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India Plants 50 Million Trees in One Day, Smashing World Record
The world record for most trees planted in a day used to be held by Pakistan with 850,000 – but now India has taken the lead with 49.3 million.
These Folks Worked Together to Claim World Record: 50 Million Trees Planted In One Day
India continued its massive push to reforest their nation on Monday when men and women in the state of Uttar Pradesh set out together...
Ecuador Breaks World Record for Planting Most Tree Species in 8 Hours
Thousands of people teamed up this weekend to break a world record while doing something good for the earth. They planted the most species...
95-Year-old Smashes 200m World Record: ‘Bodies Can be Rebuilt at Any Age’
A 95-year-old former dentist has set a new world record for his age group in the 200-meter indoor sprint, knocking a massive 2.4 seconds off...
Thousands in Nepal Hug Trees in World Record Bid
More than 2,000 people, mostly students, gathered in Nepal's capital Katmandu today in a bid to set a world record for the largest tree...
Mother Pumps 86 Gallons of Breast Milk for Premature Babies, Wins World Record
A mother in North Texas has been awarded a Guinness World Record for donating breast milk.
Alicia Richman, 28, from Granbury, pumped over 86 gallons...
Daredevil Breaks World Record with 24-mile High Free-fall Jump
As the whole world watched him via live streaming video, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner completed a record-breaking free-fall from the edge of space Sunday...
World Record Message in Bottle Found After 98 Years
A Scottish skipper has set a new world record after finding a message in a bottle 98 years after it was released.
Not only that,...
US Swimmer Overcomes Heart Problems and Injuries to Break World Record, Win Gold
Four years ago, Dana Vollmer, devastated and dispirited by injuries, considered walking away from the sport she loved, but instead, with the help of...
Legally Blind South Korean Sets Archery World Record at Olympics
South Korean archer Im Dong-hyun sees only blurred colors and lines when he peers toward the target about 76 yards away. It doesn't stop...
World Record Solar Power in Germany Met 50% of Country’s Needs for a Day Last Month
German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity – equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity – through...
American Surfer Sets World Record, Riding 90-Foot Tall Wave (Video)
Garrett McNamara just broke the world record for largest wave surfed by successfully navigating a 90-foot wall of watery death.
The Hawaiian resident and pro...
Teen Breaks Guinness World Record for His New Charity
At 17 years old, not only did Wilson Patton found a new, clever fundraising vehicle for charity, he also drove attention to the cause...
Jews and Arabs Unite for World Record Hummus
50 Arab and Jewish chefs have served up a world record for cooking hummus in the name of Middle East peace. Cooks...
1875 Pound Pumpkin Headed for World Record
A Taunton Massachusetts man is an extreme gardener, growing a 1,800-pound pumpkin, according to his estimate, that he plans to have weighed Oct. 11....
Blind Ex-Soldier Sets World Record for Downhill Speed Skiing
In the category of "you can do anything you set your heart to," comes this world record: A former soldier who lost his sight...
World’s Largest Genome Discovered in a Tiny Fern: ‘Breaks all records’
On the island of New Caledonia, a simple, unassuming species of fern has been identified as having the longest genome of any living organism...
French Woman Smashes Previous World Rope Climbing Record by Reaching Eiffel Tower’s 2nd Floor–(WATCH)
Remember the free hanging rope climb exercise in PE class, remember how difficult that was? Well, evidently there are some people who...
Drought-Stricken Italian River Produced World-Record Catfish Caught (and Released) in May
A professional Italian fisherman just reeled a 9-foot catfish out of a river that just last year was suffering so badly from Europe's heatwave...
World’s Largest Dance Marathon Busts a Record Move Raising $15M for Childhood Cancer
Students at Penn State University have raised a whopping $15 million during their annual 46-hour ‘no sleeping or sitting’ dance marathon.
It was an all-time...