World Records

Alesund, Norway – July 7, 2016 – Norwegians have set a new record for the world’s tallest bonfire; this year, it was measured by laser at 47.4 metres (155 ft), setting a new world record for the Tallest bonfire. Photo: The world’s tallest bonfire was measured by laser at 47.4 metres (155 ft), setting a new world record. The Guinness …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – July 5, 2016 – Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and the leading pan-African Airline has broken a Guinness World Record for making the largest ever human image of an Airplane; the event was part of Africa’s first Airbus A350 XWB delivery and 350 Ethiopian Employees have gathered at Ethiopian Maintenance hangar to create an image of the …

Port Stephens, Australia – July 5, 2016 – More than 900 residents and visitors gathered on Shoal Bay Beach to form the outline of a 100 metre long humpback whale; the event marked the start of the winter school holidays and Port Stephens’ annual winter Naturefest and sets the new world record for the Largest human whale. Photo: More than …

Levack, Ontario, Canada – July 5, 2016 – Chantelle Gorham from the Northwest Fudge Factory in Levack, Ont., created a giant peanut butter cup in an afternoon; it’s almost 80 inches in diameter and it’s a blend of half chocolate and half peanut butter filling; the 600 pound treat is 17,768 times bigger than a normal peanut butter cup, thus …

Tilburg, Holland – July 1, 2016 – Nikki ‘The Fighter’ Bradley broke a Guinness World Record to become the fastest woman to complete a 5K on crutches; the successful record attempt took place in Tilburg, Holland, where she recorded a time of 44:21, smashing the old record by more than five-and-a-half minutes. Photo: Nikki Bradley smashed the world 5k crutch …

Dübendorf, Switzerland – June 28, 2016 – The electric racecar «grimsel», developed by students of the Swiss universities ETH Zurich and Hochschule Luzern, has set a new world record for acceleration of an electric car.; the vehicle accelerated from zero to 60 in 1.513 seconds and reached 60 mph within a distance of 100 feet, thus setting the new world …

Dallas, Texas, USA – June 28, 2016 – During a special Which Wich Spreading Party at Winsight’s FARE Conference – held at the Gaylord Texan Resort, near Dallas—more than 750 attendees broke the Guinness World Records record of most sandwiches made in one hour; the official count of 39,303 PB&J sandwiches bested the previous world record of 37,558 achieved by …

London, UK – June 14, 2016 – Lindsy James, 37, from Tickhill, a member of Kimberworth Striders Running Club, became the fastest person to ever complete a half-marathon while pushing a buggy, which held her son Archie, during Derby’s Ramathon; Mrs James completed the Ramathon in 1 hr 27 mins 34 secs, smashing the Guinness World Records record for the …

London, UK – June 7, 2016 – Steven Cusack, 29, from Davidsons Butchers made a whopping 54 sausages in 60 seconds at the annual Taste of Grampian food and drink festival, smashing the previous Guinness World Records world record of 44 and setting the new world record for the Most sausages produced in one minute. Photo: Steven Cusack, from Inverurie, …

Tokyo, Japan – June 7, 2016 – A 96-year-old man from Japan man has entered the Book of World Records after becoming the oldest person in the world to receive a university degree; Shigemi Hirata, who lives in Takamatsu, received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and Design from Kyoto University at the age of 96 years and 200 …