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  • How Guinness World Records began 7 decades ago

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    Guinness World Records has been tracking records for 70 years. Nancy Chen reports on how it got started, how records are set and some of the people achieving the feats.

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  • The strict system behind certifying record attempts at Guinness World Records

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    In Guinness World Records, you’ll find the shortest, tallest and fastest. Behind the spectacle is an auditing system so strict it has crushed many more record attempts than it has certified.

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  • Man in a Ferrari on an aircraft carrier attempts to set record for fastest car driven on a boat

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    Civitavecchia, Italy — Along Italy’s Mediterranean coast on Thursday, driver Fabio Barone raced across the flight deck of a navy ship while chasing a world record: the fastest car on a boat.

    Last year, Barone set the Italian Timekeepers Federation’s record on another aircraft carrier in southern Italy, hitting 94.4 mph. In Civitavecchia, on the coast near Rome, he aimed to reach at least 99.4 mph and then hit the brakes in time to avoid launching off the deck’s so-called “ski jump” and smashing into the cruise ship stationed just fore.

    Race engineer Alessandro Tedino told The Associated Press that he wasn’t sure the new record was attainable. The ship had been out at sea overnight, and the crew emerged in the early morning to find its flight deck wet. They immediately set to drying it, with the job finished by late summer sunbeams.

    Italian driver Fabio Barone attempts to break his own speed record on a ship, at the wheel of a Ferrari SF90, on the flight deck of the Italian Navy aircraft carrier Nave Trieste, docked at the port of Civitavecchia, Sept. 18, 2025.

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    “If it remained wet, then of course it’s impossible to have the maximum speed and best brakes. It can be very, very dangerous,” he said.

    As the “Top Gun” theme song rang out from speakers, the carrier’s portside elevator lifted Barone’s team to the deck where journalists, naval officers and VIPs waited. A group of children with Down syndrome, chosen to serve as honorary “mechanics for the day,” removed the red, satiny cover to reveal Barone’s steed: a red-and-black Ferrari SF90.

    Barone eased himself into the supercar, then drove back and forth along the length of the deck several times to warm up its V-8 turbo engine. It roared louder with each pass as he pushed its 1,085 horses harder and harder. Then he placed himself at the far end of the 774-foot flight deck and awaited the all-clear.

    “Here he goes! Here he goes!” the announcer called as Barone left his mark and zipped past the crowd. Mere seconds later he came to a safe stop, and the crowd applauded haltingly — impressed by the speedy spectacle, but unsure if he’d beaten the record. The official timekeeper approached the car and inspected the gauges within.

    “The detected velocity: 164 kilometers per hour (101.9 mph). I declare it the new speed record on a ship!” he said, prompting hearty applause from the sidelines.

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    Italian driver Fabio Barone attempts to break his own speed record on a ship, at the wheel of a Ferrari SF90, on the flight deck of the Italian Navy aircraft carrier Nave Trieste, docked at the port of Civitavecchia, Sept. 18, 2025.

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    Barone lifted his arms to the sky, then hugged his crew, helmet still in place. Reporters swarmed.

    “The main thing you focus on is concentration and then you realize that you are breaking the record only when you are halfway,” Barone said. “I have two hands, two feet and I use them at the same time like a pianist.”

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    Italian driver Fabio Barone talks to journalists after breaking his own speed record on a ship, at the wheel of a Ferrari SF90, on the flight deck of the Italian Navy aircraft carrier Nave Trieste, docked at the port of Civitavecchia, Sept. 18, 2025.

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    Tedino said that Barone’s team will now submit their certified result to Guinness World Records, which told the AP in an email Thursday afternoon that “we look forward to receiving and reviewing the application and supporting evidence for his latest attempt.”

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  • 102-year-old becomes oldest person to climb Mount Fuji

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    The Brief

    • Kokichi Akuzawa reached the top of Mount Fuji at age 102 on Aug. 5, Guinness World Records confirmed.

    • He climbed with family and friends, camping along the route before their final ascent.

    • Akuzawa previously set the same record at 96, but overcame health issues before reclaiming it this summer.

    A 102-year-old man from Japan has been recognized as the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji, according to Guinness World Records and reporting from the Associated Press.

    Kokichi Akuzawa reached the summit of Japan’s tallest peak, which stands at 12,388 feet (3,776 meters), on Aug. 5. He told the Associated Press that the climb nearly overwhelmed him but he pushed through with help from family and friends.

    “I was really tempted to give up halfway through,” Akuzawa told the AP in a recent interview. “Reaching the summit was tough, but my friends encouraged me, and it turned out well. I managed to get through it because so many people supported me.”

