guinness book of records

Mission 2540 is on a mission unlike any other.  It's not their regular mission, but it is a mission to show the world they have what it takes to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.  All it takes is you and a burpee.

Michael Phelps has managed to swim into history.

Recently we uncovered video footage of what the Guinness Book of World Records says is the longest cat in the world. She’s 48 and a half inches long and belongs to a couple in the US. But last night on ’Conan,’ Conan O’Brien disputed the couples’s claim and showed viewers the actual longest cat in the world.

Over the last few years — and multi-platinum albums — Taylor Swift has taken up seemingly permanent residence on the charts, not to mention the hearts and iPods of millions of fans. Now, she also has a pair of spots in the Guinness Book of World Records to call her own.

For the first time in his life, Junrey Balawing is standing head and shoulders over everyone else. Balawing can indeed look down on everyone else now that he has been named the world's shortest man by Guinness World Records. The Filipino man received the honor in a ceremony Sunday, which just so happened to be the same day he turned 18.

About 30 years ago, Rose Pollard -- now 90 -- was proposed to by her ballroom dancing partner, Forrest Lunway. Instead of saying yes, though, Pollard told Lunway that she'd marry him only after he hit the big 100.