Page facing the contents page is, thirty nine steps to the moon. It has a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The day marked the 10th annual guinness world records day and the 60th anniversary of the guinness world records book. Celebrate the dawning of a new decade with the fully revised guinness world records 2020.
Guinness book of records 1992 by guinness world records. Examples of records featured in the series included eating peanut butter from nappies, swimming while singing the main theme from jaws, and placing a novel by jilly cooper near a. Ten once you get the hand of a challenge, upload a video of yourself in action or apply for a record. The guinness harp logo on the front cover is replaced by the superlatives logo. Buy the guinness book of records 1958 by guinness book of records, rt. The guinness book of word records is the most prestigious and acclaimed records in the world. After founding the guinness book of records at 107 fleet street, london, the first 197page edition was bound on 27 august 1955 and went to the top of the british bestseller lists by christmas.
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