Hang Son Đoòng (the name means "Mountain River Cave") is the world's largest single cave passage, based on its overall dimensions. It is around 200 metres (655 feet) high, 150 metres (490 feet) wide ...

The longest speech ever given to the UN was delivered in 1957 by the Indian politician VK Krishna Menon, who talked for nearly eight hours while defending India's position on Kashmir. Records change ...

At the 2020 British Puzzle Championship, Sarah Mills (UK) solved a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle depicting London landmarks in 1 hour 40 minutes. That's an average of one piece every six seconds. The ...

The longest chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum) was grown by Jürg Wiesli (Switzerland) and measured 56.3 cm (1 ft 10.1 in) long as verified at the European Pumpkin and Vegetable Weigh-Off Championship in ...

The heaviest pumpkin weighed 1,431.5 kg (3,156 lb) and was grown by Ron Wallace (USA) as verified at the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off at Frerichs Farm in Warren, Rhode Island, USA, on ...

A year on from growing a record pumpkin with his twin brother, Ian Paton has returned to establish a new horticultural ...

Speedcubing legend and Guinness World Records Hall of Famer Max Park (USA) has broken the iconic record of fastest time to solve a 3x3x3 rotating puzzle cube. The 21-year-old achieved an astonishing ...

California resident Edwin Castro has been revealed as the winner of the world’s greatest jackpot in a national lottery, over three months after the numbers were drawn in November 2022. Overcoming odds ...

A goldfish could be your next Uber driver, thanks to a computer engineer’s revolutionary invention. Thomas de Wolf (Netherlands) made a unique car that contains a water tank and is directed by the ...

On the 26th of January 1972, Vesna Vulović was a flight attendant onboard JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367. The flight path, between Stockholm in Sweden and Belgrade in Serbia, took the aircraft over ...

An American couple who met over 80 years ago have officially broken records with their love story. Lyle and Eleanor Gittens (USA) were students at Clark Atlanta University when they first coupled up ...

Speed-eater Leah Shutkever (UK) is back on the record-breaking menu! With 42 records to her name so far, this serial (or cereal) record-breaker stopped by Guinness World Records HQ in London to take ...