1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (809+ words) A group of talented aerospace engineering students in Bologna, Italy have claimed an incredible Guinness World Records title for the largest paper aircraft on Earth, after launching their high-flying Icarus on 25 June. With a wingspan of 65. 75 ft (20. 04 m), and a length…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (340+ words) Please note that your choices will apply only to this website. Once you give consent, a floating button will appear at the bottom of your screen, allowing you to change or withdraw your consent at any time. We respect your…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago  (882+ words) Today, as I'm sure you know, is World UFO Day. Now, Guinness World Records does not take an official position on the existence of aliens, or their possible visits to Earth. We do, however, deal in hard evidence and objective…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1035+ words) For nearly 24 hours straight, Antoine Moses (Canada) waded through the muddy shoreline on the coast of Mombasa, Kenya, his body knelt over a line of mangrove propagules that he was plunging into the damp earth." Despite the exhausting nature of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (443+ words) Engineer James Whomsley (UK) tells us all about his adventures in the world of RC vehicles in the latest episode of Guinness World Records podcast What's The Record? He sat down with host Will Munford and Adjudicator Will Sinden, the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (537+ words) Last month, childhood dreams around the world were made real " as a LEGO" minifigure depicting an astronaut actually flew into the galaxy." Firmly attached to a balloon-powered platform, this tiny plastic model of Ryan Gosling's character in Amazon MGM Studios…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (166+ words) Fatou was found in the wild in western Africa and brought to Marseilles, France, in 1959 by a sailor, who used the young gorilla as payment to settle his account at a local tavern. Acquired by French animal trader Mme Lefevre,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (455+ words) Jonathan the tortoise is still alive and well despite cruel claims he'd died on April Fools' Day. Last night, a tweet from someone claiming to be the former vet of the oldest living land animal announced that Jonathan had died…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (252+ words) This record is for the greatest number of people taking part in a hackathon in a single venue. This record may be attempted by a group of software developers of unlimited size. This record is measured by the total number…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (437+ words) A goldfish could be your next Uber driver, thanks to a computer engineer's revolutionary invention. Thomas de Wolf (Netherlands) made a unique car that contains a water tank and is directed by the movements of the goldfish inside it. It…...