Daredevil Felix Baumgartner envisioned breaking several world records with his sky dive from 90,000 feet, including the first person to break the sound barrier outside of an aircraft; however after hitting a flock of seagulls, Baumgartner instead cla...
Harvey Bristol, aka Cindy, has made it into the Guinness Book of Records by becoming the fastest cross dresser in the world, beating off stiff competition from regular winners of the Speed Cross Dressing contest from Thailand.
This year's speed cr...
Baghdad -- The United States military today is celebrating a major win in Iraq. American troops are heading home after setting the world record for the longest and most expensive stop and frisk in the history of law enforcement.
"It seems like onl...
The World's Fastest Man Usain Bolt still holds the title of the World's Fastest Man, but he can longer claim to be the world's fastest human. Naima Bilal from Nairobi has shaved three quarters of a second off his time.
"We were amazed," said Afric...
You have probably heard the phrase, "faster than pizza going through a dog." Well, students from a high school in Denver, Colorado concocted a science project to find out how fast that was; an experiment where they tracked how long it took to induc...
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has now entered the Book of World Records for something other than being the first woman to hold an office. The California member of the House of Representatives has now achieved the milestone of getting her panties...
There was mayhem today at the Annual World Cow Jumping Games in Scotland.
An amazing series of events was triggered when the entrance money was somehow stolen by two mysterious onlookers who looked exactly like a Cat and a Fiddle.
'They've vani...
Before Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker made a name for himself by leading the fight to strip public workers in his state of their collective bargaining rights, the record holder for having the biggest ego in the world was none other than Mel Gibson.
The Lincolnshire town of Grantham, famed for being the town that produced Margaret Thatcher, has produced something even more indigestible.
Grantham has now brought forth the hottest chilli in the world, as judged by the Guinness Book of Records.
A taxi driver in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires is celebrating today after breaking the World Land Speed record over a distance of 10 metres.
The driver, named by police only as 'Miguel', broke the record when he took flight from his vehicl...
Mrs Ethel Marshwarbler is 92 years old and lives in Cromer, Norfolk. She is the proud owner of a fridge, which has been certified as the UK's oldest, continuously working domestic appliance.
The fridge, a Frigidaire D30 model, was made by General...
The Wight Hotels and Tourism board (WHAT), are hoping that their latest initiative will help them get into the record books and prove a long standing urban myth.
The urban myth in question is that the whole of the world's population could fit onto...
The Guinness Book of World Records is holding it's annual World Records Day in the UK today. The aim is to break the record of the most number of records broken in one day. Which would be a world record in itself, thus adding one extra to the total.
The country with the hardest to spell name has been revealed as Iraq today, with the majority of the population unable to spell this four lettered word.
Many people were asked to spell a number of countries. Having nailed the spellings for Kazakhs...
Dyna Moe, an inventor from Lincoln set a new land speed record this morning on a completely wooden bicycle. The frame, chain, seat, wheels and pedals were completely constructed from wood.
"The initial idea was to set a land speed record for woode...
He was dubbed Britain's worst father after successfully inserting his penis into seven separate fat lasses with low self esteem and ejaculating, which resulted in seven more mouths to feed and drain the national purse.
He then found an eighth will...
Edward Hernandez is currently the world's shortest man, standing at a mere twenty-seven inches tall. With the title came the job offers and lucrative sponsorship deals for children's clothing.
However, the Columbian dwarf's title is under threat f...
Recently "the world's shortest man" died attempting to copulate with a "long-legged lady of the night" on a bar stool, he fell, crunched his head and died with a stiff. (the story was documented in the Spoof, it's true)
Now the emergence of a Colo...