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Uncle Roger sets new Guinness World Record
Comedian Nigel Ng, better known as Uncle Roger, set a new Guinness World Record over the weekend for the largest gathering of people dressed...
Bryan Ke
Asia
Nepali Sherpa guide ‘Everest Man’ breaks own record with 29th summit
Nepali Sherpa guide Kami Rita, also known as the “Everest Man,” broke his own record for the most summits over the weekend. Key points: ...
Entertainment
‘Godzilla’ destroys Tokyo government building in celebration of 70th anniversary
A 100-meter (328-foot) “Godzilla” was projected “destroying” a government building in Tokyo over the weekend, as the long-runnin...
BLACKPINK’s Lisa sets new world record with 1 billion Spotify streams of ‘Money’
BLACKPINK’s Lisa recently added another Guinness World Record under her belt after her track “Money” surpassed the 1-billion stream mark on ...
Culture
The world’s most expensive sushi is now over $2K, according to Guinness World Records
The world’s most expensive sushi, which costs over $2,000, can now be found in Japan, according to Guinness World Records (GWR). Key details...
Isa Peralta
Art
How a Japanese artist set the record for world’s largest GPS drawing with his marriage proposal
Nearly 14 years ago, a Japanese artist’s marriage proposal set a Guinness World Record. Yasushi Takahashi, also known by his artist name Yas...
Health
Sri Lankan man breaks Guinness World Records for largest, heaviest kidney stone
A retired soldier from Sri Lanka had a record-breaking kidney stone surgically removed. Coonghe’s massive stone: On June 1, Dr. Kugadas Suth...
Ryan General
Japan
89-year-old Japanese man recognized as world’s oldest male surfer hopes to surf until he’s 100
Seiichi Sano, the 89-year-old Japanese man who was recognized as the oldest male to surf by Guinness World Records, says he will continue to...
Michelle De Pacina
Feature
S. Korean woman who passed driving test after 960 tries goes viral again
A South Korean woman who finally received her driving license after spending thousands of dollars and failing her written driving test aroun...
Food
Video: Japanese company sets world record with 101-pound radish
Japanese company Manda Fermentation Co. earned a Guinness World Record for the world’s heaviest radish. The world-record radish officially ...
Iris Jung
BLACKPINK sets world record for most-streamed female group on Spotify
BLACKPINK has set a new world record as the most-streamed female group on Spotify, with over 8.88 billion individual streams. The K-pop quar...
Daniel Anderson
178 Hirokazu Tanakas break world record for largest group with same name
On Sunday, 178 Hirokazu Tanakas met in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward to break the Guinness World Record for the largest group of people with the sam...
Editorial Staff
TikTok chefs break world record for largest sushi roll
American professional chef Nick DiGiovanni (@nick.digiovanni) and Japanese TikTok star Lynn Davis (@cookingwithLynja) went to Boston on Oct...
Videos
Vietnamese man sets world record climbing 100 stairs while balancing brother on his head in 53 seconds
Two Vietnamese brothers and circus performers recently broke a Guinness World Record after one of them climbed 100 consecutive stairs in a S...
News
90-Year-Old Japanese Grandma Sets World Record as Oldest Video Game Streamer
A 90-year-old grandmother in Japan is now the holder of the oldest video game streamer record, according to the Guinness World Records. Hama...
Shanghai Martial Artist Sets Guinness World Record Playing Ping Pong With Nunchaku
A martial arts coach in China set a new Guinness World Record for hitting 32 table tennis balls using only a nunchaku, a traditional weapon ...
Hideo Kojima Just Broke an Instagram and Twitter Record at the Same Time
“Death Stranding” director Hideo Kojima has been awarded two Guinness World Records and is now recognized as the “most followed game directo...
Google Engineer Sets the World Record for Calculating Pi to 31.4 TRILLION Digits
A Google engineer from Japan has broken the Guinness World Record for the most accurate value of pi. Emma Haruka Iwao, who has been with Goo...
Carl Samson
‘World’s Oldest Person’ Masazo Nonaka Dies at the Age of 113
Masazo Nonaka, a Japanese man who was recognized by Guinness World Record as the oldest living man in the world last year, has died at th...
K-Pop Idol Kang Daniel Sets World Record for Gaining 1 Million Instagram Followers
K-pop idol Kang Daniel set the Guinness World Record for “Fastest Time to Gain 1 Million Followers on Instagram.” Kang, who recently conclud...
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Chinese Teen Breaks Two New Rubik’s Cube Guinness World Records on a Single Day
A Rubik’s Cube boy wonder from Xiamen, Fujian province, China recently broke two Guinness World Records consecutively in a single day. In th...
Chinese Man Breaks the Guinness World Record for the ‘Highest Vocal Note by a Male’
Xiaolong Wang, a man from China, has just set a new world record for performing the highest vocal note. ...
Japanese Wrestler Uses Powerful Butt to Smash Guinness World Record for Balloon Popping
A Japanese wrestler broke a Guinness World Record by bursting balloons using the power and speed of her butt. Freestyle wrestler Saori Yoshi...
Man With The World’s Longest Fingernails Finally Decides To Trim Them After 66 Years
After 66 years, the man with the longest fingernails ever recorded on a single hand has finally trimmed them. Shridhar Chillal, who hails f...
Japanese Students Break World Jump Rope Record in Mesmerizing Video
A group of students in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, has broken the record for “Most Skips Over a Single Rope in One Minute.” The E-Jump...
112-Year-old Japanese Man Now the World’s Oldest Living Male
Masazo Nonaka, a 112-year-old Japanese man who was officially recognized as the oldest living man in the world, says the secret to his longe...
Chinese Woman Has The World’s Longest Eyelashes And We’re Uncomfortable
You have to admit, long eyelashes are too darn sexy – whether it’s on a man or a woman, they can make anyone’s knees weak. But do are ...
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