Guinness World Records Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

We're from Guinness World Records.

And this is our Wired Auto Complete Interview.

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We are going to be unveiling our

Guinness World Records 2023 edition.

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So what Guinness World Records.

What are some Guinness World Records titles to break?

We do have a database with over 60,000 records

which means that we have literally something for everyone.

We kind of encourage people to search through it,

figure out what they're passionate about,

no matter how unique,

and just kind of pursue it.

So as Guinness World Records employees

we technically can't break records.

But what we do do sometimes in the office is road test.

So we, like, when we're opening new record titles,

we'll just go ahead and like try some.

I once tried the most,

it was like the most Cheeto puffs eaten in three minutes.

And unfortunately I could only do 20,

which felt very low but I was pretty proud of myself.

What do you get with a Guinness World Records or a GWR?

Well, you get the pride and joy of knowing

that you've broken a Guinness World Records title

and you're the best in the world at something.

But you also get a really cool record holder certificate

with your achievement on it.

And you get to join a really cool community

of record holders

that are really supportive of each other.

What are the wackiest Guinness World Records titles?

We recently verified the first retractable lightsaber

which was pretty awesome.

We also have Kevin Fast who breaks a lot of records with us.

He's pulled so many incredible items

like an airplane, a bus.

My favorite Kevin Fast one is heaviest sled pulled.

So he dressed up as Santa Claus

and pulled a sled with like presents and stuff in it.

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Which is really, really cool.

Yeah.

What is the hardest GWR?

So I think it depends on the skill level of the person,

of the human, whoever's doing the record attempt.

It can range from M&M's stacking

to climbing the tallest mountain.

Surprisingly, the tallest stack of M&M's,

you would think it's pretty easy to stack,

though it's very challenging.

The current record is seven.

Who Guinness World Records.

Who is the tallest person in GWR.

So the tallest living man,

his name is Sultan Kösen.

He's from Turkey

and he is over eight and a half feet.

Though, the shortest living man is Edward Niño Hernández

and he stands at two feet, four inches.

Who holds the GWR for eating the most big macs?

So the record holder

for the most big macs eaten in a lifetime is Donald Gorske.

As of December, 2021,

he has eaten 32,672 big macs.

Who holds the GWR for most languages spoken?

So that as a category,

we have so many different language records.

The most spoken language by native speakers,

is actually Mandarin and Chinese.

Fun fact, the most widely spoken fictional language

is actually Klingon.

So for the Star Trek fans,

you guys are really making that language

circulate across the globe.

All right.

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Does GWR have anything to do with the drink?

So it does.

Sir Hugh Beaver,

who was the managing director of the Guinness brewery

in the early 1950s,

was part of a hunting party

and all of him and his friends in the hunting party

were curious what the fastest game bird in Europe is.

And no one knew the answer.

They went and they they went home, they checked.

None of the reference books had it.

So this gave him an idea a few years later

to create a book of fun facts to help spot and settle

pub disputes.

So that's where the Guinness Book of Records,

the original version, came out of,

Fun fact, the first editions actually had waterproof pages.

So this way they were in the pubs

and just in case anything spilled on them

or they fell or anything

they were pretty durable

and they can continue to help settle those disputes.

Does the GWR have a database

for every record broken?

Yes.

We have a record database.

We have over 60,000 different types of records.

If you're ever interested in applying to like

break a record, you can visit our website.

You can search the database yourself

and see all the different types of records that are there

and, you know, pick one that you wanna try.

Does Guinness World Records reach out to record breakers?

We do.

Our in-house research team will reach out to current

or potential record holders

especially if there's something circulating in the news

or on social media.

But we always say,

you don't have to wait for us to reach out to you.

Just apply for a record, just go for it.

Okay, Guinness World Records.

GWR man who ate a plane.

So we have a title for the strangest diet.

And this is by Michel Lotito, I believe

and who was from France.

He would eat metal and glass.

He realized that he was able to do this

when he was having a drink of something and the glass broke

and then he was able to eat the glass.

So he continued with that diet

through the rest of his life

And he ate over 200 pounds, I believe, of metal and glass.

GWR fingernails.

So our fingernail records

are probably one of our most iconic records.

They're just an incredible, beautiful piece of art,

essentially for every person that wears them.

I've had the honor of seeing Ayanna Williams

who was our former record holder

for the longest fingernails on a pair of hands female.

And they were absolutely beautiful.

Guinness World Records, the GWR title for the longest hair.

The longest hair ever was a woman in China

who had been growing her hair since she was 13 years old.

And then we recently, we just had a former record holder

for longest hair on a teenager.

And that was Nilanshi?

Yep, Nilanshi. Nilanshi Patel.

