History YMMV / GuinnessWorldRecords

* Despite her claims to the contrary, it looks as if the record set by American porn performer Lisa Sparks (sex with 919 men in 12 hours, or 47 seconds per man) is very definitely not listed. The fact that succeeding in the attempt caused chronic physical damage to Ms Sparks, rather than propriety, is likely to be the reason.

** The record for heaviest cat was discontinued out of fear of people overfeeding their pets.

-->"If I could talk to all those people who bullied me, beat me up and really disrespected me, do you know what I'd say? I'd say thank you. Because it really made me stronger."

* IronWoobie: Zion Clark (see [[https://guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/9/no-excuses-zion-clark-achieves-record-for-fastest-20m-on-hands-676320 here]] and [[https://guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/10/zion-clark-the-fastest-man-on-two-hands-smashes-two-more-records-723045 here]]), holder of the records for "fastest 20 m walking on hands", "highest box jump with the hands", and "most diamond push ups in three minutes". He was born without legs, as a result of his biological mother doing drugs while pregnant. He was then in foster care for his entire childhood, being adopted mere days before aging out of the system. On top of that, he was bullied at school due to his condition. And yet, he is still living his adult life to the fullest; his prominent "NO EXCUSES" tattoo highlights this fact.
-->"If I could talk to all those people who bullied me, beat me up and really disrespected me, do you know what I'd say? I'd say thank you. Because it really made me stronger."
* TearJerker: Arcturus and Cygnus, holders of the records for "tallest domestic cat ever" and "longest tail on a domestic cat ever", [[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2017/12/cygnus-and-arcturus-tallest-cat-and-kitty-with-the-longest-tail-have-died-during-502383 died in a house fire]] at two years old. Their owner later said that it was difficult for him to adopt any new cats after that.

* TearJerker: Arcturus and Cygnus, holders of the records for "tallest cat" and "longest tail on a cat", [[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2017/12/cygnus-and-arcturus-tallest-cat-and-kitty-with-the-longest-tail-have-died-during-502383 died in a house fire]] at two years old. Their owner later said that it was difficult for him to adopt any new cats after that.

** The record for heaviest cat was discontinued out of fear of people overfeeding their pets.

** You will look in vain for World's Youngest-Ever Mother, for instance: as the record-holder was only ''five'', this category was discreetly dropped partly because of the paedophilia connotation and partly because there was a well-grounded fear that somebody out there would seek to '''beat''' this record, with legal implications for any publication seen to be implicitly encouraging the attempt. [[note]]The "youngest mother" record was also dropped because the unfortunate holder, from a Third World South American nation, had eaten a diet of meat packed with fertility hormones which had brought about a ''very'' early puberty. As she was indeed also a victim of paedophilia--a male relative was later imprisoned, but released due to lack of evidence, and the identity of the biological father remains a mystery--Guinness World Records deleted all reference to her, out of respect for all the misfortunes she had suffered.[[/note]]

** You will look in vain for World's Youngest-Ever Mother, for instance: as the record-holder was only ''five'', this category was discreetly dropped partly because of the [[UnfortunateImplications paedophilia connotation and partly because there was a well-grounded fear that somebody out there would seek to]] '''[[UnfortunateImplications beat]]''' [[UnfortunateImplications this record]], with legal implications for any publication seen to be implicitly encouraging the attempt. [[note]]The "youngest mother" record was also dropped because the unfortunate holder, from a Third World South American nation, had eaten a diet of meat packed with fertility hormones which had brought about a ''very'' early puberty. As she was indeed also a victim of paedophilia--a male relative was later imprisoned, but released due to lack of evidence, and the identity of the biological father remains a mystery--Guinness World Records deleted all reference to her, out of respect for all the misfortunes she had suffered.[[/note]]

* BrokenBase: Guinness's relations with the video gaming community, especially the speedrunning community, is turbulent. Speedrunners such as Karl Jobst accused Guiness of uncritically accepting records from Twin Galaxies without verification, and Billy Mitchell's records for ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' and ''VideoGame/PacMan'' were stripped by Guinness after it was discovered he used an emulator rather than the original hardware.

