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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.
His previous world record of 83,431 places was performed on 2 July 2005, itself an improvement on the earlier record he set of 54,000. [1] On Pi Day, 2015, he claimed to be able to recite 111,701 digits. [2] Despite Haraguchi's efforts and detailed documentation, the Guinness World Records have not yet accepted any of his records set.
The first edition topped the bestseller list in the United Kingdom by Christmas 1955. The following year the book was launched internationally, and as of the 2024 edition, it is now in its 69th year of publication, published in 100 countries and 23 languages, and maintains over 53,000 records in its database.
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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 ...
Daily Baptist sermon and choral singing, broadcast from Cincinnati, Ohio [33] Folksong Festival: 70 70 by Oscar Brand: WNYC: 9 December 1945 24 September 2016 3,600 approx. Guinness World Record: "Longest running weekly radio programme (same host)" [34] The Midnight Special: 71 37 by Rich Warren (including 13 years as a co-host) WFMT: 23 May 1953
However, the Guinness record was actually for 11½ days, or 276 hours, and was set by Toimi Silvo in Hamina, Finland, from February 5 to the 15th, 1964, and Wright did not in fact break the Guinness record. [2] However, Wright's friend Graham Gynn asserts that the Gardner record was the accepted record in the sleep research community. [2]
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