The world's tallest cut Christmas tree was a 64.6 m (212 ft) Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) erected and decorated at Northgate Shopping Center, Seattle, Washington, USA, in December 1950. The ...

Steven Spielberg's (USA) Jaws (USA, 1975) is considered the first summer blockbuster. Not only did people queue up around the block to see the movie, during its run in theatres it became the first ...

The newly-discovered species of Madagascan spider known as Darwin’s bark spider (Caerostris darwini) weaves the strongest known spider silk with a tensile strength of up to 520 MJ/m3 (megajoules per ...

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 ...

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 longest speech ever given to the UN was delivered in 1957 by the Indian politician VK Krishna Menon, who talked for nearly eight hours while defending India's position on Kashmir. Records change ...

On the 26th of January 1972, Vesna Vulović was a flight attendant onboard JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367. The flight path, between Stockholm in Sweden and Belgrade in Serbia, took the aircraft over ...

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 ...

Most parks would feature plenty of green open spaces and maybe a nice bench to sit on and take in the views. The new record we are about to show you has both... just smaller... much smaller. The park ...

Taylor Swift superfan Bilal Ilyas Jhandir has staked his claim as the world’s number one Swiftie by breaking the record for the most Taylor Swift songs identified from their lyrics in one minute. The ...

Within the city limits of one of the world’s biggest metropolises, Mexico City, lies one of the last remnants of the Aztecs. Xochimilco, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a vast network of canals and ...

Luke Bell and his father Mike have teamed up to create the world's fastest drone with an average top speed of 480.23 km/h (298.47 mph). The duo, who live in Western Cape, South Africa, spent several ...