World Records News

A Powerball lottery ticket is printed out of a lottery machine at a convenience store in Chicago on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

The market town of Alresford has become a foodie paradise as producers celebrate the plant that grows abundantly in the clear chalk streams of Hampshire.

This week's Top 10 homes spotlight at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com includes a look at Mary Hart and Burt Sugarman's Montana ski home, Taylor Swift's newest home purchase and Chicago's Trump Towers - the the highest residence in the Western Hemisphere Mary Hart's Elk Horn Ranch Mary Hart made television history by breaking a Guinness World Record for ... (more)

He is a sarcastic, breezily insulting and camply subversive gay Irish pixie who has become the most ubiquitous presenter on TV.

An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has begun his attempt to scale Mount Everest, in an effort to reclaim his title as the oldest man to reach the summit.

HOOVER, Alabama - Saxophonist Vann Burchfield , who has performed at the White House on four occasions, is scheduled to play a free concert at the Hoover Library Plaza this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Burchfield, a Bessemer native, in February 2000 set a Guinness world record for circular breathing, holding one continuous note for 47 minutes, 6 seconds, ... (more)

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Beginning Friday, pier operations manager Clinton Shepherd will try to break the Guinness World Record for the longest ride on Chicago's iconic attraction.

He gained global attention when his blockbuster puzzle collapsed as he slipped while preparing to send it to the Queen's private residence at Sandringham in Norfolk for a Diamond Jubilee exhibition.

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Local group The BIG Sing took part in a Europe-wide sing-along to break the Guinness World Record for the largest gospel choir in the world.

Proving that together they can do great things, the students and staff at Ross Elementary School learned their efforts to set a Guinness World Record was successful.

Ramping up the excitement for the new Canadian Stratford Festival revival production of The Who's seminal rock opera TOMMY even more, festivities are just coming to a close for Pinballapalooza 2013 - which turned out to be a successful attempt to break the world record for simultaneous pinball play in one place.

Jack Wiegand stood admiring a panorama of islands in the Mediterranean Sea as he checked in from Greece via satellite phone on his flight to become the youngest pilot to fly around the world solo.

The Fair has grown to an event with more than 35,000 attendees. It is estimated that the Calaveras County Fair generates approximately 25.5 million dollars in revenues through hotels, restaurants, retail, payroll and other related revenues.

Champagne is pleased to announce the new Armand de Brignac Dynastie: an extremely rare, one-of-a-kind collection of Armand de Brignac Brut Gold Champagne that includes every available bottle format, from the standard 750-milliliter bottle to our exclusive and world-record breaking 30-liter Midas.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Missouri State runner Emily Beaver broke the Guinness World Record for 'joggling' on Wednesday.

The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport may hold the Guinness World Record for fastest production car , but BMW knows there's still plenty of glory to be had going sideways as well as straight.

HANDS ON: Little Ruben Smithers, 4, takes part in the Family Day Care Australia Guinness World Record Attempt overseen by Jane Maclatchy of Eurobodalla Family Day Care.

What has nearly 100,000 LEGO pieces, spans nearly 2.5 miles and can be used to transport a Lilliputian army? The world's longest LEGO railway, of course! On May 10th and 11th, Lego enthusiast Henrik Ludvigsen and 80 friends got together in Denmark to assemble the longest LEGO track in the world, and for their troubles , they received the Guinness ... (more)