In Guinness World Records, you'll find the shortest, tallest and fastest. Behind the spectacle is an auditing system so strict it has crushed many more record attempts than it has certified.

Guinness World Records has declared Sultan Kösen the tallest living man in the world (8 feet, 2.8 inches), Bilal Ilyas Jhandir the best at identifying Taylor Swift songs in a minute or less (34 songs) ...

A pair of world record-breaking dogs is proving that pets can come in all shapes and sizes. The current Guinness World Record holders for the world's tallest dog and the world's smallest dog met in ...

DonnaJean Wilde first started planking about 12 years ago after an injury. A 58-year-old grandmother has been recognized by the Guinness World Records for breaking the record for the longest time held ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The oldest ninja athlete, most bungee jumps in an hour, most juggling catches in one minute are just some of the obscure new ...

Hong Kong, CHINA: The Guinness World Record Champion of Hula Hoops, Kareena Oates from Australia, performs at a local shopping mall, in Hong Kong, 22 December 2006. Oates manipulates about 70 ...

(WJW) — Tom Cruise has taken his action hero status to new heights — once again. He earned a Guinness World Records title for performing 16 flaming parachute jumps for “Mission: Impossible – The Final ...

A spokesperson for Guinness World Records confirmed Wednesday that the company is not accepting record submissions from Israel, the West Bank or Gaza, citing the current “sensitive” situation amid the ...