    Who joined him on the climb?

    The backstory

    Akuzawa was accompanied by his 70-year-old daughter Motoe, his granddaughter, her husband and four friends from a local mountain climbing club, the AP reported. The group camped for two nights before making their ascent to the peak.

    His daughter Yukiko, 75, assisted during interviews, repeating questions into his ear since he is hard of hearing.

    This was not Akuzawa’s first record-setting climb of Mount Fuji. In 2018, he became the oldest person to summit at age 96. Since then, he has dealt with health issues including heart problems and shingles, as well as recovering from a fall.

    Ahead of this year’s climb, Akuzawa trained for three months, waking at 5 a.m. for long walks and climbing one mountain per week near his home in central Japan, according to the AP.

    Akuzawa first began climbing as a teenager and has spent nearly nine decades in the mountains. “I climb because I like it,” he told the AP. “It’s easy to make friends on the mountain.”

    He previously worked as an engine design engineer and later as a livestock artificial inseminator, a job he held until age 85.

    Although he once enjoyed climbing solo, Akuzawa now relies on others’ support. “Mount Fuji isn’t a difficult mountain, but this time was harder than six years ago. Harder than any mountain before,” he told the AP. “I’ve never felt this weak. … It was only thanks to everyone else’s strength that I made it.”

    What’s next

    Akuzawa told the AP he may not attempt Fuji again, instead focusing on smaller peaks near his hometown. These days, he volunteers at a senior care center and paints in his home studio, where he has been asked by family to paint Mount Fuji at sunrise.

    “I want to paint some scenes from the summit of Mount Fuji, places that hold special memories for me, since this was likely my last time reaching the top,” he said.

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    This story is based on reporting from the Associated Press and Guinness World Records.

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  • Wesley Snipes Breaks Multiple Guinness World Records With Blade’s Return In ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

    Wesley Snipes Breaks Multiple Guinness World Records With Blade’s Return In ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

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    Wesley Snipes is getting his flowers after his unexpected MCU appearance.

    Guinness World Records announced this week that the actor took two titles when he reprised his role as Blade in his recent Deadpool & Wolverine cameo after originating the live-action character in his first 1998 solo movie outing.

    With his return coming nearly 26 years after first playing the half-vampire “daywalker” (aka Eric Brooks), Snipes beats out Deadpool & Wolverine co-star Hugh Jackman for Longest Career as a Live-Action Marvel Character. After Jackman first played Wolverine (aka Logan) in 2000’s X-Men, he was expected to beat out Patrick Stewart‘s Professor Charles Xavier for the title with his latest performance.

    With more than 19 years since his last appearance in Blade: Trinity (2004), Snipes also claims Longest Gap Between Character Appearances in Marvel Films. Alfred Molina previously held the record with his return as Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), 17 years after Spider-Man 2 (2004).

    After first co-starring with Reynolds in Blade: Trinity, Snipes admitted he “did not think it was possible” to reprise the character until Reynolds reached out about the cameo.

    Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). (Jay Maidment/Marvel/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection)

    “I didn’t think he would be able to pull it off,” Snipes told Entertainment Weekly. “I didn’t think that Marvel was into it. Disney was into it. And also because they had Mahershala [Ali], you know, cast for the next upcoming version of it. So, it didn’t make sense to me.”

    Marvel first confirmed the Blade reboot with Ali back in 2019, but the project has since been met with multiple delays, including directors Bassam Tariq and Yann Demange‘s exits from the film and the 2023 WGA strike.

    Blade is scheduled for a Nov. 7, 2025 premiere.

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  • Toddler from Ghana becomes world’s youngest artist after sell-out exhibition

    Toddler from Ghana becomes world’s youngest artist after sell-out exhibition

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    A 1-year-old became the Guinness World Records’ youngest male artist after his paintings were displayed in an exhibit at the Museum of Science and Technology in Accra, Ghana.

    Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah sold nine of the 10 pieces he displayed. 

    To qualify for the coveted recognition, Guinness World Records said the toddler had to complete the work to a professional standard, display it at a public exhibition, and sell one of the pieces. There would also have to be evidence that he had done his own work.

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      Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah poses in front of some of his pieces

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    In an interview with CBS’ partner network BBC News, the boy’s mother spoke of her pride in her son’s work.

    “He already knows what colors complement each other,” said Chantelle Kuukua Eghan, who is also an artist.

