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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records is an annual reference book that catalogues and verifies world records—both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. It holds a world record as the best-selling copyrighted series of reference books. The idea originated from Sir Hugh Beaver in the early 1950s, who was the managing director of the Guinness Brewery at the time. The goal was to settle pub arguments, which led to the creation of a book that could definitively answer questions about record-breaking facts. Records span a wide range of categories, from incredible human feats to extremes in the animal kingdom and the wonders of engineering.