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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.
The Guinness Book of World Records, Guinness Brewery Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver , KBE (4 May 1890 – 16 January 1967) [ 1 ] was an English-South African civil engineer, industrialist and bureaucrat, who founded the Guinness World Records (then known as Guinness Book of Records).
A total of 43 gluttony records were discontinued in 1989, with just greatest omnivore remaining for historic value (Michel Lotito consumed chandeliers, bicycles, television sets, and a Cessna light aircraft). Though Guinness was not aware of anyone dying while attempting the records, a representative said "they are simply gross". [7] 1989 [4] [3]
The McWhirters founded Guinness Superlatives, Ltd and first published the first now-annual "Guinness Book of World Records" in the 1955. The brand sold 187,000 books after four reprints within a year.
Dunlop Illustrated Encyclopedia of Facts This later became the "Guinness Book of Answers" Get To Your Marks (1951, with Ross McWhirter) Guinness Book of Records (1955–1975, with Ross McWhirter) Guinness Book of Records (1976–1985) Guinness Sports Record Book (1977–1978) Book of Millennium RecordsISBN 1-85227-805-6; Personal
The Guinness Book of Records started as a Guinness marketing giveaway, based on an idea of its then Managing Director, Sir Hugh Beaver. Its holding company, Guinness World Records Ltd, was owned by Guinness plc, subsequently Diageo, until 2001. [155]
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 ...
A man deemed the oldest in the world this past spring has passed away at age 112, Guinness World Records has announced. John Tinniswood of Southport, England died Monday at a nursing facility ...