Marrit Steenbergen lowered Sarah Sjostrom's world record by three hundredths of a second.

As a child I loved Tom Thumb, the perfectly formed human who was only a couple of inches tall; he roamed the countryside while sitting on the back of a mouse or hitched a ride in the ear of a horse.

Joseph McGrail-Bateup said he grew up "very shy" but found his voice after going into theater ...

An Australian professional air conditioner cleaner and honorary town crier has been recognized as the world’s loudest person.

“Once we got the idea for a waterpark wedding, we knew we had to do it," the groom said ...

Seven world records in just over a week raises eyebrows. While such feats are not unheard of in track and field, this record-breaking nine-day period was not at an Olympic Games, a World Championships ...

Monsieur Mangetout — that's Mr. Eats Everything in French — is famous for eating a plane, earning the Guinness World Record for world's strangest diet. His record is one of tens of thousands on the ...

As the world's de facto record adjudicator, Guinness World Records keeps tabs on all manner of weird and wonderful feats. Toyota's humanoid robot which happens to be really good at basketball is a ...

"The things that make us different and unique should always be celebrated," said Jessica L. Martinez, whose afro measures over 6 feet Guinness World Records Day A woman's afro broke a world record — ...

The planet recorded its hottest day ever Sunday, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, as an unrelenting string of heat waves continue to topple daily record high ...