Florida paramedic Autumn Kelso (USA) just claimed the record for the shortest female firefighter in the world!

The shortest tribe are the Mbuti people from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with an average height of 1.37 m (4 ft 6 in) for men and 1.35 m (4 ft 5 in) for women, with some groups averaging ...

With tattoos on top of tattoos, Ephemeral Remy’s body is a work of art. The Canadian – real name Jeremy Schofield – has had at least 90% of his skin covered in ink since 2005. He’s been covered and re ...

Soaring high in her latest daredevil stunt, 97-year-old Betty Bromage (UK) has not only broken her own record for oldest wing walker (female), she also became the oldest person to perform a ...

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From science and tech innovators to sports stars, creatives, activists and uniquely GWR record-breakers, these are the pioneers, the lifelong obsessives, the dedicated and the dreamers who have come ...

From 22 July 1954 to the end of 1994, Charles Jensen (USA) had 970 operations to remove the tumours associated with basal cell naevus syndrome. Records change on a daily basis and are not immediately ...

The longest earthworm is Microchaetus rappi of South Africa. In 1967 a giant specimen measuring 6.7 m (21 ft) in length when naturally extended and 20 mm (0.8 in) in diameter was found on a road ...

This extraordinary young man is Lalit Patidar. The 18-year-old from India has the hairiest face on a person (male), with 201.72 hairs per square centimetre. Over 95% of his face is covered in hair. He ...

A goldfish could be your next Uber driver, thanks to a computer engineer’s revolutionary invention. Thomas de Wolf (Netherlands) made a unique car that contains a water tank and is directed by the ...

If the moon hit your eye like this big pizza pie you’d certainly know about it! YouTube star Airrack (USA) teamed up with Pizza Hut up to make the world’s largest pizza – one that's a colossal 13,990 ...

The card was purchased by Paul in another record-breaking sale back in 2021, when it became the most expensive Pokemon card sold at a private sale for $5,275,000. This time, the card was sold via ...