British runners in particular have long tried to cross the finish line in less than 4 minutes, records show, sometimes running in the nude or trying to win a bet

Three new women’s world records have been set at the Lumberjack World Championships competition held in a small Wisconsin community, full of high-powered

From a German tattoo-artist-turned-comic to a 52-hour Lagos set, meet the acts who've chased - and nearly caught - stand-up's biggest records before Shane Gillis blew past them all.

Guinness World Records (GWR) has revealed the extraordinary stars featured in the 2026 edition - celebrating some of the most jaw-dropping achievements from around the world. Leading this year’s line-up is painter, Lưu Công Huyền (Vietnam), who has ...

Celebrities are known for their success in music, movies, television, and sports, but some have also earned a place in the record books. From blockbuster achievements and athletic feats to unexpected

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. It grieved me to eventually learn that he was a fiction ...

Monsieur Mangetout — that's Mr. Eats Everything in French — is famous for eating a plane, earning the Guinness World Record for world's strangest diet. His record is one of tens of thousands on the books at Guinness World Records where, every year ...

Guinness World Records has shared an accounting of the records that Spain broke en route to their 2026 FIFA World Cup triumph.