With more than 150 million copies sold in 40 languages, Guinness World Records is one of the best-selling books in history. In it, you'll find the shortest, tallest and fastest, alongside jaw-dropping ...

When it comes to mass-participation events, would-be record setters are finding it harder than ever to draw a crowd. But it’s still fun to try. In May, at the Gold Bar Whiskey distillery in San ...

Monsieur Mangetout — that's Mr. Eats Everything in French — is famous for eating a plane, earning the Guinness World Record for world's strangest diet. His record is one of tens of thousands on the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Achieving the title of youngest driver to win a Formula One World Championship is really hard. Or having the most ascents of Mount Everest. But what about most soda cans crushed with ...

Liam Thompson invents really stupid world records for fun and proves that ridiculous can also be impressive.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Ströby inserted 81 matches into his nostrils to break the Guinness World Record for the most matches held in the nose.