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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.
As of May 4, 2015, Rancho Obi-Wan officially had 93,260 pieces of Star Wars memorabilia; however, that is just the number audited and catalogued for the Guinness World Record. [34] Over the years the collection's size estimates have increased from 350,000, [ 35 ] [ 36 ] to 400,000, [ 12 ] [ 19 ] to more than 500,000.
Funspot is ranked by Guinness World Records as the world's largest arcade. [1] [2] The majority of games at Funspot are part of the American Classic Arcade Museum's collection, a non-profit organization located on Funspot's second floor, [2] whose goal is to "promote and preserve the history of coin-operated arcade games." [3]
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 ...
Simon Elmore won the Guinness World Record for most straws in the mouth on August 6, 2009. He held 400 straws between his jaws for 10 seconds. He held 400 straws between his jaws for 10 seconds. 2.
Funspot was named "World's Largest Arcade" by Guinness World Records in 2008. One attraction in the building, the American Classic Arcade Museum, has approximately 180 pre-1988 video games and pinball machines. [3] In 2015, the outdoor minigolf course was moved indoors to the third floor and is now open year-round.
Marking her second Guinness World Record title, DonnaJean Wilde broke the record for most pushups in one hour by a woman, clocking 1,575 pushups in 60 minutes, Guinness World Records reported Nov. 20.
Poozeum founder George Frandsen began collecting coprolites as an 18-year-old, purchasing his first piece of fossilized feces from a rock and fossil store in Moab, Utah. [1] [2] He expanded his collection over the years, and by 2016 it included 1,277 specimens and was recognized as the largest collection of its kind in the world, earning it a Guinness World Record. [3]