These longtime lovebirds are a rare breed. The newly crowned “oldest married couple” in the world is an adorable pair of former Big Apple centenarians who met during World War II — and now swear by the power of staying curious, having lunchtime beers and simply “loving each other.” With a combined age of 216 … Read more
Go big or gourd home. Twin brothers grew the world’s heaviest pumpkin of all time weighing in at a staggering 2,819 pounds and 4 ounces. Ian and Stuart Paton, 64, of Hampshire, England, who have been growing pumpkins for over 50 years, have come close to achieving the fall feat, but have never accomplished the Guinness World … Read more
This is batty! A British farm honored the Prince of Darkness, fittingly for Halloween — and broke a world record. Sunnyfields Farm in Southampton paid homage to Ozzy Osbourne the late Black Sabbath singer by arranging hundreds of their home-grown pumpkins and squashes in his image to earn the title of largest cucurbita mosaic, according to … Read more
An Alabama man earned the Guinness World Record for longest natural beard locks on a living person. Rudolf Martino of Birmingham started growing the impressive 3-foot, 6-inch facial hair more than a decade ago and told the record book it was culturally inspired. “I have researched thoroughly into different cultures like Egypt, India, and various … Read more
At 117 years old, María Branyas was confirmed by Guinness World Records to be the world’s oldest living person — and researchers say her long life wasn’t just good luck. In a statement to Guinness, Branyas attributed her longevity to “order, tranquility, good connection with family and friends, contact with nature, emotional stability, no worries, no regrets, lots … Read more
This was no child’s play. A New Zealand mom broke a world record for running across a track made of LEGOs — and she accomplished the impressive feat with bare feet. Gabrielle Wall earned the Guinness World Record for fastest 100 meter barefoot on LEGO bricks back in January — but she went viral this … Read more
A thrillseeker broke the world record for riding the most roller coasters in one week — reaching an adrenaline-pumping 55. Dean Stokes, 36, had set himself the summer challenge of riding every single rollercoaster in the UK — but his plans were scuppered by Storm Floris. However, he still managed to set a Guinness World … Read more
Liu Weiqiang has broken a Guinness World record, and all he had to do was, quite literally, lift a finger. The Chinese fitness influencer deadlifted a jaw-dropping 144 kilograms with just his middle finger, breaking the previous record set by Egmond Molina, who achieved a one-finger deadlift of 138.5 kilograms in March 2024. To put … Read more
They kept their eye on the prize. An arcade in the Philippines earned a Guinness World Record for installing the world’s largest claw machine. The PlayFair arcade, located at the TOPS landmark in Barangay Busay in Cebu, earned the title for its Claw King, which encompasses a staggering area of 1,761 cubic feet. The massive game … Read more
With this pricetag, it feta be better than all the rest. A smelly slab of green cheese sold for $42,232, earning the Guinness World Record for most expensive cheese sold at auction. The pricey 5-pound chunk of Cabrales, a Spanish blue cheese, was aged in a cave for 10 months by the Ángel Díaz Herrero cheese factory. A … Read more
Connecticut hopes to get a slice of a world record. New Haven is setting out to break the Guinness World Record for the largest pizza party — a title that was previously set by the World Pizza Champions in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Jan. 21, 2023, as reported by NBC News. To break the record, the … Read more
The latest installment in the “John Wick” series leaped into first position at the box office. “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina,” pirouetted to the No. 1 spot Friday, its opener, raking in $10.65 million, according to The Numbers. The thriller, which The Post said “has good fights, bad everything else,” is the fifth installment … Read more
He’s a little genius with a big IQ. At just 2 years and 182 days old, Joseph Harris-Birtill is the youngest-ever member of Mensa — the exclusive society for people with exceptionally high intelligence quotients. Mensa, the world’s largest and most recognized society for brainiacs, admits only those who score in the top 2% on … Read more
Jeepers creepers, how’d he pop those peepers? Williams Martin Sanchez Lopez has nabbed a Guinness World Record due to his bizarre and revolting talent for popping his eyes out of his head like a cartoon character. “I’m a person that likes to kid around and laugh, so the fact that I can pop out my … Read more
Her “Despicable” collection paid off. An Australian woman’s collection of 1,035 different pieces of Minions merch recently earned her a Guinness World Record. Liesl Benecke began amassing Minions, the little yellow henchmen that star in Universal’s “Despicable Me” franchise, 15 years ago when the film was released — and couldn’t stop. “I remember laughing so much … Read more
Over 900 people played a Monopoly game to set a world record. The late March event, which earned the Guinness World Record for most people playing Monopoly, was held in Sydney, Australia, to honor a young girl who loved the game. The parents of Alegra Vasiliou, who died from brain cancer in 2017 at the … Read more
Step aside squats — it’s time to lunge your way to greatness. Austin Head, a trainer at Life Time fitness club in New York, said the lower body exercise is a simple yet powerful way to boost your overall health — and he’s got the credentials to prove it. The 30-year-old fitness pro holds the … Read more
She licked the competition. The woman with the world’s longest tongue is going viral after revealing that she uses her mondo lollipop licker to play Jenga and lift utensils, among other party tricks. She demonstrated some of these feats of length in a video blowing up online. “That’s what makes my tongue the most fun … Read more
They’ve got the beet. A touring orchestra using instruments entirely of vegetables just earned itself a world record. The Vegetable Orchestra, which only plays instruments that are carved out of vegetables, earned a Guinness World Record for the most concerts by a vegetable orchestra. The 11-piece orchestra, formed in Vienna, Austria, in 1998, has performed a … Read more
The Big Apple is home to an eye-popping 436 Guinness World Record holders, nearly 8% of all the risk-takers in the country and second only to California’s 615, according to the 70th edition of the “Guinness World Records.” Here are four of the New Yorkers whose grit and determination helped them reach immortality. Miki Sudo – Most wins … Read more