Guinness world records

Guinness World Records is a famous book of world records about people, animals and the natural world. There is a new edition every year. It began 1951 with Sir Hugh Beaver. Sir Hugh was the managing director of the Irish company, Guinnes. Guinnes is the most famous beer in Ireland and it’s popular all over the world. One evening, Sir Hugh had a discussion about what was the fastest bird in Europe. He discovered that it was very diffivult to find the answer. Sir Hugh decided and Ross McWhirter, to compile information about the biggest, the fastest and the longest things in the world. Sir Hugh used money from his company Guinnes to pay them. Ayear later, they published the information in a book. Today, Guinness World Records has its own record. It’s the best selling non-reigious book in the world! You can buy it in 100 countries in 37 different languages.

For example:

The tallest man in history

The tallest man in history was an American, Robert Wadlow. He was 2.72 m tall! Wadlow was born in Illinois in 1918. At first his height was normal, but he starteed to grow very quickly  when he was four years old. When he was eight years four years old. When he was eight years old, he was already 1.88 m tall! He died in 1940. He was on 22 years old.

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