    She told the Guinness World Records she discovered Ace-Liam enjoyed painting when she tried to keep him busy while she worked. She put some paint on a canvas on the floor and let him play with it. The result was a piece entitled The Crawl.

    “It was clear that he found a lot of joy in it.”, she said. “He has created a buzz and heightened the conversation about art appreciation,” Chantelle added.

    Describing his son’s work, she told Guinness World Records she lets Ace-Liam choose the canvas and colors he wants, and lets him spread the paint spontaneously.

    “Once he’s done, he says ‘mama finish’,” she added.  

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    The boy’s family has said they are now looking for scholarship opportunities for him.

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  • 706 people named Kyle got together in Texas. It wasn’t enough for a world record.

    706 people named Kyle got together in Texas. It wasn’t enough for a world record.

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    How many people named Kyle can fit in one place? For one Texas city, not enough.

    Another attempt by the city of Kyle, Texas, to break the world record for the largest gathering of people with one name fell short Saturday despite 706 Kyles of all ages turning up at a park in the suburbs of Austin.

    The crown is currently held by a town in Bosnia that got 2,325 people named Ivan together in 2017, according to Guinness World Records.

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    This photo taken by a drone and provided by the City of Kyle, Texas, shows an attempt by the city to break the world record for the largest gathering of people with one name, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Kyle. (City of Kyle, Texas via AP)

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    It’s not the first time the Kyles have come gunning for the Ivans. Last year, the official count at what has become known as the Gathering of the Kyles clocked in at 1,490 in the fast-growing Texas city that is about 37 miles south of Austin, the state’s capital.

    Kyle is not a chart-topper among popular names in the U.S., according to the Social Security Administration, which annually tracks the names given to girls and boys in each state. The most recent data showed Kyle ranked 416th among male names in 2023.

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    By comparison, Ivan ranked 153.

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  • 58-year-old grandmother of 12 breaks world planking record after holding position for more than 4.5 hours

    58-year-old grandmother of 12 breaks world planking record after holding position for more than 4.5 hours

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    There’s a new world record for the longest plank ever held by a woman – and it was broken by a grandmother in Canada. 

    Guinness World Records announced late last month that 58-year-old DonnaJean Wilde, a mother of five and grandmother of 12 in Canada, broke the women’s world record for the longest time in an abdominal plank position after holding it for 4 hours, 30 minutes and 11 seconds – 10 minutes longer than the previous record established in 2019. She spent that entire duration with her forearms and toes touching the ground and her body remaining lifted and straight. 

    Wilde, who is now retired, completed the event at the high school where she previously served as vice principal. She told Guinness that the first two hours were relatively quick, but by the end, there was a bit of a struggle. 

    “My elbows hurt pretty bad,” Wilde said. “I was so worried about losing my form and I think that’s why my quads hurt because I was just really tense.” 

    The last hour “was the most challenging,” she said, but by “breathing, staying calm and not shaking,” in the last 30 minutes, she was able to persevere. Her main motivator was her dozen grandchildren, all of whom attended the record-breaking event. 

    But breaking a world record doesn’t come easy. Wilde spent every day planking for up to three hours, during which time she would watch movies and even study for her master’s degree. In preparation for the attempt, she did that three-hour exercise twice a day. 

    “I realized that I could read and do things when I was planking and fell in love with it,” she said.

    Wilde has been planking for more than a decade, getting into the activity after she broke her wrist 12 years ago and couldn’t run or lift weights while she was in a cast. 

    And she did it all while dealing with chronic pain in her hands and arms. She suffers from transverse myelitis, a condition in which both sides of a section of the spinal cord become inflamed, sending pain to those areas she relies on to hold a plank. Her husband Randy told Guinness, however, that he believes the pain she regularly experiences ended up being more helpful than hurtful when it comes to breaking a world record. 

    “That chronic pain and numbness that she deals with every day has helped her to be able to plank through the pain,” he said. “…I think the model for someone whose done a world record is officially amazing, but she’s been officially amazing her whole life.” 

    After all the time spent training and finally breaking the record, Wilde says the only feeling she’s left with is “overwhelming.” 

    “I actually still can’t believe it,” she said. “It feels like a dream.” 

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  • Study Finds No Strong Evidence for Benefits of Wim Hof Method

    Study Finds No Strong Evidence for Benefits of Wim Hof Method

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    New research this week seems to throw cold water on the Wim Hof method, an endurance training technique that intentionally exposes people to frigid temperatures. The study, a review of the scientific literature, did find some evidence that the method could have anti-inflammatory properties, but did not find strong data supporting any other supposed benefits, such as better exercise performance.

