I n 1990, The Guinness Book of World Records retired the highest-IQ category, conceding that no definitive ranking was possible, given the limitations of and the variation among the available tests.

The progression of Deepotsav records speaks for itself: 1.71 lakh diyas in 2017, 3.01 lakh in 2018, 4.04 lakh in 2019, 6.06 lakh in 2020, 9.41 lakh in 2021, 15.76 lakh in 2022, and 22.23 lakh in 2023.

The first Guinness Book of World Records came out in 1954. Because editors aimed to include the entire globe, ... People from 215 countries attempted 57,415 records in 2023.

Eric Jones ’97 (right) poses with Travis Gienger with the pumpkin Jones carved, earning him a spot in the Guinness Book of World records for largest and heaviest jack-o’-lantern. Gienger, a Minnesota ...

I consoled myself by learning about the indisputably real, 8 ft 11.1 inch Robert Wadlow, courtesy of what was then called “The Guinness Book of World Records.” At the age of 9, I was the ...