World Records News

A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than 2 days, bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.

Little John, who is just one year old, terrifies small children who visit him because he stands at a staggering 26in - more than 2ft tall.

Switzerland's MS TA ranor PlanetSolar , the world's largest solar boat, has set a new speed record for a transatlantic crossing by solar electric vessel.

Nearly 2,000 people turned out in Ketchikan Saturday afternoon to break the Guinness World Record for the largest rainboot race.

Eoin Farrell, Clare Leisure World, Ellen Smith , Shauna Kearney , Lena Pawlowska Domhnall O Loinsigh, 2013-05-20 17:34:36 - To raise awareness of the World Record Attempt 'Welcoming Claires to County Clare' on June 23rd, the Clare Volunteer Centre and An Clar as Gaeilge Teo ran an Art Competition through Clare's National Schools.

In this June 13, 2012 photo, visitors ride on the Ferris Wheel and Wave Swinger at Chicago's nearly century-old Navy Pier.

After 250 'touches', 300 'ends', and 38 hours a Brisbane lawn bowls club has set a new world record for the longest continuous game of indoor bowls.

To promote their upcoming production of 'Tommy,' The Stratford Festival organized an attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the most people playing pinball simultaneously in the lobby of First Canadian Place on Thursday.

WATERCRESS fan Glenn Walsh, yesterday ate his way back into in the record books in front of thousands of onlookers at Hampshire annual annual festival dedicated to the famous green stuff.

Niko Niko's 2013 Gyro Eating Contest was held on May 19, 2013 at the Houston Greek Festival.

Almost every kid with markers has tried to connect them cap-to-end, maybe getting as far as four or five before they fell apart.

Operations manager Clinton Shepherd stayed on Navy Pier's Ferris wheel for a full 48 hours, breaking the world record for longest ride on a Ferris wheel.

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.