Every time someone breaks a record, His mark and feat are reflected in the Guinness Book of Records as proof that this event was carried out, so that it sets a precedent for those who want to attempt a new record and so that future generations can consult it.

This post It is sold in major bookstores around the world. and is published annually with all updated Guinness World Records. There is room for documents from the world of culture, sport, gastronomy, science or folklore, among others.

There Canadian publisher HIT Entertainment Jim Pattison Group is currently publishing the Guinness Book of World Records.distributes it in more than 100 countries and translates it into 37 languages.

Origin of the Guinness Book of Records

He Origin from the Guinness Book of World Records takes place in an Irish pub and is linked to the popular stout. In 1951, the CEO of the Guinness Brewery, Hugh Beaver, decided to compile in a book the answers to the questions that sparked the most discussions in Irish pubs.

This idea was born after a debate on the fastest game bird in all of Europe, during a hunters’ festival in County Wexford (Ireland). After this episode, Hugh Beaver ordered to twins Norris and Ross McWhirter, Fleet Street investigators (London, United Kingdom)who compiled data and figures into a book.

This collection of curious data is the origin of the Guinness Book of World Records, first published on August 27, 1955. They continued to update this publication year after year until 1975, when the IRA, an Irish armed group, assassinated Ross McWhirter. Until 1995, one of the Norris brothers continued to include data in the book until his retirement. Later, the baton was taken over by Canadian publisher HIT Entertainment Jim Pattison Group until today.

The Guinness Book of Records is the best-selling copyrighted publication in history.

Most curious Guinness record

In the Guinness Book of Records there are many records, some of which are very curious.

The work itself already holds one of the most curious records, such as being the most stolen book from American libraries. Likewise, it contains the fact that gave birth to the book: the fastest flying European bird is the Scottish grouse, also that the largest Funko collection belongs to a young man with 4,475 dolls, that the milkshake the most expensive in the world was sold for 100 dollars or that the longest bicycle in the world measures 41.42 meters, has two wheels and 38 pedals.

Any feat has its place in becoming a Guinness World Record. From the organization they emphasize that they act as an impartial arbiter and that no participant is financially rewarded because, for them, the simple fact of appearing in the Guinness Book of Records is already a reward.