She's from India

and she had hair,

yeah, it went like all the way down to her feet.

She recently just cut it off

so she's no longer the record holder.

So again, yeah, looking for a record holder.

If you've got long hair apply.

Guinness World Records title for the biggest poop.

So this is another one that we don't monitor.

Just really not something that we could verify

or standardize.

Hygienically.

Yeah.

But there's plenty of other record titles

for folks to apply for.

So there's no shortage.

GWR quietest place on earth.

So the quietest place on earth is a chamber

in Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

And it is so quiet.

They've set this up that you can't hear an echo.

It is just completely silent.

It was made, I believe with several layers of concrete

and it has these pieces of fiberglass

that also break up the sound waves.

So even if someone claps,

you don't hear that sort of snap back afterwards.

So it's pretty, it's pretty interesting.

If you're looking for a really quiet room,

Microsoft has the secret.

Okay, so what Guinness World Records.

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What is the biggest dog in the world?

So the tallest dog

that has the Guinness World Records title ever is Zeus.

He was a Great Dane

and he measured over 44 inches tall.

What is the Guinness World Records title

for the longest fart?

So we don't monitor this record.

So do not feel free to apply for this one.

When we open records, we always have to have

certain record criteria.

So some of those are like measurable, verifiable,

standardizable.

So in this case we would not monitor this

because we would not be able to verify this accurately.

Or standardize it. Or standardize it.

Okay, what is the longest FaceTime call?

We don't have a record for the longest FaceTime call

but we do have a record

for the longest telephone slash video conversation

for a team of two

and that one is 54 hours and four minutes.

Imagine talking to your boo for that long.

That's a long time.

It's a long time.

What is the Guinness World Records title for longest kiss?

We've got a few fun ones for longest kiss.

We have the longest kiss in apnea, which is underwater,

and that was over three minutes long.

And then we also have the longest habanero pepper kiss.

So you actually have to eat the pepper

but then you have to kiss your partner.

No water. There's no water involved.

You gotta just go, go right into it.

So it's pretty, pretty impressive.

What is the Guinness World Records title

for holding your breath?

Underwater. Underwater, sorry.

We don't measure records

just for holding your breath underwater.

But what we do is we have records

that you can do underwater.

For example, we have the longest underwater walk

in one breath

and the record for that is 350 feet.

So the record holder was able to walk 350 feet underwater

without coming up for a breath, which is.

Wow. Yeah.

All right, how Guinness World Records.

How many GWR books are there?

So there are 68 additions of Guinness World Records.

We are going to be unveiling

our Guinness World Records 2023 edition.

So here is the cover.

And fun fact, the 2021 edition, 2022, 2023

and 2024,

they're all a jigsaw.

So you can lay the covers down on the floor

and they all connect together. Are you serious?

Yeah, yeah, it's pretty cool.

So if you, like, if you kind of put it out like that,

they'll all connect.

So you can see basically a universe of record breaking

which is pretty awesome.

How does GWR make money?

We make money in a few different ways.

We're excited to work with businesses and organizations

that wanna incorporate this record breaking fun

into any of their plans.

Guinness World Records,

the annual book is still a best seller globally.

It comes in 40 languages, over a hundred countries

and we sold over 1.8 million books in 2021 alone.

We also produce TV shows across the globe.

We also have a really incredible social media presence

across Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok

and we actually have over 70 million followers

across all of the accounts

and TikTok, we have over 19 million

and we were one of the top three brands on there.

How much is a Guinness World Records title worth?

A Guinness World Records title is pretty priceless

And there's nothing better than telling somebody

I'm the best in the world at something so.

You know, priceless.

Yeah, truly priceless.

Okay, how do animals win Guinness World Records titles?

So we have a lot of different records

that feature animals who are the record holders.

They're done with the owners of the animals,

you know, helping them achieve the record.

And they're all so much fun.

I love them all.

The big thing that we make sure is like

when we're working with animals

or when animals are gonna break

a Guinness World Records title

is that they remain safe the whole time

that they're never being forced or pushed or exploited.

So we have a lot of like big safety rules around that.

But otherwise we are just happy to see

all the different kinds of things that animals can do.

There's some pretty cool ones.

Like we've seen a dog and a cat ride a scooter

And Bini the bunny. Bini the bunny.

Yeah, Bini holds the record

for the most basketball shots in a minute, I believe,

by a rabbit.

They have seven.

They got seven shots in.

Guinness World Records,

we really invite people to like discover their world.

So whether that's through human body

or nature or skills or collections,

there is something for everyone there

and we wanna inspire the world to be a better place

and celebrate each other.

And you can also learn a thing or two.