In the build-up to a busy festive season, Cape Town police officers conquered Table Mountain and broke a world record.
This domino display, consisting of an almost impossible amount of dominoes, took nearly a week to assemble and mere minutes to topple down.
German surfer Sebastian Steudtner is the proud new holder of the Guinness World Record for the biggest wave ever surfed.
Last year, a couple from New Zealand stumbled upon what appeared to be a record-breaking giant potato growing in their garden.
The Guinness World Record for the most premature baby has been broken by an Alabama boy, who shaved 24 hours off the previous record.
41-year-old stunt pilot Dario Costa now holds the Guinness World Record for Longest Tunnel Flown through with an Airplane.
South African trail runners Christiaan Greyling and AJ Calitz spent 20 hours yesterday testing the limits of their endurance, and came out tops.
94-year-old Sir David Attenborough has been in the business for more than six decades, and now he has another record to add to his impressive CV.
The year isn’t over yet, but Guinness has already confirmed some pretty wild world records.
I know you reckon your parallel parking skills are top-notch, but you can’t hold a candle to the world’s best.
A former US Marine has set a new world record by planking for way, way longer than should be physically possible.
The list of weird world records is seemingly endless, and one of them now belongs to Cape Town resident Kamil Suleiman.
Hundreds of hot air balloons took to the skies at the Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons festival, in an attempt to break a world record.
Every year, people go out of their way to find new ways to break records, even if it means doing something a little ‘out there’.
A special shout-out to Lukas Bates, who finished the London Marathon having run the entire race in a Big Ben costume, although it wasn’t without incident.
Some world records may never be beaten, and some world records leave you wondering how they ever came to be in the first place.
Fancy yourself a puzzle-lover? Then you’ll like this – Dubai is going down in the record books for constructing the world’s largest jigsaw puzzle.
With more than 6 feet between them, the world’s tallest man and shortest woman got together outside Egypt’s pyramids for a few snaps.
People come from far and wide to marvel at the beauty of Maletsunyane Falls, but no one has ever landed a basketball shot from up top. Until now.
We all claim to be able to pull off the robot dance after a few toots, but if it’s absolute precision and symmetry you’re after then get a load of this.
Italy is the original home of pizza, so when the country tries to promote their rightful attachment to it, they go to long lengths to ensure it happens.
Rocking a flat belly requires some hard work, planking often included, but we all have some way to go before we can rival this man machine.
Think you could watch TV for four days straight without sleeping? You’re not alone, although it sounds a lot easier than it actually is.