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70 years of record-breaking achievements. Be Part Of It 🌎
Bow-wow! Big beautiful Minnie the Great Dane is our new tallest female dog record holder 🐕⬆️

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Giant Great Dane named Minnie towers over com-pet-itors as tallest girl dog in the world
Keep reading to see how this Herculean hound sizes up against her animal siblings, a cat and a miniature pony!
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January 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Ten years after his death, music legend David Bowie’s legacy lives on 👨‍🎤

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All the records still held by David Bowie 10 years after iconic singer's tragic death
A look at all the records David Bowie still holds 10 years on from the singer's tragic death.
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January 11, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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After 22 years at CBS Philadelphia, new anchor Jim Donovan is retiring, but not before he set the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of socks.
CBS Philadelphia anchor Jim Donovan set the Guinness record for largest sock collection
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January 2, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Logan Paul is putting his record-breaking Pokémon card up for sale after it soared in value ⚡💰

As featured in our 2026 book, it's the most expensive Pokémon trading card ever sold in a private sale

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Logan Paul puts record-breaking Pokémon card he bought for $5.275 million up for auction
Logan Paul is putting his record-breaking Pokémon card up for sale after it soared in value. His purchase for $5.275 million in 2022 broke the record for most expensive Pokémon trading card sold at a ...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Just before season two of Beast Games premieres on Jan 7, we had a chat with the show’s creator and GWR Icon MrBeast 🎤

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GWR interviews MrBeast before season two premiere of the record-breaking Beast Games
We brought in the MrBeast himself to talk about all things “Beast Games”.
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January 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Congratulations! And potentially good for revising to win next year's quiz 🤔
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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For the 2nd year in a row my daughter has come top of the school quiz league... I am beginning to enjoy the annual arrival of her prize, a new @guinnessworldrecords.com book
December 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Avatar fans are set to flock to cinemas for the third installment 🔥 But how many movie records have been set so far by the series?

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Unbelievable amount of records Avatar series has broken as Fire and Ash lands in cinemas
The Avatar film series has broken an unbelievable amount of records, and could take even more with the release of Fire and Ash.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Helen Williams from Nigeria has previously achieved records for the widest wig and longest handmade wig - and now she's made the tallest.
"There are no limits in life, only new heights to reach."

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Nigerian woman makes third record-breaking wig that's so tall it towers over buildings
Helen Williams (Nigeria) has created the world's tallest wig - her third record-breaking hair piece.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Washington, DC broke the Guinness World Record for most couples to kiss simultaneously under a mistletoe (1,435).

They all smooched for 5 seconds.
December 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
With thousands of snow globes as far as the eye can see, Josef Kardinal’s home in Germany is like stepping into a winter wonderland ☃️✨🎄

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Man with THOUSANDS of snow globes takes us on tour of his very own winter wonderland
Josef Kardinal (Germany) has filled his home with thousands of snow globes and officially has the world's largest collection of them.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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The Rev. Vicki Garlock, a children’s book author and religion educator who grew up in Kankakee, set a Guinness World record for visiting the most places of worship in one month.
Illinois native sets Guinness record visiting 185 places of worship in Chicago in a month
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December 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Following up on the success of Beast Games season one, which shattered a shocking 44 Guinness World Records titles, the MrBeast has revealed that the new season will debut on Wednesday 7 January on Amazon Prime Video

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What to expect when MrBeast returns to Beast Games with another record-breaking season
The Youtube star and GWR Icon is coming back to the silver screen with Beast Games season 2, premiering this 7 January on Amazon Prime Video.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Laura's added to her legacy as she officially picks up two stonking new world record titles to lengthen her already impressive list of accolades: best-selling videogame heroine and most magazine covers for a videogame character.

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Tomb Raider's Lara Croft claims two new world records as ultimate videogame heroine
Tomb Raider legend Lara Croft has broken two more world records, cementing her status as the ultimate videogame heroine.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
As featured on the cover of GWR Gamer's Edition 2026, the legendary Lara Croft
November 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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German gymnast Johanna Quaas, who holds the Guinness world record as the oldest competitive gymnast in the world, turned 100 yesterday.

She started gymnastics at the age of 56 and broke the record in 2012, at the age of 86, when she performed a floor and beam routine.
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Farewell to Beauty the oldest deer who lived with the Dancsok family in Canada for 27 years♥️🦌

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Oldest deer Beauty dies aged 27, family says long life was due to “lots and lots of love”
The deer lived with the Dancsok family (Canada) since 1998, and spent many years being doted upon before passing this 7 November.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Here's what you might have missed from #GWRday 2025 🌍

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All the action from around the globe on GWR Day: bicycle flips, quad bike stunts and more
All the action from around the globe on Guinness World Records Day 2025...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Largest afro (female) - 29 cm (11.42 in) tall, 31 cm (12.2 in) wide, and 190 cm (6 ft 2.87 in) in circumference - Jessica Martinez 🇺🇸 #GWRday

The largest afro crown has been handed over in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2025
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Swedish dad Martin Ströby says his kids were flicking through the pages of Guinness World Records when they confessed it would be “so cool” to see him in there.

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Devoted dad pops 81 matches up his nose after kids beg him to break a world record
Martin Ströby (Sweden) has claimed the title for most matches held in the nose after his kids read the Guinness World Records book and asked him to break a record.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Happy World Prematurity Day to all miracle babies and preemie parents around the world ♥️🌎👶

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Amazing births: the incredible stories of the most premature babies
For World Prematurity Day 2025, discover the record-breaking miracles of the most premature babies in the world: stories of love, resilience and amazing preterm births.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The world’s richest man could soon become the first trillionaire 💰

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A look at the richest men in history as Elon Musk approaches trillionaire status
Let's take a deep dive into the richest ever men as Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks set to become the world's first ever trillionaire.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“I am able to write backwards while typing simultaneously on 16 blank computer keyboards, without seeing the monitor," says Michele Santelia who holds the record for most books typed backwards 📚

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Man who types books backwards finally pens story of his own inspired by his pet dog
Michele Santelia (Italy), who has broken the record for most books typed backwards numerous times, has penned a story of his own, inspired by his little dog.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Chef Wallace Wong from Canada says that slicing the bread was the hardest thing about creating the thinnest sandwich 🥪

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"Six Pack Chef" Wallace Wong slices world's thinnest sandwich but says it's still tasty
Wallace Wong (Canada), known as the 'Six Pack Chef', has created the world's thinnest sandwich and broke other records during his latest visit to Guinness World Records headquarters.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM