Steven Spielberg's (USA) Jaws (USA, 1975) is considered the first summer blockbuster. Not only did people queue up around the block to see the movie, during its run in theatres it became the first ...

The newly-discovered species of Madagascan spider known as Darwin’s bark spider (Caerostris darwini) weaves the strongest known spider silk with a tensile strength of up to 520 MJ/m3 (megajoules per ...

Hang Son Đoòng (the name means "Mountain River Cave") is the world's largest single cave passage, based on its overall dimensions. It is around 200 metres (655 feet) high, 150 metres (490 feet) wide ...

The largest ancient castle in the world is Hradcany Castle or Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, built in the 9th century. It is an oblong irregular polygon with an axis of 570 m (1,870 ft) and ...

The longest speech ever given to the UN was delivered in 1957 by the Indian politician VK Krishna Menon, who talked for nearly eight hours while defending India's position on Kashmir. Records change ...

The oldest player in NHL history is Gordie Howe (Canada, b. 31 March 1928), who played his final NHL game on 11 April 1980 aged 52 years 11 days. Records change on a daily basis and are not ...

On the 26th of January 1972, Vesna Vulović was a flight attendant onboard JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367. The flight path, between Stockholm in Sweden and Belgrade in Serbia, took the aircraft over ...

This extraordinary young man is Lalit Patidar. The 18-year-old from India has the hairiest face on a person (male), with 201.72 hairs per square centimetre. Over 95% of his face is covered in hair. He ...

One of Guinness World Records' most coveted and hotly contested titles, the chicken nuggets record has been beaten at the Mediaset Studios, Milan, in the backstage of the Guinness World Records ...

If the moon hit your eye like this big pizza pie you’d certainly know about it! YouTube star Airrack (USA) teamed up with Pizza Hut up to make the world’s largest pizza – one that's a colossal 13,990 ...

The world’s oldest person Ethel Caterham (UK) has become the first-ever Brit to reach the age of 117. Since then, she’s been celebrated around the world and was even paid a special visit by King ...

Alan Fisher (Ireland), an owner and chef of a restaurant in Japan, has broken two cooking-related Guinness World Records titles. First up, he's claimed the longest cooking marathon (individual) after ...