Food stunts grab attention, bring people together, and often lead to jaw-dropping world records. Over the years, chefs, food enthusiasts, and organizations have pushed the boundaries of creativity and scale,

I was like, this could potentially be a world record,” Aries Merritt said. Merritt, an assistant coach for Texas State, was in the crowd to watch his pupil, Ja’Shaun Lloyd, run in the previous heat. He stuck around for Tharp’s race,

It may not be on the same level as a U.S. win over Australia’s national men’s soccer team—created in 1922. But Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) broke a Guinness World Record on June 18 when 830 people simultaneously ate dim sum on a closed stretch of South King Street, beating a mark of 764 set in Sydney, Australia, in 2019.

World finalist Ja’Kobe Tharp produced a stunning 12.75 run to break the world 110m hurdles record* at the NCAA Championships in Eugene

As a child I loved Tom Thumb, the perfectly formed human who was only a couple of inches tall; he roamed the countryside while sitting on the back of a mouse or hitched a ride in the ear of a horse. It grieved me to eventually learn that he was a fiction ...

As the world's de facto record adjudicator, Guinness World Records keeps tabs on all manner of weird and wonderful feats. Toyota's humanoid robot which happens to be really good at basketball is a Guinness World Record holder, alongside the man who ...

He is slow and steady — and winning the race against time. A 194-year-old tortoise was just honored with Guinness World Records’ prestigious ICON award. Born around 1832, Jonathan, the world’s oldest living land animal,

Jonathan, the 194-year-old tortoise, is already a Guinness World Record holder and now has officially cemented his status as a Guinness Icon. (Adobe Stock)