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    The method is named after Wim Hof, a Dutch athlete and motivational speaker who has accomplished some remarkable feats in extreme conditions. Hof, nicknamed the Iceman, has reportedly run a half marathon (13.1 miles) above the Arctic Circle barefoot, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in just shorts, and withstood being immersed in ice water for nearly two hours. Critics have scrutinized some of his purported accomplishments, but he is still officially recognized as having earned 18 Guinness World Records.

    Hof has long credited his endurance and general well-being to the namesake method, which combines being submerged in cold water with specific breathing and meditation techniques. And there have been some empirical attempts to validate his claims. The authors of this new research, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS-One, reviewed data from nine such studies, including eight trials. Overall, the verdict was decidedly indecisive.

    The review found that the method might reduce inflammation in both healthy and unhealthy individuals, for instance, possibly by increasing the body’s levels of adrenaline. But the research looking at whether the method actually improved someone’s exercise performance “showed mixed findings.” And even the positive results should be taken with a grain of salt, the authors noted, since most of the studies were judged to have a high risk of bias and were generally considered poor quality for various reasons, such as a small sample size and an inability to blind participants to whether they were using the method or not (without good blinding, it can be easy for things like the placebo effect to affect results).

    Despite these important caveats, the authors tried to paint their results in the best light possible, stating that the Wim Hof method “may produce promising immunomodulatory effects but more research of higher quality is needed to substantiate this finding.” But outside experts have been more openly critical about the implications of this study.

    “As revealed by the review, the science is too weak/biased to conclude what the Wim Hof method achieves,” Mike Tipton, a professor of human and applied physiology at the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom and cold water survival expert, told CNN.

    The method might not come without its risks either. There have been numerous deaths possibly tied to the practice. In December 2022, the family of California teenager Madelyn Rose Metzger sued Wim Hof, alleging that his breathing techniques contributed to 17-year-old Madelyn’s accidental drowning death earlier that summer (the case appears to be ongoing). And people with certain health conditions such as asthma, high blood pressure and a history of seizures are not advised to submerge themselves in cold water, according to Tipton.

    A spokesperson for Wim Hof and his organization told CNN that it recognizes the need for better quality research to validate the claimed benefits of the method, and that it is committed to collaborating ”with the scientific community to conduct larger, more inclusive studies that address these concerns.”

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  • Guinness World Record strips ‘oldest dog ever’ title from dead canine after inquiry

    Guinness World Record strips ‘oldest dog ever’ title from dead canine after inquiry

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    LISBON, Portugal — Guinness World Records has ruled against a Portuguese dog that died last year keeping the title of oldest canine ever.

    Following a review, GWR said Thursday it “no longer has the evidence it needs to support Bobi’s claim as the record holder.”

    Bobi, a reportedly 31-year-old guard dog, had lived on a farm in the village of Conqueiros in Portugal with its owner, Leonel Costa. He was proclaimed as the world’s oldest living dog and oldest dog ever in February 2023. Said to have been born on May 11, 1992, he died last October.

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    GWR said it opened an investigation following concerns raised by veterinarians and other experts, both privately and publicly, and media investigations.

    “We take tremendous pride in ensuring as best we can the accuracy and integrity of all our record titles,” Mark McKinley, GWR’s Director of Records, who conducted the review, said in a statement.

    The group had suspended the title pending the review announced last month.

    “We of course require evidence for all Guinness World Records titles we monitor, often a minimum of two statements from witnesses and subject experts,” McKinley said.

    He said they also considered pictures, video and, where appropriate, data provided by technology relevant to the achievement.

    GWR said they found that a lack of evidence from Bobi’s microchip data left them with no conclusive evidence of Bobi’s date of birth.

    McKinley said that it was too early to speak about a new record holder.

    “It’s going to take a long time for microchip uptake around the world to catch up with pet ownership, especially of older pets,” he said.

    “Until that time, we’ll require documentary evidence for all years of a pet’s life,” he said.

    Bobi was a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo, a breed that has an average life expectancy of about 10 to 14 years.

    In an emailed statement in January, his owner defended the title, saying Guinness World Records had spent a year checking the record claim.

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  • Remembering Tusko the Elephant, Given Largest-Ever Dose of LSD | High Times

    Remembering Tusko the Elephant, Given Largest-Ever Dose of LSD | High Times

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    Guinness World Records—the definitive list of world records of both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world—recently posted a eulogy to Tusko the elephant, who was tragically given an extreme dose of LSD, for science.

