The largest ancient castle in the world is Hradcany Castle or Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, built in the 9th century. It is an oblong irregular polygon with an axis of 570 m (1,870 ft) and ...

Hang Son Đoòng (the name means "Mountain River Cave") is the world's largest single cave passage, based on its overall dimensions. It is around 200 metres (655 feet) high, 150 metres (490 feet) wide ...

The longest speech ever given to the UN was delivered in 1957 by the Indian politician VK Krishna Menon, who talked for nearly eight hours while defending India's position on Kashmir. Records change ...

At the 2020 British Puzzle Championship, Sarah Mills (UK) solved a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle depicting London landmarks in 1 hour 40 minutes. That's an average of one piece every six seconds. The ...

This extraordinary young man is Lalit Patidar. The 18-year-old from India has the hairiest face on a person (male), with 201.72 hairs per square centimetre. Over 95% of his face is covered in hair. He ...

California resident Edwin Castro has been revealed as the winner of the world’s greatest jackpot in a national lottery, over three months after the numbers were drawn in November 2022. Overcoming odds ...

One of Guinness World Records' most coveted and hotly contested titles, the chicken nuggets record has been beaten at the Mediaset Studios, Milan, in the backstage of the Guinness World Records ...

The world’s oldest person Ethel Caterham (UK) has become the first-ever Brit to reach the age of 117. Since then, she’s been celebrated around the world and was even paid a special visit by King ...

Speed-eater Leah Shutkever (UK) is back on the record-breaking menu! With 42 records to her name so far, this serial (or cereal) record-breaker stopped by Guinness World Records HQ in London to take ...

The card was purchased by Paul in another record-breaking sale back in 2021, when it became the most expensive Pokemon card sold at a private sale for $5,275,000. This time, the card was sold via ...

An American couple who met over 80 years ago have officially broken records with their love story. Lyle and Eleanor Gittens (USA) were students at Clark Atlanta University when they first coupled up ...

Kimberly “Kimycola” Winter from Maryland, USA, has broken the record for the world’s loudest burp (female). Her bellowing belch was 107.3 decibels loud, surpassing the previous record of 107 dB, ...