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The Guinness World Records are known for highlighting the most interesting, unique and even strange occurrences of human nature across the globe.. 2024 was no exception. Earlier this year, we ...
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.
Animals have set some weird records, too. Bombell was named the world's shortest male horse and Joy set the record for most tricks performed by a pig in one minute.
Gretchen Walsh holds the most total records with nine (five individual and four relays). The world records in swimming are ratified by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), the international governing body of swimming. Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools.
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Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by six consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020 ...
Two Florida women driving toy cars may be the next to join a long list of weird world records that were set in Florida. While 2 women aim for world record, bats, burritos and poop among 6 Florida ...
In the United States, the form World's Record was formerly more common. The term The World's Best was also briefly in use. The latter term is still used in athletics events, including track and field and road running to describe good and bad performances that are not recognized as an official world record: either because it is not an event where the IAAF tracks the record (e.g. the 150 m run ...