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Guinness World Records: Oldest mouse

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Guinness World Records: Most body modifications (married couple)

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Guinness World Records: World’s most popular artist

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Guinness World Records: Oldest mouse

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Guinness World Records: Most body modifications (married couple)

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Guinness World Records: Farthest basketball shot made backwards

By Shyleen Choruma21-03-2023 07:30

The farthest basketball shot made backwards is 26.06 metres (85 ft 5 in), and was achieved by Jeremy Ware (USA)

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Guinness World Records: Longest career as a radio presenter/DJ

By Shyleen Choruma20-03-2023 07:46

The longest career as a radio presenter/DJ (female) is 71 years and 357 days and was achieved by Mary McCoy (USA)

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Guinness World Records: Heaviest weight held with the eyelid

By Shyleen Choruma19-03-2023 07:30

The heaviest weight lifted with the eyelid is 3.51 kg (7.74 lb) and was achieved by Satyajit Hota (India) on the set of ‘Rekorlar Dunyasi

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Guinness World Records: Heaviest weight lifted by a beard

By Shyleen Choruma18-03-2023 07:30

The heaviest weight lifted by human beard is 63.80 kg and was achieved by Antanas Kontrimas on the set of ‘Rekorlar Dunyasi’ in Istanbul

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Guinness World Records: Heaviest radish

By Shyleen Choruma17-03-2023 07:30

The heaviest radish weighs 45.865 kg (101 lb 1.8 oz) and was grown by Manda Fermentation Co., Ltd. (Japan) as verified at HAKKO Park

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Guinness World Records: Heaviest lemon

By Shyleen Choruma16-03-2023 07:30

The world’s heaviest lemon weighed 5.265 kg (11 lb 9.7 oz) on 8 January 2003 and was grown by Aharon Shemoel (Israel) on his farm.

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Guinness World Records: Largest collection of toothpaste tubes

By Shyleen Choruma15-03-2023 07:30

The largest collection of toothpaste tubes is 2,037 and belongs to Val Kolpakov (USA), in Alpharetta, Georgia, USA, on 15 June 2012.

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Guinness World Records: Most expensive bottle (Tequila bottle)

By Shyleen Choruma07-11-2022 09:51

The record for the most expensive bottle is over R4 million. The Platinum & White Gold Tequila bottle was sold by Tequila Ley .925.

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Guinness World Records: Largest feet on a living person (male)

By Garrin Lambley29-10-2022 06:34

The largest feet on a living person belong to Jeison Orlando Rodriguez Hernández from Venezuela. And they are LARGE!

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Guinness World Records: Heaviest carrot ever grown – VIDEO

By Garrin Lambley27-10-2022 11:07

The heaviest carrot ever grown was done so by Christopher Qualley of Minnesota, USA, as verified on 9 September 2017.

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Guinness World Records: South African woman sets tea-making record

By Garrin Lambley26-10-2022 08:25

Proudly SA! South Africa’s Ingar Valentyn holds the Guinness World Record for the most cups of tea made in one hour.

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Guinness World Records: Longest time in an abdominal plank position (male)

By Garrin Lambley25-10-2022 11:40

The longest time in an abdominal plank position (male) was achieved by Australian Daniel Scali in Adelaide, Australia, on 6 August 2021.

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Guinness World Records: Land speed (fastest car)

By Garrin Lambley24-10-2022 08:17

The official land-speed record (measured over one mile) was set by Andy Green in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, in Thrust SSC.

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Guinness World Records: Largest ever spider

By Garrin Lambley22-10-2022 06:47

The world’s largest known spider is a male goliath bird-eating spider collected by the Pablo San Martin Expedition at Rio Cavro, Venezuela.

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Guinness World Records: Shortest woman living (mobile) – WATCH

By Garrin Lambley20-10-2022 08:22

The shortest woman living (mobile) is Jyoti Amge who measured 62.8 cm (24.7 inches) in Nagpur, India, on 16 December 2011.

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Guinness World Records: Longest fingernails on a pair of hands ever (female) – WATCH

By Garrin Lambley19-10-2022 11:24

The longest fingernails on a pair of hands ever (female) belong to Diana Armstrong of the United States – and they are long!

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Guinness World Records: Longest nose on a living person

By Garrin Lambley18-10-2022 13:58

The longest nose on a living person (male) was achieved by Mehmet Özyürek in Artvin, Turkey – and it’s long, very long!

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Guinness World Records: Longest snake in captivity

By Garrin Lambley17-10-2022 16:14

The longest snake – ever – in captivity is Medusa, a reticulated python (python reticulatus) in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

Venezuela sets largest orchest
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Venezuela sets largest orchestra world record

By Agence France-Presse21-11-2021 22:50

About 12 000 musicians, including both children and adults who are members of Venezuela’s main orchestra, the Simon Bolivar

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Venezuelan classical musicians play for largest orchestra record

By Agence France-Presse14-11-2021 11:46

Guinness will announce in the next 10 days whether Venezuela has outflanked a 2019 Russian orchestra as the world’s largest

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World record falls? New data suggests SA’s Tugela Falls may be tallest

By Erene Roux09-08-2021 16:58

The World Waterfall Database believes that it is still extremely likely that the Tugela Falls is the tallest recorded waterfall in the world.

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Olivia Rodrigo’s single ‘Driver’s License’ sets new record

By Erene Roux15-01-2021 15:12

Olivia Rodrigo’s single ‘Driver’s License’ broke records on Spotify with over 11,5 million streams in one day.

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Ladles of Love smashes world record and feeds thousands [photos]

By Erene Roux20-07-2020 15:45

Ladles of Love broke the world record with the most sandwiches made in an hour this past Mandela Day.

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Watch: Four South Africans officially broke the altitude record for an amateur rocket [video]

By Erene Roux02-09-2019 19:47

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.

El Nino
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SA Heatwave: 12 new temperature records have been set as mercury soars

By Tom Head19-09-2018 14:03

Eastern parts of South Africa are currently experiencing a heatwave. Existing temperature records are tumbling left, right and centre.

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