Even now, in the age of YouTube and TikTok, when you can catapult yourself into fame for feats of all kinds, the Guinness Book of Records continues to exist. But is it about the pursuit of knowledge or simply another big business? Imogen West-Knights discovers the history and appeal of the book today.

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The strange survival of Guinness World Records

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