World Records

Four years after enduring an accident that nearly left him paralyzed, Australian mountaineer Steve Plain is now the…

Just when you thought that the fidget spinner fad had gone the way of the dodo bird, hoverboards, and 3D TVs, a…

About a year ago last march, a robot called the Sub1 solved a Rubik’s Cube in 0.637-seconds, earning it the Guinness…

From the free-throw line—a distance of just 15 feet—I can maybe put the ball in the basket about twenty percent of…

We’ve been waiting to get our hands on real life jetpacks for almost a century now. And while you can’t buy them at…

With a mind-blowing display of precision and timing, 14 students from the Fuji Municipal Harada elementary school in…

When it comes to pushing oneself towards greatness, some of us vow to read more books or sign up for a 5K run.…

Aaron’s Inc., an Atlanta-based furniture company, held its annual meeting of managers in Maryland and did what is…

Asha Rani is known as “The Iron Queen” because of the amazing feats of strength she’s attempted using her teeth,…

A group of humans put one of its humans in a crazy, covered bike. That human broke a world speed record for a…

Kenyan runner Dennis Kimetto set a world record at the Berlin Marathon today, covering a distance of 42.195 km…

You do not want to commit a crime anywhere near the Calgary headquarters of Nexen Energy. That's because not one,…

Thought you had a lot of Doctor Who related knick nacks at home? Perhaps not as many as this man from Manchester in…

Jonathan Trappe loves balloons. In fact, the 39-year-old IT manager loves them so much that he's trusting them with…

Remember that awesome Hotwheels track you built when you were a kid? The one that went from the bedroom all the way…

Gaze in amazement at this 112 foot-tall tower made from 500,000 individual bricks of Lego. The structure, which was…

Back in 2009, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt ran the 100-meter dash in a record setting time of 9.58 seconds. A recent…

Japan's Jiroemon Kimura has passed away at the age of 116 years and 54 days. Guinness World Records is recognizing…

It's not quite as exciting as free-falling from the edge of space, but a group of 80 Lego enthusiasts in Denmark,…

Between Felix Baumgartner's insane space jump, and Spanish paraglider Horacio Llorens' 568-looper of a dive, we've…