Guinness World Records
About Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. Sir Hugh Beaver created the concept in order to settle arguments debated in pubs, and twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter co-founded the book in London in late August 1955.
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The Guinness World Record for feet sniffed belongs to Madeline Albrecht, who sniffed around 5,600 feet over a 15-year career at a foot-care firm in Cincinnati.
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More facts about Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records had a category for the highest IQ until 1990, held by a woman called Marilyn vos Savant.
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The Guinness record for the longest a boomerang has stayed airborne is 1,440 minutes, set by Jay Perrett, who threw it at the South Pole so it passed through all the time zones.
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The Fish team appear in the 2023 Guinness World Records book for keeping a balloon in the air for 80 minutes, a record later beaten by eight seconds using a bigger balloon.
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One Guinness World Record is for owning the most Guinness Record books, held by Martin Tovy with thousands of unique copies.
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You cannot get a Guinness World Record just by being first to do something; they set a minimum entry bar for each record.
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Shane Holtgren holds a record for putting out 48 blowtorches with his tongue in a minute, and is married to Zoie Ellis, who holds a record for mousetraps released on her tongue.
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Guinness World Records avoids the brand name mylar in its books, calling them foil balloons instead.
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There is a Guinness World Record for the oldest depiction of a ghost.
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Guinness World Records adjudicators wear an official Guinness blazer and carry a stopwatch, and are not allowed to eat or drink while judging.
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