Guinness World Records Stories

Tanzanian-trained rat crowned world’s top mine detector
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 07, 2025

The feat saw him surpass the previous record held by the legendary HeroRAT Magawa, who identified 71 landmines and 38 UXOs during his five-year servic...

Kenya-based environmentalist seeks to break World Record after planting 30,000 trees in a day
Mishi Gongo  |  Apr 23, 2024

The current world record holder planted 20, 060 trees in Canada in July 2021.

Chef Maliha's fate unknown as Guinness World Record remains mum
Farhiya Hussein  |  Feb 03, 2024

She submitted her evidence of the longest home kitchen cooking marathon in September 2023. 

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