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Tell us your memories of Record Breakers

After 24 years off air, the children’s BBC programme Record Breakers is to be rebooted. We would like to hear about your memories of the original BBC show

The Guardian - UK

Co-op hit Split Fiction now holds three Guinness World Records that seem destined to be won specifically by co-op hit Split Fiction

Hazelight's acclaimed run of co-op hits is apparently smashing records.

PC Gamer

Portland’s one-tree park loses its title as ‘world’s smallest’ – here is where the new champion is located

Mill Ends Park, which measures just 452 square inches, was officially recognized as the tiniest in the world by Guinness World Records in 1971

The Independent UK

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Boy with 95 per cent of face covered in hair sets Guinness World Record

Teenager suffers from extremely rare condition called ‘werewolf syndrome’

The Independent UK

Why a 108-year-old barber has no plans to retire anytime soon

Shitsui Hakoishi holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest female barber

The Independent UK

Couple who set record for longest kiss in 2013 have now separated

Ekkachai and Laksana Tiranarat kissed for 58 hours and 35 minutes in 2013

The Independent UK

Runner hopes to take crown of ‘world’s fastest shrimp’ at London Marathon

Jamie Campbell, 31, hopes to become the Guinness World Records (GWR) holder for the fastest marathon dressed as a crustacean (male).

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14-year-old known as 'the human calculator' breaks 6 math world records in 1 day

Indian teenager Aaryan Shulka performs calculations in his head quicker than most people can use a calculator. At a recent event hosted by Guinness World Records, 14-year-old Shulka shattered six mental math records in one day.

LiveScience

Tomiko Itooka: World’s oldest person who climbed Japan’s Mount Ontake twice dies at 116

Itooka, who loved bananas and a yogurt-flavored Japanese drink called Calpis, was born on 23 May 1908

The Independent UK

Former world’s tallest man calls for more compassion for vulnerable in UK

Hussain Bisad, who has had health problems, says government should do more for people with physical or mental illness

The Guardian - UK

‘They keep each other young’: couple aged 102 and 100 set record for oldest newlyweds

Marjorie Fiterman and Bernie Littman met at Philadelphia nursing home after both of their longtime spouses died

The Guardian - US

World's Oldest Man Dies At 112 'Surrounded By Music And Love'

John Alfred Tinniswood died Monday at a care facility in Southport, England.

International Business Times

World’s oldest known man dies aged 112 in Merseyside

John Tinniswood, born in 1912 and the oldest surviving male second world war veteran, died ‘surrounded by love’

The Guardian - UK

World’s oldest man dies in Southport care home aged 112

John Tinniswood was born in Liverpool on August 26 1912.

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The Independent UK

World’s oldest man, born the year the Titanic sank, dies in Merseyside care home

John Tinniswood ate fish and chips every Friday

The Independent UK

Huge chicken-shaped hotel in the Philippines sets new world record

Campuestohan Highland Resort is top of the pecking order for poultry-style stays

The Independent UK

World’s tallest and shortest women meet for afternoon tea – and find plenty in common

The world’s tallest woman measure 215.16cm (7ft 1in), while Ms Amge is the shortest woman at 62.8cm (2ft 1in)

Evening Standard

'We want to inspire people': World’s tallest and shortest women meet for afternoon tea in London

Rumeysa Gelgi and Jyoti Amge said they wanted to inspire people to ‘celebrate their differences’

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The Independent UK

World’s tallest and shortest women meet for afternoon tea in London

Rumeysa Gelgi and Jyoti Amge met at The Savoy hotel in London to share stories and life experiences.

LiveScience

80 million-year-old dinosaur 'mini eggs' unearthed at Chinese construction site are the smallest ever found — and belong to a never-before-seen T. rex relative

Half a dozen dinosaur eggs, each around the size of a grape, were recently saved from a construction site in China. Researchers say the tiny fossilized shells are exceptionally well preserved.

Cycling News

Lachlan Morton tears around Australia to set fastest known time of 30 days, 9 hours and 59 minutes

'I've never been so relieved to finish something as I was today' says EF Education EasyPost rider as he finishes lap of over 14,200km, taking about a week off former mark

Evening Standard

Guinness World Records seeks central London site for 'competitive socialising' venue

Company plans to invest £50 million over the next five years

The Guardian - US

‘It is OK to stand out’: US teen’s hands and feet are world record-setting

Eric Kilburn, 16, says those who put others down over differences ‘are usually the most unhappy people out there’

TechRadar

This is what the largest LED video wall in the world looks like — Adele's extravagant 44,000sq ft display goes straight into the Guinness World Records book

Adele earns another Guinness World Record with 44,000sq ft LED display.

The Guardian - US

‘I feared for my life’: record-setting US traveler says he was held as possible spy

Indy Nelson set a record for most airlines flown and said he was detained by Iran, Russia, Libya and Papua New Guinea

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