Xavier Dillard, 22, accomplished something he’s worked on for years, completing 12,412 pull-ups in 24 hours to set a new ...

Steve Poulton from Leckhampton completed the Three Peaks Challenge on a bike in 1980.

Rhys Boorman completed the London Marathon with bells on - after his baby was born on deadline day.

Xavier Dillard decided to train for the record after a friend beat him in pull-ups three years ago ...

Explore the wildest food Guinness World Records ever recorded, including the largest pizza, giant burgers, Joey Chestnut’s ...

Here is a look at the women's world records in swimming, including the 54.33 produced by Gretchen Walsh less than a week ago.

DonnaJean Wilde, 59, previously broke a planking world record in March Guinness World Records/YouTube A Canadian grandmother of 12 recently broke her second world record of the year — and this time, ...

World records are sometimes insane. Who didn’t dream as a child of breaking one and ending up in the Guinness Book of World ...

If you ever wanted to win a bar bet about a world record, you probably know about the Guinness book for World Records. Did you know, though, that there are some robots in that book? Guinness pointed ...

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.

Australian Cameron McEvoy owns the newest men's world record in swimming, thanks to a 20.88 clocking in the 50-meter ...