Guinness World Records
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Lois Gibson, whose sketches have helped to identify more than 1,300 suspects, says technology can not do the job as effectively
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Guinness World Records initially said 7.2-metre structure made from more than 700,000 matches broke rules
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Capt Harpreet Chandi ‘so glad’ after covering 1,130km of Antarctic ice in 31 days, 13 hours and 19 minutes
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From June: For more than half a century, one organisation has been cataloguing all of life’s superlatives. But has it gone from being about the pursuit of knowledge to simply another big business? By Imogen West-KnightsPodcast
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GT Karber’s book of challenges beats Richard Osman’s The Last Devil to Die and Guinness World Records to top spot
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Isla McNabb’s ability to read back words written on an erasable tablet led her parents to contact Guinness World Records
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New chilli far outstrips previous record holder with proud pepper breeder Ed Currie saying it left him with ‘horrible cramps’
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Paul Durietz, 76, started job in Chicago suburb in 1970 and stages US civil war-themed days and mock political school elections
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Dorothy Hoffner passed away in senior community before Guinness Records could certify her as world’s oldest skydiver
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Dorothy Hoffner, who first skydived at 100, left her walker on the ground and made the 13,500ft tandem jump in northern Illinois
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Mike Jack beat his own time for eating 50 Carolina reapers, then ate 85 more for a total of 135 in a single sitting
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Erin Honeycutt was able to grow record-setting 11.8in beard because she has polycystic ovarian syndrome
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The drive, which took a year of planning, might have broken records for the longest and deepest underwater drive
Who cares if Bobi is the oldest dog in the world? I do – and I’m glad I’m not alone