YouTube The people behind the Guinness World Records used to make money by, well, selling books. But with the rise of the Internet came a decline in book sales, and so they had to create a new business model — selling publicity. This is the story of how Guinness (yeah, like the brewery) got into the business of record-breaking, and how one Planet Money intern broke a world record involving the president of Georgia, the former Soviet republic. Listen to the original Planet Money podcast episode here! And while you’re at it, follow us on TikTok, and subscribe to our video […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Technodinamika holding company, which is part of Russia’s state-owned high-tech conglomerate Rostec, has deployed a 5,000-square-meter Russian flag in the sky over the Moscow region, but the record was not registered in the Guinness Book due to sanctions against Moscow, the company’s press service said on Saturday. The current record belongs to the representatives of the United Arab Emirates who opened in the sky the national flag of about 4,886 square meters. “The invited experts of the Guinness Book of World Records captured the record, but refused to officially register it due to the sanctions against Russia,” the […]
Combs was trying to break her own four-wheel land speed record when her car crashed on a dry lake bed in Oregon’s Alvord Desert last year. Guinness World Records has posthumously rewarded race car driver and TV personality Jessi Combs with the fastest land speed record for a woman. Combs died on 27 August 2019 in Oregon, attempting to hit 619 mph, but lost control of her jet-powered North American Eagle after it hit a rock, causing the car to burst into flames. She had managed to complete two high-speed runs, one at 515.346 mph and one at 548.432 mph, but Guinness verified 840 km/h […]
Russian figure skating trailblazer Alexandra Trusova has been included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first female skater to successfully land a quadruple flip jump at an international competition. “The first quadruple flip jump in a figure skating competition by a female was achieved by Alexandra Trusova (Russia) on 7 December 2019 at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Torino, Italy,” the statement said. Also on rt.com Mind-blowing! Watch Russian 11-year-old figure skating prodigy Sofia Titova effortlessly landing QUADS on hard ground (VIDEO) “The quad flip was one of five quad jumps included in Trusova’s […]