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Oludolapo Adelana September 18, 2016

Just In: Paralympics team arrive Nigeria to warm reception

Nigeria's team to the Rio 2016 Paralympics games on Sunday arrived the country to a warm reception. The team set a record as it won eight gold medals, and twelve…

October 25, 2013

Sad news: George, the Tallest Dog in the World dies (PHOTOS)

Dave and Christie Nasser didn’t mind adopting the runt of the litter. They fell in love with the Great Dane as soon as they saw him. They just didn’t realize…

October 2, 2013

Meet the 16 inches tall man who aspires to be named WORLD’S SHORTEST MAN (PHOTO)

An elderly Nepali villager who stands just 16 inches tall has lofty aspirations to be named the world's shortest man. Master Nau, 73, claims to be the shortest man in…

May 8, 2013

Cougar alert? 106-year-old woman enjoys “living in sin” with 73-year-old boy toy (PICTURED)

Marjorie Hemmerde is dating a man 33 years younger, but no one is accusing her of robbing the cradle. Hemmerde is 106 and her "boy toy," Gavin Crawford, is 73.…

May 2, 2013

Miracle babies: Twins born 87 days apart could break world record for interval between births (WATCH)

The story of a set of twins born 87 days apart may now be heading for the record books. Today, Amy and Katie are adorable and healthy babies living in Waterford, Ireland,…

March 13, 2013

She’s a beauty! Meet the woman with the world’s longest legs (PHOTOS)

The longest female legs measuring 132 cm (51.9 in) belong to Svetlana Pankratova according to Guinness World Records. Svetlana, who is a 6-foot-5 Russian native is, as one can expect,…

December 24, 2012

I didn’t choose him, God did: Do meet the world’s tallest teenage girl – and her boyfriend (PHOTOS, WATCH)

by Rachel Ogbu Elisany da Cruz Silva, 17, holds the world record as the tallest teenage girl measuring at 6ft 8in. Due to a tumour on her pituitary gland, which regulates growth, Cruz…

December 11, 2012

RIP: World’s tallest woman, Yao Defen, dies in China at 39 (PHOTOS, WATCH)

The world's tallest woman has died in eastern China. She was 39. Chinese state media say Yao Defen died on Nov. 13 at her home in China's eastern province of…

December 6, 2012

Meet Dina Manfredini, 115, now world’s oldest person (PICTURED)

A 115-year-old woman in Iowa has become the world's oldest living person. Guinness World Records posted on its website Wednesday that Dina Manfredini of Johnston has inherited the title after…

November 23, 2012

Amazing Feat: 28 women fit into a Mini Cooper (WATCH)

A group of 28 women were driven to set a new world's record and didn't let anything stop them, least of all the size of the car they chose for…

November 17, 2012

TICKER: Did you know there’s a World’s Biggest Liar contest? (WATCH)

A fabulist spins a fabricated yarn during a previous "World's Biggest Liar" competition, an annual event in England's Lake District. Fantastic fibbers vied at a remote pub in northwestern England…

November 3, 2012

Indian woman declares at 113 she is world’s oldest dwarf (PHOTOS)

by Rachel Ogbu Zeenat Bi, Indian pensioner is challenging the current Guinness World record holder, Lowell Deforest Mason, 74- to stake claim as the world's oldest dwarf at 113-years-old. Although…

September 22, 2012

Meet Medusa, the world’s longest snake (PHOTOS)

A reticulated python has slithered into a place where few snakes have gone: Guinness World Records. She's named Medusa and the 25-foot-long, two-inch,…

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