The Guinness World Records 2024 edition has been launched and includes a whole of two,638 mind-blowing achievements from around the globe.
Now in its 68th 12 months of publication, the Guinness World Information has documented the world’s most extraordinary achievements, from the quirky and peculiar to astonishing feats that amaze, delight and encourage.
For this 12 months’s theme, the Guinness World Information takes us beneath the ocean and throughout the deep, blue ocean, with an emphasis on the pure world, in addition to the newest and most astounding successes in music, TV, and sports activities.
Craig Glenday, Editor-in-Chief, mentioned, “We’ve been impressed by our Blue Planet to have a good time a lot of underwater information – together with these set by probably the most spectacular marine creatures, probably the most adventurous sailors, and even probably the most acrobatic mermaids!“
“However, as ever, we’ve coated the widest attainable spectrum of record-breaking, from the hairiest people to probably the most proficient guinea pigs, to the quickest curler coasters, and the best-selling manga to probably the most celebrated athletes,” he continued.
However not solely that! The 2024 version additionally options some record-breaking milestones from ‘Man’s Greatest Buddy’.
Whether or not or not it’s a show-stopping ability or a singular attribute, canines, no matter form, dimension, and breed, have been featured within the Guinness World Information.
This 12 months, the next canines have made their hoomans proud and have earned a spot within the 2024 version of the Guinness World Information:
- Quickest 10m on a scooter by a canine and cat (Bengal cat Sashimi and Boston Terrier Lollipop)
- Most basketball slam dunks by a canine in a single minute (Border Collie Leonard Lee & his coach Teresa Hanula)
- Longest eyelashes on a canine (17.8cm/7in belong to Newfypoo named Coco)
- Most consecutive medical samples recognized by canines (a bunch of 5 Labradors and retrievers from Charity Medical Detection Canine within the UK accurately sniffed 24 samples together with COVID, Parkinson’s, and prostate most cancers)
- Longest time aloft for a flying disc caught by a canine (Davy the Whippet, thrown by Rob McLeod. Rob and Davy already held the longest distance document)
- Most canines in a conga line (Wolfgang Lauenburger led a column of 14 uprights wunder-hunds Emma, Filou, Fin, Simon, Susy, Maya, Ulf, Speck, Bibi, Katie, Jennifer, Elvis, Charly and Cathy)
- Maya additionally set the document for most rollovers in a single minute and most spins in 30 seconds
- Shortest canine (Pearl a 2-year-old Chihuahua, 9.14cm/3.59in tall from paw to shoulder; relative of Milly who beforehand held the document)
- Farthest soar by a canine (Sounders a 7-year-old whippet leapt 36 ft 6 inches right into a dock diving pool)
Moreover, a couple of different pooches we beforehand featured on Dogington Submit rightfully earned their spots on The Guinness World Information 2024 as nicely.
Zoey, the previous document holder for the “Longest tongue on a canine“, who has a licker measuring 12.7cm or 5 inches lengthy, made it to the 2024 version. The pocket-sized Pearl, aka the “World’s shortest canine“, which measures 9.14 cm or 3.59 inches in peak additionally earned a spot within the guide.
Glenday calls the 2024 version “the perfect version but” and mentioned, “The GWR2024 version is the product of a 12 months during which practically 30,000 purposes have been reviewed by our information managers. Solely a small proportion of claims have made it by way of the choice course of, so the two,638 information featured within the guide actually are the cream of this 12 months’s crop.
The Guinness World Information 2024 is on the market for buy in shops and on-line. You’ll be able to simply purchase it on Amazon right here:
