Udupi : Armaan S, a sixth-semester Electrical and Electronics engineering student at Manipal Institute of Technology, is attempting to enter the Guinness World Records for the longest selfie stick. The current record is held by Ben Stiller (An American actor, comedian and filmmaker) with a record length of 8.56m achieved at the premiere of Zoolander […]

New York: The world’s shortest woman visited New York City on Wednesday. Jyoti Amge, 19, took in the view from atop the city’s 2nd tallest building, the Empire State Building. She was in town to promote the 2014 edition of the Guinness World Record’s book. “The Guinness Book of World Records has given me the […]

Kyoto : A Japanese man recognised as the world’s oldest living person, and the oldest man recorded in history, has died aged 116, local officials say. Jiroemon Kimura died of natural causes on Wednesday in a hospital in Kyotango, Kyoto, a government statement said. In December, Guinness World Records recorded Mr Kimura as the oldest […]

New York : A Polish puppy no bigger than its owner’s mobile phone may be the smallest living dog on the planet. The teeny terrier Meysi weighed just about 44.7 grams at birth and is now three months old and tips the scales at 92.1 grams. Anna Pohl from Poland who was not initially sure […]

London : It may look like a toy, but this miniature car has as much right to be on the road as any other vehicle. Measuring just 45.2cm or 17.79 inches in height, Mirai – ‘future’ in Japanese – has just entered the Guinness World Records Book 2013 for being the lowest roadworthy car. Mirai […]

Nagpur : A high school student in central India was recognized as the world’s shortest woman by Guinness World Records on Friday as she turned 18 and said she hopes to earn a degree and make it in Bollywood. Jyoti Amge stood just 62.8 centimeters (24.7 inches) tall — shorter than the average 2-year-old — […]