Longest female legs Credit: Video grab/APVideoVault The world record for the longest female legs belongs to Russian Svetlana Pankratova, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Her long legs reportedly measure about four feet and four inches. Pankratova, a former Russian and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) basketball player, is now an assistant coach for [...]
Manila, Philippines – Lolong, Guinness World Records’ world’s largest crocodile in captivity, is dead. Dr. Alex Collantes of the Davao Crocodile Park in Davao City confirmed the bad news to Bunawan, Agusan del Sur Mayor Edwin Elorde, who announced it to local media. Crocodile Lolong, the world’s largest crocodile in captivity by Guinness World Records [...]
Could Garrett McNamara be the first 100-foot wave surfer? Well, that is what surfing experts are expecting, after the Hawaiian surfer tried to break his own record, as shown in the photo below. McNamara, 45, currently holds a Guinness World Record title for surfing the world’s largest wave ever ridden. As noted at Guardian this [...]
The so-called world’s shortest escalator can be found in Japan, as shown in the video below, which is now going viral. There were earlier videos (as early as 2008) about it, but the latest YouTube video is the longest so far, which was uploaded on Wednesday, January 2, 2012, and has a guide for tourists [...]
The world’s tallest woman, Yao Defen, has died in the province of Anhui in eastern China last November 13, 2012, according to a news report by the Chinese state media. She was 39. At 7 feet and 7 inches (233.3 centimeters) tall, the Chinese was certified by the Guinness World Records as the tallest woman [...]
Besse Cooper, the world’s oldest person, dies on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at the age of 116. Cooper, who was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living person, celebrated her 116th birthday last August 26, which was marked with a ceremony of a completed bridge in Georgia, USA. Besse Cooper, and grandson [...]
Jalyessa Walker backflips Image Credit: El Paso Times U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jalyessa Walker sets a new world record for the most consecutive backflips on Saturday, November 24, international news sites reported on Monday, November 26, 2012. According to reports, Walker, a former cheerleader, broke the world record by flipping 49 times across a college [...]
Alicia Richman, of Grandbury, Texas, was recently awarded by the Guinness World Records for her record of the most breastmilk donated, which went to Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas (MMBNT), a nonprofit organization founded in 2003 that aims to collect breastmilk donation for critically ill and premature babies. Alicia Richman of Texas, showing her [...]
Meysi, the latest candidate for being the world’s smallest dog, is from Poland, as shown in the video below. Her owner, Anna Pohl of Jarocin, Poland is now hoping that she can enter Guinness World Records (GWR) later. Meysi, world’s smallest dog wannabe Image Credit: CEN As noted at Jarocinska.pl, a Polish news site on [...]
The Guinness World Records 2013 edition has been released and a 3-year-old Great Dane named Zeus was declared as the world’s tallest dog, as shown in the video below. Other animals with amazing record were also featured for the first time, like Big Jake, the world’s tallest horse. World’s tallest dog Zeus, drinking in a [...]