World Records News

By Wade Paterson - Kelowna Capital News Published: May 22, 2013 11:00 AM Updated: May 22, 2013 11:37 AM An initiative started three years ago by ZipZone Peachland and the women of SS Rodeo roller derby team will likely result in a Guinness World Record next month.

The annual Zombie Pub Crawl is a thing to behold. What started as 30 people wandering around northeast Minneapolis has snowballed into a festival involving tens of thousands of people spanning two cities.

Two octogenarian climbers are facing off once again to earn the title of the oldest man to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Highcrest Middle School is seeing double. The Wilmette school announced this week that it had broken the Guiness World Record for Most Twins in a Single Grade, with 23 sets of twins.

Perry, it's been called the crossroads of georgia, and now they can add a Guinness World Record to their resume.

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A pigeon named Bolt has been sold for $400,000 , making it the world's most expensive racing bird in the world.

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.