USA

Mo the dog's huge tongue wins world record

Mo the dog's 18.58 cm-long lolling tongue is something to behold.

04/10/2017

Sport

Around the world in 79 days: British cyclist smashes world record

19/09/2017

Earth News

World's longest zip line to open in the UAE

The UAE has an ambitious plan to become the adventure hub of the Middle East and break a new Guinness World Record.

28/08/2017

World News

Britain versus America: Who has the oldest skydiver?

A transatlantic tussle is underway involving two men aged over 100 - to determine who is the world record holder

01/08/2017

Brazil

Sky-high dining Brazilian style

There's a new spin on the traditional summer barbecue after a group of Brazilians took a national pastime to dizzying heights and tried to bag a new world record into the bargain.

31/07/2017

USA

Oldest female astronaut breaks another space record

Another record has been set in space – the most spacewalks carried out by a female astronaut.

30/03/2017

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Bosnian taekwondo champion sets record for crushing blocks with his head

Kerim Ahmetspahic, a 16-year-old taekwondo champion, set a new Guinness World Record in Bosnia for crushing 111 building blocks with his head in only 35 seconds.

29/03/2017

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Taekwondo champion smashes 111 blocks with his head

Kerim Ahmetspahic, a 16-year-old, taekwondo martial artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Saturday (March 25) attempted the athletic, and rather painful-looking, task of smashing 111 building blocks

28/03/2017

United Kingdom

Neil Fingleton: Game of Thrones actor and 'UK’s tallest man' dies aged 36

Neil Fingleton, an actor, former professional basketball player and title-holder of ‘UK’s tallest man’ has died, reportedly of heart failure, at age 36.

27/02/2017

Sport

Stonkin' dunkin' as Sheffield Simon dips biscuit from on high

Simon the bungee biscuit dunker

17/11/2016

Russia

World's "oldest working actor" dies in Moscow aged 101

A man described as the world’s oldest working actor has died in Moscow at the age of 101.

31/10/2016

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Olympic Games: A record in Rio... or more precisely, Sao Paulo!

The Olympic Games, which begin this Friday, have inspired 150 urban mountaineers to take part in an alternative challenge in Sao Paulo.

02/08/2016

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World's 'largest orchestra' performs in Germany

The world record for the largest orchestra has been broken, according to the German Institute for Records.

11/07/2016

Italy

World's longest pizza created in Naples measuring 1.8 km

19/05/2016

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Eight hours of planking for a new world record

The Chinese policeman Mao Weidong has set a new Guinness World Record by planking for over eight hours, beating the previous international world

15/05/2016

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Australia: Santa surfers!

A group of 320 surfers in Sydney, all dressed up in Santa costumes, set a new Guinness World Record for the largest surf lesson.

16/12/2015

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Bulldog breaks skateboarding Guinness World Record

A bulldog breaks the Guinness World Record for skateboarding through the longest ‘human tunnel’ in Lima, Peru.

13/11/2015

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Ball-catching dog among the newest world records

11/09/2015

China

Hong Kong giant panda Jia Jia becomes oldest ever

28/07/2015

Philippines

Zumba fever as Manila breaks world record

It’s officially the largest Zumba class ever held in a single venue. A suburb of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, now holds the Guinness World

19/07/2015