Guinness World Records

Freeport, Illinois, just broke a Guinness World Record during Pretzel Fest, forming the world’s largest human pretzel with over 600 participants. The city showed off its Pretzel Pride and crushed France’s old record. Here’s how they did it.

Of course this record was broken in Wisconsin.

Anyone who is able to break a Guinness World Record deserves to be commended, no matter how odd or weird it might be.

The officials from Guinness World Records made multiple trips to Illinois during the last year to witness history.

This tasty world record for fruit was broken in Illinois featuring thousands of bananas.

If you're in the mood for an Illinois-based road trip, a 4-hour ride down I-39 (253 miles) will take you to Casey, Illinois, the home of the world's largest mailbox, rocking chair, barber-pole, wooden clogs, windchimes, pitchfork, key, and so much more.

According to the folks at Guinness World Records, New Trier High School in Winnetka has broken not one, but two world records.

You may not have known about it, but Guinness World Records Day was last Thursday. Did you head out to set and/or break any records? Yeah...me either. That's okay, the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters were aware, and they went all out, setting 7 new world records...

Guinness World Records is celebrating their 60th anniversary (which is probably a record for record books), and the on-going celebration is shining the spotlight on some of their more unusual records and record holders. To give you some examples, there are world records for: Wealthiest cat Most milkshake dispensed through the nose Largest collection of garden gnomes Most toilet seats broken with