The widest avenue in the world is the Avenida 9 de Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its incredible span of around 110 m, 16 lanes of traffic plus landscaped medians occupies an entire city block.

From cool collections to speed cubers and pool trick shots to costume gatherings, this is the random world of hobbies and skills records. On this page, you'll also find news on knitting, mental maths, ...

At the 2020 British Puzzle Championship, Sarah Mills (UK) solved a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle depicting London landmarks in 1 hour 40 minutes. That's an average of one piece every six seconds. The ...

The oldest player in NHL history is Gordie Howe (Canada, b. 31 March 1928), who played his final NHL game on 11 April 1980 aged 52 years 11 days. Records change on a daily basis and are not ...

The record-breaking slide, located in Lishui, China, is 2723.08 m (8,933 ft 11 in) long with waterway winding its way down the side of Puhuasi Mountain. Thrill-seekers travel at speeds up to 30 km/h ...

Miniatur Wunderland, the Hamburg-based attraction that is home to the largest model train set and the largest model train set (scale length) has broken yet another record. The attraction has been ...

Yuichiro Miura (Japan) made his way to the summit of the world’s highest mountain to break a record that still stands 10 years on. The skier is the oldest person to climb Everest (male). He was 80 ...

One of Guinness World Records' most coveted and hotly contested titles, the chicken nuggets record has been beaten at the Mediaset Studios, Milan, in the backstage of the Guinness World Records ...

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 world’s oldest person Ethel Caterham (UK) has become the first-ever Brit to reach the age of 117. Since then, she’s been celebrated around the world and was even paid a special visit by King ...

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 ...

California resident Edwin Castro has been revealed as the winner of the world’s greatest jackpot in a national lottery, over three months after the numbers were drawn in November 2022. Overcoming odds ...