Ranked #1
RotD: 11th March - This week in records: First disabled person to row from Europe to South America, farthest distance survived in a tornado, farthest distance fired by a human cannonball, largest structure made of toast
RotD: 11th March - This week in records: First disabled person to row from Europe to South America, farthest distance survived in a tornado, farthest distance fired by a human cannonball, largest structure made of toast
Our final episode sees the GWR team complete a year of record-breaking, with topics ranging from legless rowers and amaz... Read more
11 Mar 2021
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Ranked #2
RotD: 4th March - This week in records: Longest beards and moustaches, largest paper ball fight, first centibillionaire, first woman to win a Best Director Oscar, largest beaver collection, highest-insured tongue
RotD: 4th March - This week in records: Longest beards and moustaches, largest paper ball fight, first centibillionaire, first woman to win a Best Director Oscar, largest beaver collection, highest-insured tongue
The record-breaking randomness continues with the challenges of growing a 14-ft-wide moustache, fighting with paper (but... Read more
4 Mar 2021
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47mins
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Ranked #3
RotD: 25th February - This week in records: Longest-lasting pirate hostage, oldest land mammal, highest and fastest concert, longest time to hold your breath, first spacecraft to land on another planet, largest coprolite
RotD: 25th February - This week in records: Longest-lasting pirate hostage, oldest land mammal, highest and fastest concert, longest time to hold your breath, first spacecraft to land on another planet, largest coprolite
Pirates, dino poop, ancient elephants, mile-high concerts, holding your breath, Venusian spaceships and the remotest gal... Read more
25 Feb 2021
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50mins
Ranked #4
RotD: 18th February - This week in records: Strongest natural material, oldest-ever crocodile in captivity, fastest hearse, most powerful rocket, most consecutive boy-girl births in one family, most Best Actor Oscar wins
RotD: 18th February - This week in records: Strongest natural material, oldest-ever crocodile in captivity, fastest hearse, most powerful rocket, most consecutive boy-girl births in one family, most Best Actor Oscar wins
The toughest stuff in nature, the amazing Josephine Baker and her elderly crocodile, the speediest hearse, the most powe... Read more
18 Feb 2021
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44mins
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Ranked #5
RotD: 11th February - This week in records: First music video filmed on a reduced-gravity aircraft, oldest vomit, fastest time to alphabetize a can of alphabet soup, longest kiss on TV, largest litter of goats, most chilli con carne eaten
RotD: 11th February - This week in records: First music video filmed on a reduced-gravity aircraft, oldest vomit, fastest time to alphabetize a can of alphabet soup, longest kiss on TV, largest litter of goats, most chilli con carne eaten
This week's chat features the incredible OK GO pop video filmed on a vomit comet, the actual oldest vomit on Earth, alph... Read more
11 Feb 2021
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Ranked #6
RotD: 4th February - This week in records: Largest onion bhaji, highest mid-air collision, most zoos visited, longest fingernails, tallest living man, first female commander of the International Space Station, largest organized crime trial
RotD: 4th February - This week in records: Largest onion bhaji, highest mid-air collision, most zoos visited, longest fingernails, tallest living man, first female commander of the International Space Station, largest organized crime trial
Topics this week include a bed-sized onion bhaji, the woman with fingernails longer than her forearms, the Mafia, the hi... Read more
4 Feb 2021
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47mins
Ranked #7
RotD: 28th January - This week in records: Most bee stings survived, most pubs visited, fastest "sheep to suit", most knuckle push-ups by a woman, deadliest space-flight disaster, largest hole-digging competition, oldest cookery TV show
RotD: 28th January - This week in records: Most bee stings survived, most pubs visited, fastest "sheep to suit", most knuckle push-ups by a woman, deadliest space-flight disaster, largest hole-digging competition, oldest cookery TV show
On the menu this week: Killer honey bees, the ultimate life-long pub crawl, turning a sheep into a suit, knuckling down ... Read more
28 Jan 2021
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46mins
Ranked #8
RotD: 21st January - This week in records: First mother and son to row an ocean, first person hit by space junk, heaviest object ever weighed, longest airmail delay, Martian land-speed record, most nationalities in a group hug, longest indoor long jump
RotD: 21st January - This week in records: First mother and son to row an ocean, first person hit by space junk, heaviest object ever weighed, longest airmail delay, Martian land-speed record, most nationalities in a group hug, longest indoor long jump
Could you spend 101 days rowing an ocean with your mum? What happens when you're smacked in the face by junk from space?... Read more
21 Jan 2021
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49mins
Ranked #9
RotD: 14th January - This week in records: Greatest temperature range in one day, most successful aircraft ditch, most tricks by pig, greatest age gap in a married couple, most expensive kidney stone, oldest US President
RotD: 14th January - This week in records: Greatest temperature range in one day, most successful aircraft ditch, most tricks by pig, greatest age gap in a married couple, most expensive kidney stone, oldest US President
With a week to go until Biden and Harris take office, the team look back at other presidential records, probe William Sh... Read more
14 Jan 2021
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49mins
Ranked #10
RotD: 7th January - This week in records: First artificial ice rink, tallest giraffe ever, first undergound train, longest gum-wrapper chain, longest time to live at the same address, first person to be cryonically suspended, most expensive toilet
RotD: 7th January - This week in records: First artificial ice rink, tallest giraffe ever, first undergound train, longest gum-wrapper chain, longest time to live at the same address, first person to be cryonically suspended, most expensive toilet
Happy New Year! The book team welcomes 2021 with open arms and tales of high-society Londoners skating on pig fat, the m... Read more
7 Jan 2021
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46mins
