World’s Oldest Surfer Still Rides Waves at Age 89
89-year-old Seiichi Sano holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest surfer on Earth, but what makes his feat even more impressive is that he only took up the sport at age 80! They say surfing is a young man’s game, and it’s easy to see why. The water sport requires a combination of balance, […]
The World’s Quietest Room Is a Scary, Unbearable Place
A chamber inside Microsoft’s Audio Lab holds the Guinness record for the world’s quietest room. It’s a strange place that reportedly causes people to start hallucinating. With everything moving at such a crazy pace in this day in age, we all crave a little peace and quiet from time to time, but it seems absolute […]
World’s Largest Electric Truck Needs Almost No Recharging
The world’s biggest electric vehicle is a giant dump truck that relies almost exclusively on energy produced by its own breaking system, requiring only minimal recharging. Called the ‘eDumper’, the world’s largest electric vehicle is actually a converted Komatsu 605-7 HD dump truck the diesel engine of which was replaced with an electric motor and […]
The World’s Fastest Tractor Is Faster Than Some Sports Cars
The JCB Fastrac Two is a stripped-down and performance-enhanced JCB Fastrac tractor capable of reaching speeds of up to 247 km per hour (153.8 mph). If you’ve ever driven behind a tractor, you probably already know that they are many things, but they certainly aren’t fast. Tractors are built for power, not speed, but what […]
Bird Flies Over 13,500 Km Without Stopping, Sets New Guinness Record
A five-month-old bar-tailed godwit recently smashed the record for long-distance migration after flying 13,560 kilometers non-stop over a period of 11 days. Every autumn, millions of migratory birds take to the sky for a long and perilous journey to escape the coming cold, feed and breed for the next few months. Many of them cover […]
The World’s Highest ATM Sits Atop a 4,693-Meter-Tall Mountaintop
The highest-altitude cash machine in the world is located at the Khunjerab Pass border between China and Pakistan, at an elevation of 4,693 meters. Over the past few decades, the ATM has become one of the world’s most ubiquitous pieces of technology, but you wouldn’t expect to see one while trekking through the snow-covered mountains […]
Man Drives in Reverse Over 16 Kilometers in Under 30 Minutes, Sets World Record
A 35-year-old man from India’s Tamil Nadu state recently set a new world record for the longest distance driven in reverse in under 30 minutes – 16 kilometers and 140 meters. During an event that took place last week at Edappadi Bypass in Tamil Nadu, Chandramouli, a passionate motorist from Salem district, managed to set […]
World’s Most Loyal Employee Has Been Working for the Same Company for 84 Years
Walter Orthmann, a 100-year-old man from Brazil has been working for the same company since 1938, which officially makes his career worthy of the Guinness Book of Records. Orthman began working for Industrias Renaux S.A., a textile company in Brusque, on January 17, 1938, when he was only 15-years-old. He began as an assistant in […]
Gardener Grows 1,269 Tomatoes on a Single Plant Stem, Sets World Record
Douglas Smith, a gardener from Hertfordshire, UK recently set a new Guinness Record for most tomatoes grown on a single stem, 1,269. Up until last summer, the record for most tomatoes grown on a single stem had stood unchallenged for over a decade. Then English farmer Douglas Smith set his sights on breaking it, thinking […]
Man’s 10.8-Centimeter-Long Tongue May Be World’s Longest
K Praveen, a 21-year-old man from Thiruthangal in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, has a 10.8-centimeter-long tongue, according to the India Book of Records. According to the University of Edinburgh, the average human male tongue is around 8.5-cm-long, which makes K Praveen’s tongue over 2.5cm longer, and probably the longest in the world. The young robotics student […]
Man With World’s Most Insect Tattoos on His Body Actually Hates Bugs
Michael Amoia, a music producer and entrepreneur from New York, recently set a new world record for the most insects tattooed on his body, a whopping 864. But just because he has a giant centipede covering most of his front torso, and a menacing scorpion inked on the right side of his face does not […]
This Mexican Restaurant Serves Your Order in Just 13.5 Seconds
Karne Garibaldi, a popular restaurant in Guadalajara, holds the Guinness record for the world’s fastest food service: 13.5 seconds from order time until the food hits the table. Usually, when visiting a popular award-winning restaurant, you expect waiting times to be on the long side, but that’s definitely not the case at Karne Garibaldi, a […]
Woman With World’s Longest Name Has Two-Foot-Long Birth Certificate
An ambitious mother who wanted to set a unique Guinness World Record gave her daughter a 1,019-letter name which resulted in her getting a two-foot-long birth certificate. Over the years, we’ve featured some pretty unconventional baby names here on OC, but most of them at least made some kind of sense. The world’s longest name […]
Man Allegedly Stares Directly Into the Sun For an Hour Without Blinking
An Indian pensioner recently set a bizarre new national record after allegedly spending an entire hour staring directly at the sun without sunglasses and without blinking once. The 70-year-old retired Government officer from India’s Uttar Pradesh state was identified as Mr. MS Verma. He apparently trained for this incredible feat for 25 years, after being […]
Man Breaks World Record for Loudest Belch for the First Time in 10 Years
An Australian man managed to break a decade-old Guinness record, after letting out a belch louder than the average electrical drill. Neville Sharp, from Humpty Doo, Northern Territory, has been belching ever since his sister, Sandy, taught him how to do it when he was only six years old. He has been honing his “skill” […]