Guinness World Record
71-year-old sets world record for bench pressing on his birthday
Phillip Hambrick, a retired Army helicopter pilot, set a new Guinness World Record for bench pressing on his 71st birthday. He made both world and state history when he broke the world record for bench press in his age category. A group of people gathered to encourage him as he made his attempt on Saturday. “What…
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Nigerian American Kelechi Ezihie plays golf for 36 consecutive hours to break Guinness World Record
Nigerian-American golfer Kelechi Ezihie played golf for 36 consecutive hours with the intention...
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Nigerian plays trumpet for over 25 hours, earns Guinness World Record on 2nd attempt
Nigerian trumpeter Joshua Olusanya now holds the record for the “Longest Marathon Playing...
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The world’s first nonuplets are doing well as they turn four
Abdelkader Arby and Halima Cissé, a couple from Mali, recently celebrated the fourth...
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Meet the 15-year-old Nigerian boy with autism who broke the world’s largest art canvas record
Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo-Okeke, aka Kanye, is making headlines after setting the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the largest art canvas. The 15-year-old Nigerian accomplished this in November 2024, however,...
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How Alma Asinobi exposed passport privilege despite making history traveling to all 7 continents with a Nigerian passport
Alma Asinobi, a Nigerian travel content creator, did not exactly beat the record she desired, but she did put Nigeria on the map by carrying the Nigerian flag across continents. In an Instagram post,...
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‘People scream in horror’ – Inside the life of the woman with the world’s longest female tongue
Chanel Tapper, 34, has been stretching the limits of surprise since 2010, when she claimed the Guinness World Record for the longest female tongue—an eye-popping 3.8 inches from tip to lip. The California...
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Meet the Nigerian now holding the Guinness World Record for most head shot photographs taken in one hour
Saidu Abdulrahman, a Nigerian photographer, is the current holder of the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the most head shot photographs taken in a single hour. In September 2024, the 28-year-old photographer...
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Meet the oldest living married couple in the world as they share the secret to their 84-year marriage
Married for 84 years and 77 days as of February 5, Manoel Angelim Dino, 105, and his wife, Maria de Sousa Dino, 101, have set the Guinness World Record for the longest marriage for a living couple. The...
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Meet the British-Nigerian designer attempting to break the Guinness World Record for largest sandal
A British-Nigerian fashion designer has captured the world’s attention after creating an enormous sandal. Elizabeth “Liz” Sanya made the sandal measuring 10 feet, 4.2 inches wide and...
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Sierra Leone’s Mary Yongai breaks 19-year-old world record in “makeup-a-thon”
Mary Yongai, a 26-year-old makeup artist from Sierra Leone, has broken a 19-year-old Guinness World Record for the most cosmetic makeovers completed in 24 hours by a single artist. According to a GWR report,...
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Ghanaian activist sets Guinness World Record for longest tree hug
23-year-old Ghanaian journalist Abdul Hakim Awal has set a Guinness World Record for the longest hug of a tree, holding the embrace for 24 hours and 21 minutes. According to a Guinness World Record report,...
