World Records

Edinburgh, UK – February 1, 2016 – Haggis specialist Macsween of Edinburgh has created the world’s most expensive haggis as Scotland sets to prepare for Burns Night; costing £4,000, the haggis is created using the unique Macsween family recipe infused with other flavours from around the world. Photo: THE “world’s most expensive haggis” has been created, with wagyu beef, French truffle …

Saskatoon, Canada – February 1, 2016 – Saskatoon showed up to Victoria Park in full force to make sure that the city became home to a World Record; more than 8,200 people came to claim the world’s largest snowball fight title. Photo: Organizers estimated that more than 8,200 people came to claim the world’s largest snowball fight title. The Guinness World …

EVERGREEN PARK, Illinois, USA – January 30, 2016 – Jamie Keeton, 47, of Evergreen Park, who shows off his strange abilities under the name Canhead Keeton, has a medical condition that causes cans, bottles and other objects to stick to his skin; he recently set the World Record for the number of cans stuck to a person’s head, after sticking eight …

Xiamen, China – January 30, 2016 – China added yet another World Record to its long list of accolades when 715 girls gathered together to break the hallowed record of the “most people dressed as maids at the same time;” rather than the traditional French maid costume, the girls opted for the Japanese variety. Photo: 715 girls in Xiamen dress up together …

Beijing, China – January 28, 2016 – Some 2,530 kg of roast lamb was served to over 4,000 people at a meal in Jianyang City of southwest China’s Sichuan province, setting a new world record for the Largest serving of roast lamb. Photo: An outdoor roast lamb eating party held in Jianyang, Sichuan Province broke the Guinness World Record for the Largest …

Newark, New Jersey, USA – January 28, 2016 – Prudential Financial Inc. (NYSE:PRU) demonstrated its commitment to employee health recently by setting a world record title for the longest line of sticky notes, totaling a final count of 24,675 notes that contained health and wellness suggestions; measuring 1,283 feet and eight inches, the line of sticky notes was approximately four times …

Rome, Italy – January 26, 2016 – Game of Thrones star Hafþór Júlíus ‘Thor’ Björnsson has broken the Guinness World Records world record for carrying the highest number of fridges over a set distance in the fastest time; the super-strong Swede carried two fridges, weighing 450 kg in total, over 20 metres in an impressive 19.60 seconds, thus setting the new …

Santa Barbara, California, USA – January 25, 2016 – Over 350 community members from throughout Santa Barbara County joined the Santa Barbara Track Club (SBTC) at Westmont College to attempt a world record for the most high-fives given in sixty seconds; 385 high fives were given to FitzSimons, Jr., setting the new world record for the Most high-fives in one minute. …

Tampa, Florida, USA – January 25, 2016 – Kurt Searvogel recently finished his 365-day bike ride, logging 76,076 in one calendar year to break the 77-year-old world record. Photo: American Kurt Searvogel, aka ‘Tarzan’, has just surpassed the 76-year-old record of most miles cycled in 365 days, averaging over 200 miles (320km) a day. Photo: TarzanRides.com The Guinness World Records world …

Sibalom, Philippines – January 22, 2016 – About 6,000 students and faculty members of the University of Antique (UA) huddled together on campus grounds as they vied for the World Record for the world’s largest human anchor; the human anchor was formed in less than five minutes, thus setting the new world record for the Largest human anchor. Photo: Students of …