Whether it was Guy Garman – also known as Doc Deep – who passed away trying to set the record for deepest recreational scuba dive, famous daredevil Javad Palizbanian who died trying to break the world record by jumping over as many buses as possible on a motorcycle or Juan Francisco Guillermo who was cycling five ...
Fastest time to arrange the alphabet from a can of alphabet spaghetti. Cody Jones is the current alphabet spaghetti champion - which is a brilliant record to hold. The record to beat is a cool 3 minutes 21 seconds to find all of the letters of the alphabet in a can of alphabet spaghetti.
According to the Guinness World Record, its role is to merely celebrate the world's best, to inspire ordinary people and to entertain and inform. "For these reasons, we do not pay record-breakers for their achievements or for carrying out a record title attempt.
As it turns out, there is. Anyone can break or set a world record. No matter how old you are, where you're from, or what language you speak, you, too, can be a Guinness World Record holder.
If you have a certain skill and you want to try to break a record, surely one of the first questions that comes to your mind is how much they pay to make a Guinness World Record. Contrary to what many people believe, entering the Guinness Book of World Records does not have any type of economic compensation.
At GWR HQ we've been busy creating records just for you - people under 16, so you don't have to compete unfairly alongside the grown-ups. If you like the look of one (or all of them!) your parent or guardian can apply for you using the button on each page.
According to GWR, the longest kiss ever lasted was of 58 hours 35 minutes, achieved by Thai couple Ekkachai and Laksana Tiranarat. The superlative smooch took place at an event organised by Ripley's Believe It or Not! in Pattaya, Thailand, beginning on 12 February 2013 and ending two days later, on Valentine's Day.
According to the Guinness World Records official website, they do not provide cash prize or a monetary payout to those who set or break records. Instead, the organization “offers the prestige of being a record holder, a certificate of achievement, and the potential for global recognition.”
Professional breath hold diver Budimir Šobat's world record of 24 minutes and 37 seconds holding his breath underwater. During a breath hold, the level of blood CO2 rises, and the O2 declines. The initial increase in the urge to breathe — let's say 30 seconds into the breath hold — primarily comes from the rising CO2.
Agostino "Angus" Giuseppe A Barbieri (1939 – 7 September 1990) was a Scottish man who fasted for 382 days, from June 1965 to July 1966. He lived on tea, coffee, sparkling water, and vitamins while living at home in Tayport, Scotland, and frequently visiting Maryfield Hospital for medical evaluation.
If you are successful, congratulations - you will receive an official Guinness World Records certificate (further certificates and merchandise can be purchased in the GWR Store). If not, do not give up, you can apply again or pick a different record to attempt.
The longest burp is 1 minute 13 seconds 57 milliseconds and was achieved by Michele Forgione (Italy), also known as Rutt Mysterio, at the 13th annual Hard Rock Beer festival 'Ruttosound' competition, in Reggiolo, Italy, on 16 June 2009.
In 2012, Eric R. Brewster and Avery A. Leonard of Harvard University held a phone call for an amazing 46 hours, 12 minutes, 52 seconds, and 228 milliseconds.
The most people sitting on one chair is 2,387 and was achieved by NSG College League (Japan), in Niigata, Niigata, Japan, on 13 October 2017. NSG College League is a group of vocational schools located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
The greatest weight lifted with a human tongue is 12.5 kg (27 lb 8.96 oz) by Thomas who lifted the weight hooked through his tongue. Previous World Records: The World Record of 'heaviest weight lifted by tongue' was achieved by Thomas Blackthorne from UK.
Guinness World Records has a strict list of record policies that must be adhered to for all our record breaking achievements. We assess all new record titles against our values of integrity, respect, inclusiveness and passion and it is of the utmost importance to us that all our records reflect this.
A Russian woman named Valentina Vassilyeva and her husband Feodor Vassilyev are alleged to hold the record for the most children a couple has produced. She gave birth to a total of 69 children – sixteen pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets – between 1725 and 1765, a total of 27 births.
The youngest author in the world, Saeed Rashed AlMheiri of Abu Dhabi, holds the Guinness World Record at the age of 4 years and 218 days. "His record was verified on March 9, 2023, after he sold over 1,000 copies of his children's book The Elephant Saeed and the Bear.