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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.
Craig Shergold (24 June 1979 – 21 April 2020) was a British cancer patient who received an estimated 350 million greeting cards, earning him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Variations of the plea for greeting cards on his behalf in 1989 are still being distributed through the Internet, making the plea one of the most persistent ...
Reese partnered with Continental AG to use the 8.5 mile closed track to set his latest world record. Continental Tire Proving Grounds are located in Uvalde, Texas. Reese totaled 2116.5 miles in less than a 24-hour period. Breaking the existing Guinness record of 2023.5 miles held by Matthew McKelvey in 2014. [15] [16]
Guinness World Records has declared Sultan Kösen the tallest living man in the world (he’s 8 feet and 2.8 inches tall), Bilal Ilyas Jhandir the best at identifying Taylor Swift songs in a ...
In 2007, he later surpassed his previous record with 702 punches. [4] In 2009, the record was broken for the last time by Ardito, totalling 805 punches. [5] In 2017, the record was broken by Norman Breese from the United States, with a total of 901 punches, where the record currently stands as of January 2022. [6]
The sport parameter is optional; if present, it changes the link to [[List of world records in sport]] instead of to the default World record article. For example {{WR|athletics}} results in a link to List of world records in athletics. For performances that equal an existing world record, set the named parameter eq to any non
Nov. 17 is annual Guinness World Records Day, a time to celebrate the incredible people who can claim the title of best in the world, like Tyler “TPhil” Phillips, who pogo-sticked over five ...
Alastair Galpin (born 1974, East London, South Africa) is the 2nd biggest Guinness World Records breaker of the 2000s decade, [1] breaking 38 World Records, behind Ashrita Furman. He immigrated to New Zealand in 2002, and says that his career in Record Breaking was inspired when he met champion rally driver, Simon Evans, in Kenya in 1998.