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Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh, 20, who is from a remote village in Iran's West Azerbaijan Province, has become the new shortest male as of Tuesday after being found to be 6.86cm shorter than the previous record holder

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Last week, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports and Tourism Authority Thailand announced that 8,745 people from Surin province succeeded in setting a new record of "the highest number of people folding fabric animals simultaneously" in the Guinness World Record. This event was part of the Elephant Festival, an annual…

Marathon man Ricardo Pallisco bids to walk 100 miles, heaving a 100lb pack for Who Dares Cares

The annual elephant festival in Surin attracted more than the usual attention last week after featuring an attempt to enter the hallowed Guinness Book of Records. Alas, the only record achieved was that hundreds of student "volunteers" roasted in the sun, exposed for hours to high temperatures reaching 39C.

With a 13 inch right foot and 12.7 inch left foot, Tanya Herbert has broken the Guinness World Record for the largest feet of any human female.

Cork woman Ronnie Griffin, 57, is the only female pub boss in all of Qatar and told the Irish Mirror from The Irish Pub: 'I hope we have enough booze'

At COP27 in Egypt, Diageo says they hope to cut water use by 30 per cent by 2030

Mr Filatov was called in after the harsh travel ban was issued by Moscow against 52 Irish politicians and businessmen, including the Taoiseach and Tánaiste.