A 96-year-old American has set a Guinness World Records title after becoming a grandfather for the first time at 92.

A Chinese team has claimed a new world record for real-time transfer speeds across a 24-core optical fiber cable.

With a little more than two months remaining in the year, 17 world records have been set. How many more will tumble?

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 ...

Werro’s best is now within half a second of Kratochvílová’s time, the longest-standing outdoor world record in track and ...

Aug. 27 (UPI) --Guinness World Records is celebrating its 70th anniversary by challenging fans to attempt 70 unclaimed titles, including the fastest 400 meter sack race. The record-keeping ...

Open the next chapter of record-breaking with Guinness World Records 2026. This year, the best-selling book paints the world yellow to celebrate its 70th Anniversary. Meet the protagonists of the ...

What are the longest-standing world records in each event? Swimming World analyzed the sport’s world-record progressions to present that data, which can be found below. It turns out that several ...

Brazil’s Alison dos Santos broke the 400m hurdles world record, running 45.80 seconds at a Diamond League meet in Zurich, Switzerland. Race video is here. Dos Santos broke the world record of 45.94 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Ströby inserted 81 matches into his nostrils to break the Guinness World Record for the most matches held in the nose.

When it comes to creating a Guinness World Records title there are a lot of things that go into deciding whether we will monitor it or not. Is it measurable, breakable, standardisable and verifiable?

"The things that make us different and unique should always be celebrated," said Jessica L. Martinez, whose afro measures over 6 feet Guinness World Records Day A woman's afro broke a world record — ...