big tech milestone In a massive technology milestone, a humanoid robot created by Agibot Innovation (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd. (China) walked over 100 km across the country to break a record.

AgiBot A2 set a record for the longest journey walked by a humanoid robot 🤖👏

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Deep dive into The Beatles' record-smashing career 60 years after they broke America The Beatles landed their first No.1 single in the US in 1964 and went on to break a long list of world records.

On this day 60 years ago, The Beatles had their first US No.1 single with ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ and rapidly became a global sensation 🎶

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Angry customer demands refund: the odd story of the first customer complaint Once upon a time, in ancient Mesopotamia, a dissatisfied customer did what most of us would do today: he complained, left a one-star review and demanded a refund. This is the oddly relatable story of ...

Complaining about bad service worked a little differently 3767 years ago 😤

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Sinners breaks decades-long record for most Oscar nominations, including Best Picture The vampire thriller drew blood and Best Picture-buzz yesterday, after breaking a longstanding record for the most Oscar nominations for a film.

Congratulations to Sinners for making movie history with an astonishing number of Oscar nominations 🧛‍♂️

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I Was Having a Millennial Midlife Crisis. Until I Picked Up the Most Unhinged Hobby Imaginable. Desperate times called for farcical measures.

ICYMI: In the midst of a Millennial midlife crisis, I set out to break the Guinness World Record for the longest toss of a rubber chicken.

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South Africa is home to the world’s FASTEST drone The world’s fastest drone, officially recognised by Guinness World Records, is built and flown by a South African father-son duo …

The world’s fastest drone, officially recognised by Guinness World Records, is built and flown by a South African father-son duo …

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