Throwback: The Marinelli bend is one of the most extreme contortion positions - Mongolia's Tsatsral Erdenebileg holds the record with an incredible 4 mins 17 secs | Guinness World Records

What's it like to attempt the record for fastest tractor? Guy Martin hopped onboard a JCB Fastrac 🚜💨 | Guinness World Records

Most balloons burst by high-heel kicks above the head in one minute 🎈👠 22 bygem Palina Glebova 🇩🇪 Multiple record holder Palina attempted this record as part of the celebrations for #GWRday 2024. Guinness World Records Day 2025 coming soon 👉 Nov 20 | Guinness World Records

Strongman IRON Biby from Burkina Faso, West Africa specialises in overhead log presses - but what about people lifting? | Guinness World Records

In 2016, Maxim Laurin from Canada and Ugo Dario from France teamed up for this brilliant backflip see-saw teeter-totter record. | Guinness World Records

The thrilling throw that set a new official world record for the farthest flight by a paper aircraft: 69.14 meters (226 feet, 10 inches), achieved on February 26, 2012. The record was a team effort by "pilot" Joe Ayoob and aircraft designer John M. Collins at the McClellan Air Force Base in California. | History In Pictures