Guinness World Record

GWR resumes accepting submissions from Israel, to recognize record of Israeli kidney donation org

This also marks the first Israeli record since the Guinness World Records resumed accepting submissions from Israel on January 15.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
The Israeli voluntary kidney donation organization Matnat Chaim set a new world record for the largest gathering of organ donors in history, marking the achievement with an event on January 26, 2026.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators call for an Irish boycott of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if there is Israeli participation, outside RTE Irish public television studios in Dublin, last month.

My Word: Playing the dangerous boycott game - opinion

From the UN to Eurovision to Guinness, global arenas are turning against Israel, revealing a deeper campaign to delegitimize the Jewish state.

|ByLIAT COLLINS
Gal Alush, widow of Dani z"l.

Beyond the headlines: Kidney donation record shows we all have something to give - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

|BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR
Egyptian Ashraf Mahrous, 44 years old, pulled 20 private cars for a distance of 10 meters on August 1, 2025 in Cairo, Egypt.

Guinness World Records no longer accepting submissions from Israel, Palestinian territories

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, citing the Post report, called the announcement twisted: "This is inexcusable."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Nigerian man goes blind attempting to break Guinness World Record

Ebere said that while attempting to cry non-stop for a week, he experienced headaches, puffy eyes and a swollen face alongside going partially blind.

JULY 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The flag of Nigeria (Illustrative).

Man with world's largest kidney stone wins Guinness World Record

The 1.76 pound kidney stone – roughly the same weight as five baseballs – is the largest kidney stone ever recorded.

JUNE 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A kidney stone. These form from crystalized minerals in urine that cause severe pain when exiting the urinary tract (Illustrative).

Betty Woolf, last surviving sibling of world’s oldest mixed triplets, dies at age 96

In 2020, the Jewish siblings were still making news, when they were named by Guinness World Records as the oldest living (mixed-sex) triplets.

JUNE 21, 2023ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
Prof. Simcha Yagel with the three newborn triplets at Hadassah Hospital.

Polish 88-year-old takes tilt at world's oldest windsurfer crown

Retiree Piotr Dudek has been windsurfing for 40 years and is known by the nickname "Junior," coined for him by his friends when he was around 80.

APRIL 20, 2023ByREUTERS
Polish retiree Piotr Dudek is hoping to officially become the world's oldest windsurfer

Australian sets Guinness world record for widest wig ever created

The faux-locks were made from a bike helmet, PVC pipe, pool noodles, cable ties and aluminum rods. 

APRIL 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
WIG SALON in Jerusalem.

This four-year-old Emirati boy is the world's youngest-ever author

At only 4 years and 218 days of age, Saeed Rashed al-Mheiri published his debut children's book, The Elephant Saeed and the Bear.

APRIL 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Books

The quietest place on earth will drive you insane

In 2015, Microsoft built a room that is now officially designated in the Guinness Book of Records as the quietest place on Earth.

FEBRUARY 19, 2023ByWALLA! HEALTH
Radio frequency anechoic chamber, Antennas Research Group, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. The interior surfaces are covered with pyramidal Radiation Absorbent Material (RAM) which are made of rubberized foam impregnated with mixtures of carbon and iron.

Hanukkah: Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center home to largest LEGO-made menorah

One of Israel's newest LEGO franchisees has officially submitted a bid for a Guinness World Record for its Hanukkah menorah.

DECEMBER 23, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Master builder Yitzy Kasowitz who came especially from the USA and volunteers breaking the Guinness record for building a menorah from Lego that consists of 130,000 Lego blocks and 4 meters high and 4 meters wide, in Tel Aviv, on December 12, 2022.

At 26 years old, Flossie becomes world's oldest cat

This cat has certainly proven that cats just might get more than nine lives after all.

NOVEMBER 26, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Flossie, the oldest cat in the world according to Guinness World Records, is now living out her days in her fourth home.

Tallest woman on Earth boards first-ever historic flight

She was previously unable to board planes due to her height until Turkish Airlines made innovative changes to one of their aircraft.

NOVEMBER 7, 2022ByWALLA!
A Turkish Airlines plane in Istanbul.