    LSD research was conducted on animals such as dolphins or cats, starting in the ‘50s and ‘60s, with goals ranging from mind control to animal communication. A team of researchers in the early ‘60s came up with the brilliant idea of dosing a hormonal bull elephant with a massive dose of LSD, and lo and behold—the outcome was tragic. 

    Tusko was a male Indian elephant located at the Oklahoma City Zoo in Oklahoma. Tusko was a victim of the poor treatment of animals, and he did not survive the experiment. 

    But before his tragic end, Tusko earned a spot in the Guinness World Records. Other notable instances of massive LSD doses include a case study of an accidental dose during September 2015, when a woman took 55 mg of LSD—550 times the normal dose. But this animal was given 3,000 times the normal dose of LSD.

    Within an hour and a half, and after several doses of barbiturates to kill the trip, the elephant was dead.

    The Procedure

    Beginning on Aug. 3, 1962, (1963 by some accounts) the researchers dosed an elephant. Researchers injected nearly 300 mg of LSD into Tusko. 

    Doctors West and Pierce attempted to induce Tusko into a state known as “musth”, an aggressive, hormonal surge that bull elephants get, causing them to secrete a sticky fluid between the ears. It’s critical for the reproduction of elephants as their testosterone levels rise to 60 times the normal amount.

    “By way of a dart gun shot into his right buttock,” Guinness World Records writer Sanj Atwal wrote, “Tusko was injected with 297 milligrams of the hallucinogenic drug LSD. Almost 3,000 times greater than the normal human recreational dose, this remains the largest single dose of LSD administered ever.”

    This ingenious plot was whipped up by two ambitious psychiatrists, Dr. Louis Jolyon West and Dr. Chester M. Pierce, along with the Oklahoma City Zoo’s director at the time, Warren Thomas. The experiment took place amid a surge in mind control experiments conducted by government agencies.

    That’s when things went terribly wrong.

    Five minutes after the injection, Tusko trumpeted once, fell over, and defecated. 

    He then suffered a serious seizure; his eyes rolled back and closed, his legs became stiff, he bit his tongue, and he struggled to breathe. It didn’t take long until the elephant was dead.

    “Given that a human dose is around 25 milligrams, it comes as no surprise to hear that Tusko trumpeted once, ran around his enclosure then suffered a crippling seizure,’ Atwal continues. “He was administered a large dose of the antipsychotic drug promazine hydrchlroride, then the barbiturate pentobarbitol sodium, but died after 80 minutes, the victim of the largest single dose of LSD ever administered.”

    Also during the ‘60s, NASA-funded experiments by John C. Lilly, for instance, injected dolphins with LSD. Then in 1977, researchers dosed cats with LSD.

    “Dr. West was, put simply, an evil scientist,” Atwal writes. “He was a documented experimenter in Project MKUltra, an illegal human experimentation programme designed by the CIA to identify methods of brainwashing, psychologically torturing, and forcing confessions from people during interrogations.”

    LSD Experiments Involving the Government

    Beginning in 1953,  the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) launched Project MKUltra, a human drug experimentation involving hallucinogens, intended to develop procedures and identify drugs that could be used during interrogations to force confessions. The CIA attempted to develop more effective truth serums.

    “These methods included sensory deprivation, hypnosis, isolation, sexual abuse, the covert administration of psychoactive drugs, and various other forms of torture,” Atwal writes. “One of the most famous experiments overseen by Dr West occurred in 1959, when Peter Tripp, a radio DJ, attempted to break the record for the longest time to stay awake. Tripp went without sleep for eight days and nine hours, causing his mental state to temporarily deteriorate into what doctors labeled ‘nocturnal psychosis’.”

    Shortly after, drug experimentations would involve animals as well. 

    After the experiment on Tusko, West continued his work for the CIA, Guinness World Records reprots. Also in 1963, he was appointed as the psychiatrist to Jack Ruby, who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald two days after Oswald allegedly assassinated President John F. Kennedy. 

    West suggested that Ruby be interrogated under the influence of sodium thiopental and hypnosis in order to get the real story. 

    Pierce on the other hand went on to become the founding president of the Black Psychiatrists of America and spoke frequently about racism in the U.S., and he even coined the term “microaggression.” 

    A fitting end for a disturbing experiment at the expense of a rare Indian elephant.

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  • Surgeons Remove World’s Largest Kidney Stone From Retired Soldier

    Surgeons Remove World’s Largest Kidney Stone From Retired Soldier

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    When 62-year-old Canistus Coonghe went in for surgery on June 1, he probably didn’t think he’d come out a Guinness World Record holder.

