Guinness World Records

The farthest flight by hoverboard is 275.9 m (905 ft 2 in) and was achieved by Alexandru Duru (Canada) at Lake Ouareau in Quebec, Canada on 25 August 2014.

The longest distance traveled on a slackline by unicycle is 15.66 m (51 ft 4 in) and was achieved by Lutz Eichholz (Germany) on the set of a CCTV Guinness World Records special, in Beijing, China, on 9 September 2013.

The most consecutive bench presses underwater is 77 and was achieved by Vitaly Vivchar (Russia), in Tomsk, Russia, on 13 August 2020.

Compilation of Joel Strassur's beard records - The most toothpicks in a beard is 3,500, and was achieved by Joel Strasser (USA) in Lacey, Washington, USA on 7 July 2018.

The most pencils in a beard is 443 and was achieved by Anatole Ivanow (New Zealand) in Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand on 12 July 2020.

The largest parade of ice cream vans/trucks is 84, and was achieved by The Ice cream Van Dream Team (UK) in Crewe, UK, on 16 October 2018.

Sean Shannon (Canada) recited Hamlet's soliloquy `To be or not to be' (260 words) in a time of 23.8 seconds (655 words per minute) at Edinburgh on 30 August 1995.

The most toothpicks in a beard is 3,500, and was achieved by Joel Strasser (USA) in Lacey, Washington, USA on 7 July 2018.

The widest mouth measures 17 cm (6.69 in) and belongs to Francisco Domingo Joaquim “Chiquinho” (Angola). It was measured on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on 18 March 2010.

The fastest time to build a 171 cup pyramid is 59.10 seconds and was achieved by James Acraman (UK) in London, UK, on 9 November 2017.

The most magic tricks performed in one minute is 27 and was achieved by Ben Hanlin (UK), in London, UK, on 29 November 2017.

The most elbow passes with a hula hoop in one minute is 24, and was achieved by R.S. Janani (India) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India on 6 December 2019.

The greatest height achieved by a human cannonball is 27.12 m (89 ft) was achieved by David Smith Jr. (USA), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 26 November 2019.

Robin Ince goes to a classroom and teaches the children about some of Guinness World Records 'loud science' record titles including the Loudest burp, Loudest shout and Loudest scream.

Orbax and Pepper react to the video of Paul Hunn performing his loud burps in London for the Science and Stuff book promotion.

The largest margarine sculpture is 1506.800 kg (3321.925 lbs) and was achieved by Devwrat Anand Jategaonkar (India), in Mumbai India on 23 February 2017.

The heaviest grapefruit weighs 3.590 kg (7 lb 14 oz) and was achieved by Douglas & Mary Beth Meyer (both USA) in Slidell, Louisiana, USA, on 19 January 2019.

After seeing his picture, dressed as an adjudicator, we invited 'Mini Mark' to Guinness World Records HQ. He underwent intensive training with Mark 'Big Mark' McKinley, to become Guinness World Record's Unofficial Adjudicator.

Orbax and Pepper demonstrate the Lemon LED experiment from Science and Stuff to promote the new book.

The most functional gadgets in a cosplay suit is 30, and was achieved by Keith Dinsmore (USA) in Portland, Maine, USA, on 24 May 2019.

The largest order Rubiks/magic cube is 33x33x33 and was achieved by Grégoire Pfennig (France) in Belfort, France, on 2 December 2017.

The most finger snaps in a minute is 334 and was achieved by Niclas Nadasdy (Germany) in Weißenohe, Germany, on 13 September 2018.

The longest melody played by a model train is 2,840 notes long, and was achieved by Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg GmbH (Germany) in Hamburg, Germany, on 17 March 2021.

Paul “The Burper King” Hunn (UK) unleashed a burp of 109.9 dB in 2009 and has held the Guinness World Records title for the Loudest burp ever since. But a now a challenger has emerged from down under.