"As I read through the guidelines, a voice inside me had whispered: 'What if this is my secret skill? A hitherto undiscovered genius I have: standing on one leg blindfolded?' I didn’t really expect to break the record. But the tiny possibility was thrilling." @guardian
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The strange survival of Guinness World Records
The long read: For more than half a century, one organisation has been certifying and cataloguing all of life’s superlatives. But has it gone from being about the pursuit of knowledge to simply another big business?
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