British runners in particular have long tried to cross the finish line in less than 4 minutes, records show, sometimes ...

Monsieur Mangetout — that's Mr. Eats Everything in French — is famous for eating a plane, earning the Guinness World Record for world's strangest diet. His record is one of tens of thousands on the ...

Josh Kerr set a new mile world record of 3:42.66s in London on July 18. Henry Nicholls / AFP via With a fist pump as he ...

Twenty-four hours after breaking the men's mile world record, Josh Kerr reflects on his achievement with The Athletic ...

Kerr announced his bid to break the world record months in advance, and pulled off the plan in London on Saturday.

The pantheon of mile world record-holders has a new member. When Josh Kerr stormed over the finish line at the London Stadium ...

Olympic 800m gold medalist Emmanuel Wanyonyi broke one of the longest-standing world records on the track, running the fastest 1000m in history. Wanyonyi clocked 2 minutes, 11.83 seconds at a Diamond ...

Incredible challenges achieved are being celebrated on Guinness World Records Day 2025. To mark the occasion, taking place Thursday, Nov. 20, three new UK records were set at the Up at The O2 roofwalk ...

Growing your hair crazy long has its perks, just ask Amir Menendez. The 14-year-old has broken the 2024 Guinness World record for largest afro on a living teenager and man in the world. Amir’s afro ...

Guinness World Records has declared Sultan Kösen the tallest living man in the world (8 feet, 2.8 inches), Bilal Ilyas Jhandir the best at identifying Taylor Swift songs in a minute or less (34 songs) ...

As a child I loved Tom Thumb, the perfectly formed human who was only a couple of inches tall; he roamed the countryside while sitting on the back of a mouse or hitched a ride in the ear of a horse.

It’s never too early to start breaking records. Sawyer Nicholson, 11, of Canada, broke the world age-group record during the Niagara Falls International Marathon’s 5K this past weekend. The young ...