Guinness World Records 2018

Fastest journey from Land’s End to John o’Groats on foot by a mixed-gender team Team FFJogle2016 (UK) travelled the length of th ...

3–9 m Highest... SUPERLATIVES Vertigo sufferers, look away now! Here we celebrate all things vertical and vertiginous, from boun ...

Stuart Jones (NZ) survived a fall of 23 storeys – 70 m (229 ft) – down a lift shaft at the Midland Park building in Wellington, ...

Society There are 22 countries in which voting is mandatory, including Brazil, Thailand and Egypt. In Australia, failure to vote ...

MOST EXPENSIVE ELECTION The 2016 US presidential election was the biggest political news story of recent times, not just in the ...

Politics & Superpowers SOCIETY LARGEST ILLEGAL RELEASE OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS In Apr 2016, a collection of documents from t ...

SOCIETY YOUNGEST CURRENT UK MP Mhairi Black (UK, b. 12 Sep 1994) was elected as Member of Parliament for Paisley and Renfrewshir ...

Money & Economics SOCIETY HIGHEST HEALTH-CARE ExPENDITURE According to the World Health Organization, the USA’s health-care ...

SOCIETY HIGHEST SPENDING ON DEFENCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF GDP Both Afghanistan (above) and Oman spent 16.4% of their GDP on defence ...

Crime & Punishment SOCIETY HIGHEST RATE OF MURDER PER CAPITA Honduras endured 90.4 murders per 100,000 citizens in 2012, acc ...

SOCIETY MOST JOURNALISTS IN JAIL (YEAR) As of 1 Dec 2016, there were 259 journalists in prison as a result of their work, accord ...

SOCIETY BIGGEST USER OF THE POO EMOJI In Apr 2015, UK touch-screen keyboard developer SwiftKey announced the results of their se ...

SOCIETY MOST OFFICIAL LANGUAGES (INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION) Every country joining the European Union (EU) must nominate a prima ...

Flags SOCIETY TALLEST FLAGPOLE On 23 Sep 2014, Jeddah Municipality and Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives (both SAU) erect ...

SOCIETY MOST EXPENSIVE FLAG SOLD AT AUCTION An American Revolutionary War battle flag sold to an anonymous buyer on 14 Jun 2006 ...

Fashion Extremes SOCIETY OLDEST MALE MODEL On 25 Mar 2015, model and actor Wang Deshun (CHN, b. 1936) caused a stir when he stro ...

SOCIETY LARGEST WEARABLE TURBAN The turban belonging to Major Singh (IND), a Nihang Sikh, is made with 400 m (1,312 ft) of cloth ...

First flushing toilet Contrary to popular belief, the first flushing toilet was not invented by Thomas Crapper (UK, 1836–1910). ...

TOILET WITH THE MOST FUNCTIONS With a list price of $10,200 (£8,185), the Toto Neorest is a technologically advanced toilet that ...

LEAST HABITABLE CITY As of Mar 2017, Damascus in Syria has the lowest rating on the Global Liveability Ranking 2016, based on a ...