Guinness World Records’ editor in chief has measured both extremes — the tallest and the shortest men in the world. cbsn.ws/4tmFKKR

Teacher who taught Robin Williams, Steve Ballmer earns Guinness World Record for 67-year career

Joey's obsession with Stranger Things has taken over his home gwr.co/STfan

Today's as good a day as any to decide you want to break a record

Bow to gigantic reticulated python The Baroness 🐍 gwr.co/WildSnake

Two-year-old pots two Guinness World Records with snooker trick shots

On this day in 2018, traveler Paul Morgan kept his birthday going for a whole 48 hours ✈️🎂 gwr.co/48hrBirthday

AgiBot A2 set a record for the longest journey walked by a humanoid robot 🤖👏 gwr.co/RobotWalk

On this day 60 years ago, The Beatles had their first US No.1 single with ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ and rapidly became a global sensation 🎶 gwr.co/Beatles60

Complaining about bad service worked a little differently 3767 years ago 😤 gwr.co/Complaint

Congratulations to Sinners for making movie history with an astonishing number of Oscar nominations 🧛‍♂️ gwr.co/Sinners

ICYMI: In the midst of a Millennial midlife crisis, I set out to break the Guinness World Record for the longest toss of a rubber chicken. And I wrote about it for @slate.com: slate.com/life/2026/01...

The world’s fastest drone, officially recognised by Guinness World Records, is built and flown by a South African father-son duo …

yes we are real ✨

“I spent many evenings practising at low speeds as stability is a real problem, but it all paid off on the day.” 🚮 gwr.co/SpeedyBin

I made my parents get me the new version of the Guinness Book of World Records every year. I obsessively read those "AMAZING FACTS!" books. That kind of stuff was just drilled into my being. It probably explains me more than anything else does. I love knowing a little bit about 10,000 things.

Bow-wow! Big beautiful Minnie the Great Dane is our new tallest female dog record holder 🐕⬆️ gwr.co/BigMinnie

Ten years after his death, music legend David Bowie’s legacy lives on 👨‍🎤 gwr.co/DavidBowie

After 22 years at CBS Philadelphia, new anchor Jim Donovan is retiring, but not before he set the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of socks.

Logan Paul is putting his record-breaking Pokémon card up for sale after it soared in value ⚡💰 As featured in our 2026 book, it's the most expensive Pokémon trading card ever sold in a private sale gwr.co/PokemonAuction

Just before season two of Beast Games premieres on Jan 7, we had a chat with the show’s creator and GWR Icon MrBeast 🎤 gwr.co/MrBeastQA

For the 2nd year in a row my daughter has come top of the school quiz league... I am beginning to enjoy the annual arrival of her prize, a new @guinnessworldrecords.com book

Avatar fans are set to flock to cinemas for the third installment 🔥 But how many movie records have been set so far by the series? gwr.co/Avatar3

Helen Williams from Nigeria has previously achieved records for the widest wig and longest handmade wig - and now she's made the tallest. "There are no limits in life, only new heights to reach." gwr.co/TallestWig

Washington, DC broke the Guinness World Record for most couples to kiss simultaneously under a mistletoe (1,435). They all smooched for 5 seconds.

With thousands of snow globes as far as the eye can see, Josef Kardinal’s home in Germany is like stepping into a winter wonderland ☃️✨🎄 gwr.co/SnowGlobes

The Rev. Vicki Garlock, a children’s book author and religion educator who grew up in Kankakee, set a Guinness World record for visiting the most places of worship in one month.

Following up on the success of Beast Games season one, which shattered a shocking 44 Guinness World Records titles, the MrBeast has revealed that the new season will debut on Wednesday 7 January on Amazon Prime Video gwr.co/BeastGames2

As featured on the cover of GWR Gamer's Edition 2026, the legendary Lara Croft

German gymnast Johanna Quaas, who holds the Guinness world record as the oldest competitive gymnast in the world, turned 100 yesterday. She started gymnastics at the age of 56 and broke the record in 2012, at the age of 86, when she performed a floor and beam routine.

Farewell to Beauty the oldest deer who lived with the Dancsok family in Canada for 27 years♥️🦌 gwr.co/BeautyDeer

Here's what you might have missed from #GWRday 2025 🌍 gwr.co/GWRday2025ro...

Largest afro (female) - 29 cm (11.42 in) tall, 31 cm (12.2 in) wide, and 190 cm (6 ft 2.87 in) in circumference - Jessica Martinez 🇺🇸 #GWRday The largest afro crown has been handed over in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2025

Swedish dad Martin Ströby says his kids were flicking through the pages of Guinness World Records when they confessed it would be “so cool” to see him in there. gwr.co/MatchesNose

Happy World Prematurity Day to all miracle babies and preemie parents around the world ♥️🌎👶 gwr.co/PremBabies

The world’s richest man could soon become the first trillionaire 💰 gwr.co/MuskTrillion

“I am able to write backwards while typing simultaneously on 16 blank computer keyboards, without seeing the monitor," says Michele Santelia who holds the record for most books typed backwards 📚 gwr.co/BackwardsBooks

Chef Wallace Wong from Canada says that slicing the bread was the hardest thing about creating the thinnest sandwich 🥪 gwr.co/ThinSandwich

Making, measuring and verifying world records is no easy feat at Guinness World Records.

On just the second night of rapper Jay “Jeezy” Jenkins new Las Vegas residency, the formative figure in trap music earned an official Guinness World Records title for the largest orchestra in a hip-hop music concert.

Lyle and Eleanor Gittens (USA) were students at Clark Atlanta University when they first met in 1941. Now they hold the record for oldest married couple ever ❤️ gwr.co/OldestCouple

What does Guinness World Records’ editor-in-chief always have with him? A tape measure and a stopwatch. “Because you never know,” says Craig Glenday, who recalls certifying a record on the spot after spotting a skateboarding dog. cbsn.ws/43QNB8e

David Rush, who lives in Idaho, has broken more than 350 Guinness World Records and counting. His feats have included the most bites taken from three apples while juggling for a minute and the most T-shirts worn during a half-marathon. cbsn.ws/4ok52WX

The record holder for the world’s strangest diet supposedly ate an entire small plane, including the metal and glass, according to the editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records. cbsn.ws/4qG1WOJ

60 Minutes tours the London headquarters of Guinness World Records, home to the world’s smallest playing cards, a size 29 shoe, and the world's oldest (petrified) vomit. cbsn.ws/4qFMK4a

The woman with the world record for the longest fingernails — 43 feet — hasn’t cut them since her daughter, who painted them, passed away. cbsn.ws/3LnD4uU

What is the fastest game bird in Europe? This argument inspired the Guinness World Records. cbsn.ws/49vWp78

Guinness World Records’ editor in chief has measured both extremes — the tallest and the shortest men in the world. cbsn.ws/3X9EUSK

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. cbsn.ws/4qCnFHc