The new Guinness World Records annual has been released with records on display ranging from the largest electric toothbrush, to a collection of wacky vehicles and the largest hands and feet on a teenager.
The 2025 edition includes 2,115 record achievements from around the world, Guinness said, with over 80 per cent new and updated this year.
16-year-old Eric Kilburn Jr from America is one of those who made the book, wearing size 23 shoes, he took the record for the largest hands and feet on a teenager.
Ruth Amos stands proudly with an electric toothbrush over six-feet high that won her spot in the Guinness Book of World Records 2025. - AP
Other record holders include the Sudha Cars Museum in Hyderabad, India. Run by 68-year-old Sudhakar Kanyaboyina they have the largest collection of wacky vehicles in a museum with some made from items like cricket bats and a snooker table.
''All my cars have suspension. All my cars (have a) different type of wheel placement,’’ Kanyaboyina said, saying working on something and seeing it finished is still exciting.
In the UK, winners included Ruth Amos and Shawn Brown, who made an electric toothbrush over six-feet high. The pair have a YouTube channel bringing kids inventions to life and this came about after a suggestion from one of their young viewers.
“So, the reason we ended up bringing to life the world's largest electric toothbrush is because me and my friend Sean have a YouTube channel where we bring to life kids invention ideas," Ruth said.
"So, four to eleven year-olds send us their invention ideas as pictures or videos and we bring them to life. And 11-year-old George, sent us his idea for a giant electric toothbrush and as soon as we saw it, we knew we had to build it”
Olga from the UK, here with one of her dogs, Simba, was awarded four certificates for various records. - Reuters
Meanwhile British dog owner Olga scored four certificates with her pets Simba and Bonnie for tricks including teaching a dog to hang socks, something she joked that was easier than teaching her kids.
“So, I was thinking, “well, maybe if I could teach a dog to hang socks, maybe, maybe my kids will do it better''. So, that's how we started," Olga said.
"Simba learned to hang socks in about a week, but boys still, no. I think it's easier to train dogs than kids, to be honest, I will stick with that.”
Other record holders include Irish magician, Cillian O’Connor, who holds the record for most magic tricks in a minute for under 16s, and Japanese skateboarder Ema Kawakami who won a record for skateboarding, when he managed to do a trick called a 'backside 540' 13 times in a minute.