Category:Guinness

Guinness World Records
Cover artist	Simon Jones
Subject(s)	World Records
Genre(s)	Reference
Publisher	Jim Pattison Group
Publication date	10 November 1951–present
Published in English	1955–present
Media type	Book, Television

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1998 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book of all time. As of the 2017 edition, it is now in its 63rd year of publication, published in 100 countries and 23 languages. The international franchise has extended beyond print to include television series and museums. The popularity of the franchise has resulted in Guinness World Records becoming the primary international authority on the cataloguing and verification of a huge number of world records; the organisation employs official record adjudicators authorised to verify the authenticity of the setting and breaking of records.^[1]

Hubbard awards

Guinness World Records has given four awards to L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. Most of these do not stand up to even light analysis and seem surprisingly dubious.

See also

• Guinness World Records article from Wikipedia

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