Zac Sunderland, who left Marina del Rey 13 months ago with a bold ambition to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone, returned to complete that quest today at 10:30 a.m. Update to this post picked by suebe 4 months ago

Mike Perham is currently in the midst of the biggest challenge of his life: to become the youngest person to sail single-handed around the world. Amidst a storm of criticism on shore and perilous conditions in the middle of the pacific, he must make a decision that could decide the outcome of his record attempt. picked by iamamaniac 6 months ago

A new unique world record is on the cards after staff at a furniture warehouse made a video of themselves playing mattress dominoes. The game sees dominoes substituted with mattresses and the addition of some willing participants. picked by kakana 4 months ago

A bid to set a new world record for the number of women being photographed wearing bikinis in one place failed, after only 42 of the required 1,924 turned up. picked by kakana 4 months ago

A family of adventurers who spent their summer holiday flying around the Mediterranean - including swimming across shark infested waters - have set a new world record for the longest solar-powered flight by paramotor. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

Most points by an American born player. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Zac Sunderland, a teenager from Southern California, has sailed his yacht Intrepid back in U.S. waters. 17 year old Sunderland is on a sailing trip trying to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone, and is due to arrive in the Los Angeles area on Thursday – 13 months and two days after he left Marina Del Rey. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Wannabe rock stars from across the UK have turned out in their hundreds to smash the world record for the most drummers playing the same beat at one time. The colossal cacophony was in aid of charity Stick It To MS. picked by marcelsmit 5 months ago

Thailand's Scorpion Queen has set a new world record - by holding a poisonous scorpion in her mouth for just over two minutes. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

It has taken more than three years to come together, but now the town of Bundaberg in south-east Queensland is claiming a world record for the longest chain of bras. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Briton astounds the world by becoming the first person to swim to North Pole.

Global Warming: Do You Believe Now? picked by nesbyniccolo 2 years ago

Guiness World Record For Breastfeeding [video] picked by sbalaciu 2 years ago

The soggy weather might have cast a dampener on the traditional British summer - but it has ensured vegetables are thriving and breaking new records. This monster vegetable now holds the new world record for the biggest ever marrow after weighing in at 65 kilos (113lbs). picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Joneses from all around the world met in Cardiff, Wales, where they attempted to break the world record for the largest gathering of people with the same family name. picked by Skid 3 years ago

A man has broken a world record by smashing 47 watermelons with his head in 60 seconds.

*be sure to watch the video* picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Sean Konrad caught a 48-pound rainbow trout. That’s a world record. But should it be? The trout he caught was a genetically-modified fish that escaped from a fish farm. Whether this counts as cheating depends on how you see the sport of fishing. No matter where the fish came from, the fisherman still landed it, which involves a certain set of skills. However, fisherman elsewhere don’t ... read full post picked by Bingo 2 months ago

An English teenager has docked in Hobart, Tasmania halfway through his attempt to sail solo around the world.
Mike Perham is aiming to be the youngest to complete the feat. picked by kakana 8 months ago

There will be no need for a slow-motion replay to confirm this record-breaking feat.

Schoolgirl Tiana Walton has slithered into the record books - for having the most snails on her face at once. Eww! picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Thirty minutes to cross the Channel -- by sea. An unusual design allows the Hydroptère, as it is called, to rise up on “wings” so that instead of ploughing through the waves it glides over them. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

Markus Stoeckl just broke the World Speed Record for series mountain bikes, hitting an incredible 130.7mph (more than 210kmh). Read that again. 131 miles per hour on a mountain bike! He devastated the previous record by 14 mph. It took place on a 2000m stretch at a 45 degree run in the Chilean Alps picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago