The heaviest carrot ever grown was done so by Christopher Qualley of Minnesota, USA, as verified on 9 September 2017.
Proudly SA! South Africa’s Ingar Valentyn holds the Guinness World Record for the most cups of tea made in one hour.
The longest time in an abdominal plank position (male) was achieved by Australian Daniel Scali in Adelaide, Australia, on 6 August 2021.
The official land-speed record (measured over one mile) was set by Andy Green in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, in Thrust SSC.
The world’s largest known spider is a male goliath bird-eating spider collected by the Pablo San Martin Expedition at Rio Cavro, Venezuela.
The shortest woman living (mobile) is Jyoti Amge who measured 62.8 cm (24.7 inches) in Nagpur, India, on 16 December 2011.
The longest fingernails on a pair of hands ever (female) belong to Diana Armstrong of the United States – and they are long!
The longest nose on a living person (male) was achieved by Mehmet Özyürek in Artvin, Turkey – and it’s long, very long!
The longest snake – ever – in captivity is Medusa, a reticulated python (python reticulatus) in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
The World Waterfall Database believes that it is still extremely likely that the Tugela Falls is the tallest recorded waterfall in the world.
Olivia Rodrigo’s single ‘Driver’s License’ broke records on Spotify with over 11,5 million streams in one day.
Ladles of Love broke the world record with the most sandwiches made in an hour this past Mandela Day.
Earlier in August, the Cape Rocketry Team officially broke the South African amateur altitude record with a successful launch of the JR101 to an altitude of 10.37 km.
Eastern parts of South Africa are currently experiencing a heatwave. Existing temperature records are tumbling left, right and centre.
We’ve got chills, they’re multiplying. The Eastern Cape did not come to play…
Aussie YouTubers took to Maletsunyane Falls in Lesotho to nail a ridiculous 200 m basketball shot. The shot currently holds the highest basketball shot ever made and it’s awesome!
The Proteas’ new Test skipper passed Aussie David Warner’s record score in the fourth one-dayer in Cape Town, falling just shy of a double ton – and everyone on the internet was very pleased.