It’s a new world record The world’s oldest baby has just been born, setting a new world record. Lindsey and Tim Pierce, respectively 35 and 34 years old, welcomed their son, Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, last weekend. However, Thaddeus’ birth story is slightly different from that of other newborn babies. Thaddeus was born from an embryo […]

8 months ago

There’s a new title holder in the lemonade chugging world. A man from Queens, New York has beaten his own previous world record for chugging a gallon of lemonade in the shortest amount of time. Eric Booker, who goes by the nickname ‘Badlands’, wowed spectators at the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on July […]

1 year ago

That’s roughly 5 million times faster than the average broadband speed in the UK. A team of researchers have set a new data transmission world record using a commercially available optical fibre. The team at Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology recorded a data rate of 402 terabits per second – roughly five […]

1 year ago

‘Always nice to add a new trophy to the collection’ F1 legend Jenson Button has added another string to his bow – breaking a Guinness World Record thanks to his lightning-fast reflexes. An official Guinness World Record adjudicator presented the British racing driver with his award after he smashed the record for the number of […]

3 years ago

It is a pretty good Marvel movie, to be fair… A man from Florida (it’s always Florida) has broken the Guinness World Record for watching Spider-Man: No Way Home – or any cinematic release, for that matter – the most times, clocking up a whopping 292 views. Ramiro Alanis, who goes by ‘The Avenging Tiger’ […]

4 years ago

Give her a damehood A woman has broken the world record for the most amount of chicken nuggets eaten in a minute. The person who now has this proud achievement next to her name – Leah Shutkever, a competitive eater from the UK. Rule Britannia. Leah managed to wolf down 19 nuggets in just 60 […]

4 years ago