The highest speed achieved by an electric production car in a single-direction run is 503.17 km/h (312.65 mph), achieved by BYD (China), in a YANGWANG U9 Xtreme, driven by Marc Basseng (Germany), on a ...

The most widely viewed factual programme is the UK's Top Gear (BBC), which airs in 212 different territories around the world. Records change on a daily basis and are not immediately published online.

The Second Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, which joins Mandeville and Metairie, Louisiana, USA, is 38.422 km (23.87 miles) long. It was completed in 1969. Records change on a daily basis and are not ...

The largest functioning joystick is a scaled-up version of a classic Atari CX40 controller that measures 9 ft (2.74 m) high - making it nearly 14 times the original size. Entitled [giantJoystick], it ...

Experience Guinness World Records in a new way! The brand new Guinness World Records Adventure brings the book to life through new incredible displays, interactive games, and amazing Guinness World ...

A working chainsaw measuring 6.98 m (22 ft 11 in) long and 1.83 m (6 ft) high was made by Moran Iron Works, Inc. of Onaway, Michigan, USA in 1996. Named `Big Gus', it was put on display at Da Yoopers ...

Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed literary human being in film and TV. As of April 2012, he has been portrayed 254 times in various films and TV shows. Sherlock is beaten to the overall title by ...

The record for the oldest documented age for a donkey belongs to Suzy, who reached 54 years old in 2002. Suzy was owned by Beth Augusta Menczer (USA) and lived in Glenwood, New Mexico, USA. Suzy died ...

The first television sitcom was Pinwright’s Progress (BBC, UK, 1946-47) starring character actor James Hayter (UK) as J Pinwright, owner of the smallest multiple store in the world. The first US ...

The average full-grown blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is around 20–30 m (65–100 ft) long and weighs c. 160 tonnes (176 tons), though even larger historical specimens have been recorded by both ...

The world's first escalator was created by Kansas, USA, inventor Jesse W Reno as a temporary amusement ride at the Old Iron Pier, Coney Island, New York, USA in September 1895. Reno's "inclined ...

The deepest mine in the world is AngloGold Ashanti's Mponeng gold mine, near Johannesburg in South Africa. By 2012, the operating depth had already reached 3.9-km below the surface, and later ...