    But the retired Sri Lanka Army soldier is in the record books after military surgeons removed what has been declared the world’s largest and heaviest kidney stone.

    The grapefruit-sized growth measures about 5.26 inches long ― which Guinness World Records notes was bigger than Coonghe’s 4.6-inch kidney. The stone weighed 1.76 pounds, easily surpassing the previous record for the heaviest ever found, according to Guinness.

    Dr. Kugadas Sutharshan removed the stone from Coonghe through an incision in his kidney’s pelvis, a procedure called open pyelolithotomy, according to USA Today.

    Despite the obvious obstruction, doctors said Coonghe’s kidney was functioning normally. Although his liver, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen were also normally sized, his prostate was enlarged.

    Coonghe is still recovering from the surgery, but is doing well, according to Guinness.

    An X-ray of the stone pre-surgery shows just how big it was in Coonghe’s body.

    An X-ray of the kidney stone removed from Canistus Coonghe on June 1.

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    And this is how it looked after surgery.

    A kidney stone measuring 5.26 inches in length and weighing 1.76 pounds has been declared the largest kidney stone ever.
    A kidney stone measuring 5.26 inches in length and weighing 1.76 pounds has been declared the largest kidney stone ever.

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    The previous largest kidney stone was a 5.11-inch growth removed from Vilas Ghuge of India in 2004. The previous record holder for heaviest stone belonged to Pakistan’s Wazir Muhammad, whose 1.36-pound growth was taken out in 2008.

    Kidney stones are typically formed when minerals and salts crystallize into hard deposits. The stones are sometimes caused by chronic dehydration and certain medical conditions, such as gout and inflammatory bowel disease, and can cause a great deal of pain.

    Most are eliminated through urination. Others require shock wave therapy or surgery.

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  • 9-centimeter-tall Chihuahua named shortest living dog by Guinness World Records

    9-centimeter-tall Chihuahua named shortest living dog by Guinness World Records

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    Pearl, a 2-year-old Chihuaha, has officially been named the world’s shortest living dog by Guinness World Records, the organization announced this week.

    The tiny pet, who is just a little over 9 centimeters tall, comes from a lineage of petite pooches — her now deceased aunt, Miracle Milly, was the previous record holder for shortest living dog.

    The record-keeping institution said Pearl is both “shorter than a popsicle stick” and about as long as a dollar bill. She also weighs a mighty 1.22 pounds.

    “We’re blessed to have her,” said Vanesa Semler, Pearl’s owner. “And to have this unique opportunity to break our own record and share with the world this amazing news.”

    Nine-centimeter-tall Chihuahua named shortest living dog by Guinness World Records
    Pearl, a 2-year-old Chihuaha, measured in at just over 9 centimeters tall. April 2023.

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    Pearl’s official measurement was completed using a dog measuring wicket at the Florida veterinarian’s office where she was born. She was measured three times from the base of the front leg up to the ridge between the shoulder blades, in compliance with Guinness World Records rules.

    Pearl was recently introduced to the world on an Italian talent show made by Guinness World Records, where she — uncharacteristically for a Chihuahua — calmly greeted a huge live audience, the organization said in the press release.

    She has been described as a “diva,” and her owner said she enjoys the good things in life — high quality chicken and salmon, shopping and “dressing up nice.”

    The shortest dog ever recorded by Guinness World Records was a 7.11-centimeter-tall Yorkshire terrier from the U.K. who died in 1945, before its second birthday, according to the organization.

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  • Sister André, world’s oldest known person, dies at 118

    Sister André, world’s oldest known person, dies at 118

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    The world’s oldest known person, French nun Sister André, has died at the age of 118, her spokesperson confirmed to AFP Tuesday.

    Sister André, whose real name is Lucile Randon, died in her sleep in Toulon, France, according to David Tavella with the Sainte-Catherine Laboure nursing home.

    “There is great sadness, but…it was her desire to join her beloved brother,” Tavella told AFP. “For her, it’s a liberation.”

    Sister André, born on Feb. 11, 1904, was believed to be the oldest living person in the world, according to Guinness World Records, which recognized her status in April 2022 after the death of 119-year-old Kane Tanaka of Japan.

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    Sister Andre poses for a portrait at the Sainte-Catherine Laboure nursing home in Toulon, France, on April 27, 2022. 

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    The record-keeping organization announced the news as well, saying it was “saddened” to hear about the nun’s passing.

    “How incredible that we shared the same air as someone who was born just a couple of months after the Wright Brothers’ first powered flight – and a few months before the New York subway system opened,” said Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief for Guinness World Records, in a statement.

