guinness world records

There's a new record-holder for the most Christmas lights on a tree, after David Richards created an amazing lighted display that smashed the old record.

Congratulations are in order for Misao Okawa, the oldest living person on Earth. Today she celebrated her 117th birthday.

A college student at the North Carolina School of the Arts apparently has set a new whistling record. 19-year-old sophomore Walker Harnden claims to have whistled the highest note ever on record. He produced a B7 whistle which is considered to be the highest note ever whistled.

Thunder Law, who is a rookie for the Harlem Globetrotters, has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest basketball shot of just over 109 feet, besting the previous record of 104 feet.

While most of our pets make us go “awww” with their innocent eyes, this dog on the other hand may freak you out a bit. Meet four-year-old Boston Terrier, Bruschi, who has just been given the Guinness World Record for “dog with the largest eyes” — an eye-popping 1.1 inches in diameter.

While some women observed the centuries-old tradition of proposing to their men on Leap Day, an elderly couple used the occasion to tie the knot — and it seems to have landed them in the record books.

Oswego business man Bob Natoli has broke his 5th world record in less than 6 years yesterday for the record of the front dumbbell lifting. Bob also has records in chin ups, squat thrusts, curling, and now the dumbbells. Most people go their whole life hoping to break one record, Bob has broken five.

Think once is enough to say "I do?"  Not so for a couple in Tennessee who've set the Guinness World Record for "Most Marriage Vow Renewals by the Same Couple."

Over the last few years — and multi-platinum albums — Taylor Swift has taken up seemingly permanent residence on the charts, not to mention the hearts and iPods of millions of fans. Now, she also has a pair of spots in the Guinness Book of World Records to call her own.