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Youngest Woman Grandmaster’: 11-year-old British-Indian chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan gets Guinness record
October 03, 2026 7:37 pm
The 11-year-old from London achieved the feat at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, last week.
This 8-year-old started coding to do math homework; now he holds a world record
September 15, 2026 2:44 pm
By seven, Noah Williams had also joined Mensa, after scoring in the 99.9th percentile on an IQ test.
150 words in 1 sticky note: 29-year-old sets Guinness World Record
August 22, 2026 11:02 am
UAE-based senior cloud engineer Pushpajothi Ravikumar used mostly three-letter words and experimented with different handwriting styles to fit all 150 words on the note.
‘Her hair is longer than The Great Khali’: Uttarakhand woman sets Guinness World Record
August 08, 2026 11:27 am
Renu Dhariyal’s hair measures an incredible 271.50 cm (8 ft 10 in), surpassing the previous record held by Aliia Nasyrova of Ukraine, whose hair measured 257.33 cm (8 ft 5.3 in).
18-year-old is world's youngest male professor, breaks 306-year-old record
August 04, 2026 1:15 pm
Nathan Thomas surpassed the previous record set by Scottish mathematician Colin Maclaurin, who became a professor at 19 in the early 18th century.
‘Exercise is not a hobby; it is our need’: Meet India’s 'Push-ups Man' Rohtash Chaudhary
August 03, 2026 4:58 pm
Rohtash Chaudhary, 41, recently performed 847 push-ups in 1 hour, with a 60 lb pack (27.21kg) strapped to his back at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi to break a Guinness World Record
How this 550-year-old banyan tree in Andhra Pradesh came to look like a forest
July 31, 2026 5:24 pm
Andhra Pradesh's Thimmamma Marrimanu has over 1,000 trunks, shelters countless species and is a powerful ally against climate change. An environmentalist explains what makes this living giant so extraordinary.
After spending 2 years bedridden, Indian man breaks world record with 847 push-ups
July 25, 2026 10:24 am
Known as the ‘Push-up Man of India’, Rohtash Chaudhary earned a Guinness World Record by completing an incredible 847 push-ups in one hour while carrying a 27.21 kg backpack.
Air-conditioner cleaner becomes world’s loudest person, matches the noise of a jet taking off
June 24, 2026 12:14 pm
The volume of McGrail-Bateup's shout is comparable to the noise of a chainsaw, a jet taking off, or an ambulance siren heard nearby.
Guinness World Records pays tribute to Lionel Messi: ‘We are witnessing history’
June 23, 2026 11:59 am
Lionel Messi scored a brace against Austria in a group-stage match, taking his FIFA World Cup tally to 18 goals and surpassing Miroslav Klose's long-standing record.
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS PHOTOS
Longest legs to the tallest cat: Some of this year's Guinness World Records makers
December 12, 2017 12:36 pm
Here is a selection of Guinness World Records that were added to the book's 63rd edition this year - from the longest legs to the longest cat tail, there's quite a quirky variety.
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