    Glenday added that Sister André was the “fourth oldest person ever authenticated” by Guinness. 

    Sister André held records for “oldest nun living” and the “oldest COVID-19 survivor,” per Guinness, as well as the second-oldest French person and the second-oldest European ever recorded. She was just three years away from earning the record of oldest person ever, which is held by France’s Jeanne Louise Calment, who lived until 122, Guinness said.

    Hubert Franco, the mayor of Toulon, also confirmed Sister André’s death in statement in which he shared about his regular visits with the her. Franco said that Sister André was recognized as an honorary citizen of Toulon four years ago, and had been at the Sainte-Catherine Laboure nursing home since 2009. 

    Before dedicating much of her life to her religious service, Sister André spent nearly three decades working with orphans and the elderly, Guinness said. She also lived through the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918.

    Sister André’s life spanned 18 French presidencies and 10 different Popes.

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  • Did you know World’s longest nose belonged to a circus performer? See pic

    Did you know World’s longest nose belonged to a circus performer? See pic

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    An old photo of a man with the world’s longest nose has gone viral on social media. The photo was shared by a Twitter user, Historic Vids, last Saturday (November 12). Sharing the picture, the user wrote the longest nose belonged to an English circus performer who lived in the 18th century.  

    “Thomas Wadhouse was an English circus performer who lived in the 18th century. He is most famously known for having the world’s longest nose, which measured 7.5 inches (19 cm) long,” the user said. 

    The person shared a wax reproduction of Wadhouse’s head kept at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not museum.

    The Guinness World Records (GWR) website has a page dedicated to Wadhouse, which mentions that he was a “member of a travelling freak circus”.

    The tweet is liked by over 1.20 lakh users and retweeted 7,200 times. A Twitter user questioned why does he look like he would live in a giant fish house, playing a clarinet, and getting pissed off by a sponge?

    Another user said that the man resembles a toy (only in a store and not in my fun drawer) that looks like this and it may be called the PinocchiOOOOH.

    Tony Gomez said that it has been historically documented that he was, in fact, the only one who ‘could’ smell what The Rock was cooking.

    Alan Devine wrote that just as well covid wasn’t around when he was kickin about. “Would have needed a jock strap for a face mask,” Devine said.

    The GWR has acknowledged the achievement of Wedders and said there are historical accounts that he had a nose measuring 19 cm (7.5 in) long.

    Thomas Wedders lived in England during the 1770s and was a member of a travelling freak circus.

    However, Mehmet Ozyurek from Turkey has the record for the longest nose on a living person (male). The record was confirmed by GWR in November last year, and it measures 3.46 inches.

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  • Parenting 101: New Exhibition: Guinness World Records arrives at the Montreal Science Centre

    Parenting 101: New Exhibition: Guinness World Records arrives at the Montreal Science Centre

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    From May 12 to September 5, 2022, come learn about the science behind Guinness World Records at the Montréal Science Centre. Featuring local Québec athletes like Lysanne Richard (high diving), Jean Anderson (ice canoeing), Mikaël Kingsbury (freestyle skiing), and slackline/highline buffs too, the exhibit includes Beyond Human Limits, an exciting second exhibition about extreme sports. There are a total of 70 interactive activities to try across two exhibitions.

    All around the world, people push themselves to the limit to perform mesmerizing acts. From the record for the longest slackline walk — nearly two kilometres long at 250 metres up — and the most drumbeats per minute (a stunning 2,109) to the highest synchronized high dive — from two hot air balloons 25 metres up in the air — the world is full of fascinating people achieving extraordinarily astonishing feats.

    Challenge your friends, your family, or go up against other exhibition visitors!

    Tickets are available online now.

    – Jennifer Cox

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  • Real Estate Agent Ben Caballero Named Guinness World Record Holder

    Real Estate Agent Ben Caballero Named Guinness World Record Holder

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    First real estate record holder ever recognized for home sales, sold 3,556 homes in a single year


    DENVER, May 16, 2018 (Newswire.com)
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    America’s number one ranked real estate agent, Ben Caballero of Addison, Texas, just became the number one real estate agent in the world, according to Guinness World Records. At the REAL Trends “Gathering of Eagles” conference in Denver today, Caballero was recognized as the first real estate agent ever to be recognized by Guinness World Records (GWR) for home sales, for having sold 3,556 verified homes in a single year.

    “Being named a Guinness World Record holder is truly the highlight of my professional career,” said Ben Caballero, who continues year-after-year to exceed his own record-setting home sales performance. “It’s incredible that, until now, no real estate agent has ever been recognized for setting a world record for home sales. I am honored” he said.

