With more than 150 million copies sold in 40 languages, Guinness World Records is one of the best-selling books in history. In it, you'll find the shortest, tallest and fastest, alongside jaw-dropping ...

Guinness said the fastest marathon dressed as a scientist by a woman was 3 hours, 17 minutes and 31 seconds. The record was ...

Guinness World Records has unveiled 70 new, unusual, and as-yet-unclaimed records to mark its 70th anniversary. The organisation’s first volume, published on August 27 1955, sparked global fascination ...

The oddest Guinness World Records of 2025 include a skateboarding swine, a barefoot run across Legos and a man who fit 81 ...

From time to time, I visit the Guinness World Records website to see what my fellow Alabamians have been up to – and they never disappoint. Over the years, I’ve posted several stories about our ...

Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza ...

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 ...

As a child I loved Tom Thumb, the perfectly formed human who was only a couple of inches tall; he roamed the countryside while sitting on the back of a mouse or hitched a ride in the ear of a horse.

If you ever wanted to win a bar bet about a world record, you probably know about the Guinness book for World Records. Did you know, though, that there are some robots in that book? Guinness pointed ...

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 ...