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The Guinness World Records official site with ultimate record-breaking facts & achievements. Do you want to set a world record? Are you Officially Amazing?
Our story - Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records - originally the Guinness Book of Records - the ultimate authority on record-breaking achievements, started out as an idea for a book of facts to solve arguments in pubs. The idea came about in the early 1950’s when Sir Hugh Beaver (1890—1967), Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, attended a shooting party in ...
Records | Guinness World Records
Explore record titles, photos and videos in our curated galleries, featuring everything from talented pets and superhumans to big stuff and extreme vehicles. Plus, find out how to attempt a record yourself.
Books - Guinness World Records
Open the next chapter of record-breaking with the new Guinness World Records 2025 and Gamer's Edition books! Celebrate our 70th anniversary and discover what incredible looks like today, from the ICONS that shaped our world to the top 100 greatest gaming records.
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The Guinness World Records official site with ultimate record-breaking facts & achievements. Do you want to set a world record? Are you Officially Amazing?
GWR | Guinness World Records
Discover Guinness World Records 2024, the fully revised and updated yearly edition of the classic mega best-seller. This year the theme is the Blue Planet, with an emphasis on the natural world, as well as the latest record-breaking successes in music, TV and sports.
Records showcase - Guinness World Records
From human achievements to the extremes of the natural world, here your find curated lists filled with some of the most incredible world records from the many thousands contained in the Guinness World Records database.
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History of the Book - Guinness World Records
That is how, in 1955, the first edition of the Guinness Book of Records came about. A book on facts that would be reprinted four times, with 187,000 copies sold. Discover more about the history of the iconic non-fiction bestseller.
About Us - Guinness World Records
We are the global authority on all things record-breaking, with offices in UK, US, China, Japan, and UAE, as well as our official adjudicators who verify records all over the world. Here you can discover everything about us, from our history to how you can join GWR.