World’s tallest man: ‘I’ve had difficult life’

Turk Sultan Kosen, 27,  says he is ''proud and happy'' at being named the new Guinness record holder for tallest man, and human, in the world.  “Up until now, I’ve really had a difficult life,” said the 8-foot-1-inch man, whose height was caused by a pituitary condition. “From now, I’m really going to have it a lot easier.”

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Plans for shake-up of Guinness brewing put on hold

The parent company of Irish beer icon Guinness announced Monday it may change or abandon plans to reform production in Ireland and open a new state-of-the-art brewery because of the struggling global economy.

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Love a tall order for leggiest woman

Some people have a story with legs. Svetlana Pankratova has legs that are a story.

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Guinness to build new brewery west of Dublin

Irish beer giant Guinness is going back to its country roots.

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Diageo brews $1.25B Irish overhaul

Guinness beer owner Diageo PLC rattled an Irish icon Friday, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery workers, close two breweries and shift most production to a new, high-tech plant in the Dublin suburbs by 2013.

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Guinness to Release Book of Game Records

Yes, Billy Mitchell is still the king of Kong.

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Anyone who ever said that you can't out-hit Babe Ruth, outscore Gordy Howe, or even eat more hot dogs than Takeru Kobayashi has been proven wrong.

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James Bowthorpe apparently broke the world record for bicycling "around the globe," completing his journey on September 19, 2009.

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Guinness World Records said that 8 foot 1 inch (2.47 meter) Sultan Kosen, from the town of Mardin in eastern Turkey, is now officially the tallest man walking the planet.

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A drunken society beauty swore at airline cabin staff and had her breasts fondled by a fellow passenger in front of other travellers, a court heard today.

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THE daughter of the world's biggest rabbit has hopped off with the title herself - after her huge mum died of stage fright. Burly bunny Alice is in the new Guinness World Records book four months after her 2ft 8in mother Amy dropped dead after filming a TV show.

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Ashrita Furman holds the record for most world records set that are listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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The Guinness Book of World Records recognized Doctor Who as the most successful sci-fi series of all time in an announcement made yesterday. Craig Glenday, the editor-in-chief for the annually-published list, made the announcement at San Diego’s Comic-Con.

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A cupcake in Minneapolis has been certified as the world's largest. My wife and I love them so much that wedding cake was a collection of wonderfull cupcakes! I watch all cupcake news closely now as I feel personally connected to the tiny cake with a big heart.

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She can lift as much as 14 kg with her private part. Five minutes of exercising those muscles can bring unbelievable pleasure.

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Tallahassee Naturally has taken the term "be free" to new heights for the past 23 years. But now the local nudist organization is going for a world record and inviting the public to come on board, too.

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Guinness has launched a competition offering drinkers the chance to win a trip into space aboard Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic spacecraft.

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The "Lawsuit Zeus," also known as "Johnny Sue-nami," filed a lawsuit this week in federal court seeking an injunction to stop the Guinness Book of World Records from naming him as the person who has filed the most lawsuits in the history of mankind.

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Yesterday, Mrs. Arroyo�s birthday, the Palace tried to create a stir by putting up a montage of 1,000 of her pictures in an effort to make it to the Guinness World Record of the biggest such gimmick.

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Excerpt: It's been a hair-raising year for Eric Hahn.

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Sydneysider Matthew Sheil has built what could easily be one of the most elaborate big boy's toys in the world, and his efforts have earned him a Guinness world record.

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A Utah woman listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for her long fingernails has lost them in a car crash. Lee Redmond of Salt Lake City sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries ...

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The literary production of the untiring Ryoki Inoue took him not only to the Guinness Book as the most proliphic author all over the world, but also to be compared to Georges Simenon by some intenational critics.

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When we think of today's motorcycles, most people will automatically picture a V-Twin on a sunny afternoon. We sometimes forget about the hard hitting single cylinders.

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The owner of Guinness stout, ending widespread media speculation in Ireland that it would shut the 250-year-old St. James's Gate brewery, said Friday that it was committed to continuing operations at the central Dublin site because of its iconic status around the world.

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Richard Sanders has launched a Web site where people can post photos and measurements of mighty fine roadkill. That's right, a roadkill hall of fame. He's calling it the Road Kill Record Book Club. It's like the Guinness book, but for critters that tangled with traffic.

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More than 1,000 barbecue fanatics in Uruguay have grilled up 12 tonnes of beef, setting a new Guinness world record while promoting the country's succulent top export.

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Despite the addition of Guinness, these cakes are not at all bitter; instead, the beer adds richness and moisture, and balances the sweetness of the sugar.

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A Detroit beer distribution company loaned a $3,000 green, pint glass-shaped costume to someone last Halloween. On Monday, after the distribution company asked for the costume's return, they found out it had been stolen .

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Mariam Amash filled in the routine form with anything but routine information. Amash, who recently applied for a new Israeli identity card, said she was born 120 years ago — a claim, if confirmed, that would make her the oldest person in the world.

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Our farm is only three years old, but it has become such a big part of our lives that it is strange to imagine life without it - or the pigs. We have about 80 of them at the moment, down from a high point of almost 130 at the start of the autumn.

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