Humans are wired to push limits. Whether it’s running faster, building bigger, or doing something so bizarre it defies all logic, the pursuit of “the most” or “the best” is deeply embedded in our DNA.

World records are sometimes insane. Who didn’t dream as a child of breaking one and ending up in the Guinness Book of World Records? But the truth is that as we grow up, unless we discover an extreme ...

There was a time when Guinness World Records felt oddly educational. You’d flip through the book at a school book fair and learn about the tallest person alive or the fastest animal on Earth.