Down syndrome-affected actor makes history by starring in an Oscar-winning movie
An Irish Goodbye star James Martin has become the first leading actor with Down Syndrome in an Oscar-winning film.
Bloodhound LSR automobile attempts land-speed record at 500 mph
Jet-propelled British vehicle tested in South Africa before attempt to beat 763mph in 2020
The oldest married pair in the world is now an Ecuadorian couple
Julio Mora, 110, and Waldramina Quinteros, 104, a combined nearly 215 years, received Guinness certification in mid-August
The largest cherry in history is grown by Italian farmers
Despite losing a lot of fruit to bad weather, Italy has beaten the record twice this year
The 2 kilogram mollusk was deemed to be too short for the world record
Organisers of Narooma oyster festival say Guinness world record uses ‘misguided method’ of judging competitors
Guinness World Records entries include a leaping llama and the longest cat
Slough’s Harnaam Kaur says her place in book for being the youngest woman with a full beard is ‘absolutely humbling’
Swiss researchers use a new record of 62.8 trillion numbers to calculate pi
Supercomputer calculation took 108 days and nine hours – 3.5 times as fast as previous record
A Frenchman sets a new record for the most bungee jumps in a 24-hour period
Francois-Marie Dibon made 765 jumps in Pitlochry, Perthshire, easily beating the previous record of 430
Denmark built the largest sandcastle in the world
At 21.16 metres in height, it is more than 3 metres taller than the previous holder, says Guinness World Records
Huge vegetable: a 7.9 kg New Zealand potato may set a world record
Colin and Donna Craig-Brown have named the 17.4lb tuber Doug and have been taking him for walks