Guinness World Records

Thailand breaks world hula hoop dancing record

97 days ago

Guinness World Records adjudicator Seyda Subasi-Gemici said Tuesday that 4,483 people had swung hula hoops to dance music for seven minutes without interruption.

As Carnival fever seizes Rio, some seek escape

101 days ago

This year, organizers are hoping Rio's biggest bloco, "Bola Preta," or Black Ball, which in 2012 attracted an estimated 2 million people to the historic city center, will enter the Guinness Book...

Stewie the world's longest cat dies in Nevada

104 days ago

Guinness World Records declared Stewie the Cat the record-holder in August 2010, measuring 48.5 inches from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail.

Cyprus reprints election ballots in Guinness flap

110 days ago

Cyprus has been forced to reprint all 575,000 ballot slips for next month's presidential election after Guinness World Records objected to a candidate's use of its logo.

Tightrope walker to walk 200 feet above ground

111 days ago

The circus performer and six-time Guinness World Record holder is scheduled to perform the stunt Tuesday morning.

Local golf pro waiting for Guinness to make record official

112 days ago

Furrh's handmade steel driver helped him set what should be an entry in Guinness World Records last month when he used it to hit a ball 146 yards as measured by a TrackMan radar device.

Arlington golf pro proves longer is better -- twice on same shot

126 days ago

Furrh's handmade steel driver helped him set what should be an entry in Guinness World Records last month when he used it to hit a ball 146 yards as measured by a TrackMan radar device.

Seattle sets Guinness snowball fight record

126 days ago

A spokeswoman for the Guinness World Records office in New York says the event was witnessed by a Guinness adjudicator who verified a count of 5,834 and presented a record certificate.

115-year-old woman dies, was world's oldest person

154 days ago

Guinness World Records confirmed she inherited the title of world's oldest living person less than two weeks ago.

Philly dancers set 'Soul Train' line record

160 days ago

Guinness World Records has certified February's Soul Train line outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art as the world's longest.

Correction: Oldest Person Dies story

166 days ago

In May 2011, Guinness World Records learned that Maria Gomes Valentim of Brazil was 48 days older.

Officials: Iowa woman now world's oldest person

166 days ago

Guinness World Records posted on its website Wednesday that Dina Manfredini of Johnston has inherited the title after Bessie Cooper of Georgia died Tuesday.

Peru radio host still broadcasting for kids at 97

173 days ago

Sixty-eight years later, her "Radio Club Infantil" is still on the air, making the 97-year-old Venegas the globe's longest-running radio personality, according to Guinness World Records.

Ex-UTEP cheerleader flips to beat Guinness record

176 days ago

In October, a Dallas high school cheerleader, Miranda Ferguson of St. Mark's School of Texas, set the record with 35 consecutive handsprings, according to Guinness World Records.