    Our rankings have recognized the accomplishments of thousands of real estate professionals, but no one came close to achieving what Ben has.

    Steve Murray, President of REAL Trends

    The record – listed on the Guinness website – reads:

    “Most annual home sales transactions through MLS by an individual sell side real estate agent

    The most annual home sales transactions through MLS by an individual sell side real estate agent in a single year is 3,556 and was achieved by Ben Caballero (USA) in Dallas, Texas, in 2016. The research was conducted by REAL Trends, based on annual home sale transactions from the year ending 2016. MLS stands for multiple listing services.” A sell-side real estate agent is defined as the listing agent.

    Record-breaking firsts

    In 2016, the most recent year all transaction data was available from REAL Trends, Caballero sold 3,556 homes, which was seven times more homes than his closest competitor (467 homes). His home sales that year totaled a new individual real estate agent sales record of $1.444 billion, breaking Caballero’s previous record of $1.022 billion; set in 2015 for 2,491 sales when he became the world’s first “Billion Dollar Real Estate Agent.”

    “For years, our rankings have recognized the accomplishments of thousands of real estate professionals, but no one came close to achieving what Ben has,” said Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends. “Recognition of Ben’s achievements by Guinness World Records is truly amazing,” he added.

    REAL Trends ranks the top sales professionals in the United States by transaction sides and sales volume.

    Caballero has appeared at the top of both REAL Trends “The Thousand” lists for both Individuals by Transaction Sides and Individuals by Sales Volume for since 2013. This ranking is published midyear, annually in The Wall Street Journal and requires independent third-party verification.

    How Caballero does it

    Caballero does not cater to Wall Street titans of Manhattan or housewives of Beverly Hills. He is the broker/owner of HomesUSA.com, based in Addison, Texas, and specializes in new homes sales (even non-Texans) for 65 builders in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio.

    Caballero invented the HomesUSA.com platform, an innovative online technology for builders that allows him to achieve these remarkable numbers.

    “Ben is a customer service specialist,” said Chris Hartley, VP of Sales and Marketing with Dunhill Homes, a leading homebuilder based in Dallas. “His unique contributions to our Realtor sales and marketing efforts are a tremendous asset to the company. Dunhill Homes is honored to be a part of this historic Guinness World Record!”

    HomesUSA.com’s cloud-based MLS listing management and marketing platform deliver many direct and indirect benefits to builders by streamlining and speeding up many important activities for homebuilders. Builders can quickly provide accurate data, dramatically increasing their credibility in the marketplace.

    Billions in sales

    From 2010 to 2016, Caballero’s total home sales volume totaled $7.2 billion. To put his 2016 new home sales numbers in perspective, Caballero sold an average of more than 68 homes per week; nearly 10 homes/ day, every day of the week -or more than one-and-a-half sales every business hour.

    Caballero was a builder for 18 years and became a real estate agent at the age of 21. He developed his online platform in 2007. Builders interested in learning about Caballero’s services can contact HomesUSA.com directly at (800) 856-2132 x300 or email ben@homesusa.com.

    About Guinness World Records

    GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS (GWR) is the global authority on record-breaking achievement. First published in 1955, the iconic annual Guinness World Records books have sold over 138 million copies in over 20 languages and in more than 100 countries. Additionally, the Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition, first published in 2007, has sold more than 5 million copies to date. Guinness World Records’ worldwide television programs reach over 750 million viewers annually and more than one million people subscribe to the GWR YouTube channel, which enjoys more than 300 million views per year. The GWR website receives 21 million visitors annually, and over 12 million fans on Facebook.

    About Ben Caballero and HomesUSA.com

    Ben Caballero is the world’s most productive real estate agent, ranked No. 1 in America for the since 2013, according to REAL Trends as published in the Wall Street Journal. He is the first and only agent in U.S. history ever to exceed the $1 billion mark for residential sales transaction volume in a single year, accomplished in both 2015 and 2016. An award-winning innovator, Caballero is the founder and CEO of HomesUSA.com®, Inc., working with more than 65 home builders in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin and San Antonio. Learn more at HomesUSA.com |Twitter: @BenCaballero – @HomesUSA | Facebook: /HomesUSAdotcom.

    Note: You may contact Ben Caballero directly on his cell at (214) 616-9222 or by email at ben@homesusa.com.

    Newsroom for the media is at https://www.homesusa.com/newsroom.

    Images of Ben Caballero holding his Guinness World Record Certificate are here: 

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    Source: HomesUSA.com

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