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  2. Guinness World Records - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Ross McWhirter - Wikipedia

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    After an interview in 1954 in which the Guinness directors enjoyed testing the twins' knowledge of records and unusual facts, the brothers agreed to start work on the book that would become The Guinness Book of Records. In August 1955, the first slim green volume, 198 pages long, appeared at bookstalls, and within four more months it had become ...

  4. Guinness World Records

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    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.

  5. Guinness World Records tracks about 65,000 superlatives ... - AOL

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    The McWhirters founded Guinness Superlatives, Ltd and first published the first now-annual "Guinness Book of World Records" in the 1955. The brand sold 187,000 books after four reprints within a year.

  6. Guinness World Records that have never been broken - AOL

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    Here now are the World Records from the 1955 Guinness Book of Records that 'Have Yet to Be Broken.' Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800 ...

  7. Norris McWhirter - Wikipedia

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    After an interview in which the Guinness directors enjoyed testing the twins' knowledge of records and unusual facts, the brothers agreed to start work on the book that became The Guinness Book of Records in 1954. In August 1955, the first slim green volume – 198 pages long – was at the bookstalls, and in four more months it was Britain's ...

  8. Guinness World Records that have never been broken - AOL

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    The world's tallest man, as confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records, is Robert Pershing Wadlow, who was born in 1918 in Alton, Ill. Standing at a colossal 8'11.1″ (2.72 m) and weighing in at ...

  9. Longevity claims - Wikipedia

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    Guinness World Records from its inception in 1955, began maintaining a list of the verified oldest people. [5] It developed into a list of all supercentenarians whose lifespan had been verified by at least three documents, in a standardized process, according to the norms of modern longevity research.