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
GHENT, Belgium — Finally coming to a halt on Tuesday — the last day of 2024 — Belgian ultra runner Hilde Dosogne felt she had done all to take the world record as the first woman to run a marathon every single day of the year. Weary but seemingly far from exhausted from the weight … Read more
A man in Germany is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest time spent living in an underwater fixed habitat. Rüdiger Koch has spent more than 60 days so far in an underwater capsule off the coast of Puerto Lindo, Panama, in the Caribbean Sea. He’s halfway to his goal. Koch using … Read more
He demonstrated “blistering” speed. A culinary daredevil blazed a new Guinness World Record after devouring over two pounds of hot sauce in just three minutes — and he’s going viral over his feat of intestinal fortitude. “A lot of people say, ‘Your butt must burn a lot after you did that challenge,’” supersonic gobbler Mike Jack … Read more
The world’s smallest Rubik’s Cube might have the world’s highest price tag, too. The fully functional six-sided puzzle cube by Japanese toymaker MegaHouse is so tiny it could fit under a finger nail, and you might need tweezers to solve it. At the price of $5,320 (777,777 yen), the cube was made available for pre-order … Read more
Mark Cuban didn’t wait long to splurge after his first big pay day. The now billionaire bought a lifetime flight pass from American Airlines for six figures while drunk and celebrating his first big deal back in 1990, Cuban explained to host Shannon Sharpe on the “Club Shay Shay” podcast in an interview released last … Read more
This teen has filled some pretty big shoes. Eric Kilburn Jr. — a 16-year-old football player at Goodrich High School in Michigan — has officially set not one but two Guinness World Records. The 6-foot-10 teen has both the largest feet and the largest hands of a living teenager. According to Guinness World Records, the … Read more
Is no place safe? As cities large and small across Europe battle the adverse effects of outsider-induced overcrowding, the seemingly limitless tentacles of modern tourism have slithered to a surprising new destination — underneath the U.K.’s “most complex” highway interchange. Visitors to Birmingham, the country’s second largest city and the hometown of Ozzy Osbourne, are … Read more
It’s getting weirder by the year. Guinness World Records revealed its weirdest and wildest stunts of 2024 ahead of its 70th anniversary in its latest 2025 book edition. These included a teenager with enormous feet, an obscene amount of squish mallows, and impressive tricks performed by dogs. Guinness World Records released a list of the … Read more
A giant, fully functioning iPhone created by popular YouTubers broke a world record. Arun Maini and Matthew Perks constructed an 6.74-foot tall version of an iPhone 15 Pro Max, which set the Guinness World Record for the largest smartphone replica. In order to take home the title, the phone had to actually work, so theirs — … Read more
It was a tall order to fill. Standing at 8-foot-1 Morteza Mehrzad, 36, is the second-tallest man in the world and the tallest athlete to ever compete at a Paralympic Games. His height may help the Paralympian volleyball player spike the ball, but it doesn’t help him get comfy in a normal-sized bed. Morteza Mehrzad, 36, … Read more