* BrokenBase: Guinness's relations with the video gaming community, especially the speedrunning community, is turbulent. Speedrunners such as Karl Jobst accused Guiness of uncritically accepting records from Twin Galaxies without verification, and Billy Mitchell's records for ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' and ''VideoGame/PacMan'' were stripped by Guiness after it was discovered he used an emulator rather than the original hardware.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Sadly one of the twin brothers who founded the Guinness Book Of Records, Ross [=McWhirter=] was murdered on his own doorstep by Provisional IRA members for his trenchant comments on how UsefulNotes/TheTroubles should be dealt with. His brother carried on the series after his untimely death.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Sadly one of the twin brothers who founded the Guinness Book Of Records, Ross [=McWhirter=] [[note]]He was also an extreme conservative and right-wing commentator who supported Apartheid South Africa and advocated for the registration of Irish people in the United Kingdom[[/note]] was murdered on his own doorstep by Provisional IRA members for his trenchant comments on how UsefulNotes/TheTroubles should be dealt with. His brother carried on the series after his untimely death.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Sadly one of the twin brothers who founded the Guinness Book Of Records, Ross [=McWhirter=] [[note]]He was also an extreme conservative and right-wing commentator[[/note]] was murdered on his own doorstep by Irish terrorists for his trenchant comments on how UsefulNotes/TheTroubles should be dealt with. His brother carried on the series after his untimely death.

** You will look in vain for World's Youngest-Ever Mother, for instance: as the record-holder was only ''five'', this category was discreetly dropped partly because of the [[UnfortunateImplications paedophilia connotation and partly because there was a well-grounded fear that somebody out there would seek to]] '''[[UnfortunateImplications beat]]''' [[UnfortunateImplications this record]], with legal implications for any publication seen to be implicitly encouraging the attempt. [[note]]The "youngest mother" record was also dropped because the unfortunate holder, from a Third World South American nation, had eaten a diet of meat packed with fertility hormones which had brought about a ''very'' early puberty. As she was indeed also a victim of paedophilia--a male relative was later imprisoned--Guinness World Records deleted all reference to her, out of respect for all the misfortunes she had suffered.[[/note]]

* The record for heaviest cat was discontinued out of fear of people overfeeding their pets.

** The "Loudest Band" category was dropped due to increasing awareness of the high incidence of permanent hearing damage caused by loud music.

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Certain categories have been retired due to fears that people could damage themselves - or others - in a lawsuit-inducing way by trying them.

** You will look in vain for World's Youngest-Ever Mother, for instance: as the record-holder was only ''five'', this category was discreetly dropped partly because of the [[UnfortunateImplications paedophilia connotation and partly because there was a well-grounded fear that somebody out there would seek to '''beat''' this record]], with legal implications for any publication seen to be implicitly encouraging the attempt. [[note]]The "youngest mother" record was also dropped because the unfortunate holder, from a Third World South American nation, had eaten a diet of meat packed with fertility hormones which had brought about a VERY early puberty. As she was indeed also a victim of paedophilia - a male relative was later imprisoned - the Guinness Book deleted all reference to her, out of respect for all the misfortunes she had suffered. [[/note]]

** You will look in vain for World's Youngest-Ever Mother, for instance: as the record-holder was only ''five'', this category was discreetly dropped partly because of the [[UnfortunateImplications paedophilia connotation and partly because there was a well-grounded fear that somebody out there would seek to '''beat''' this record]], with legal implications for any publication seen to be implicitly encouraging the attempt. [[note]]The "youngest mother" record was also dropped because the unfortunate holder, from a Third World South American nation, had eaten a diet of meat packed with fertility hormones which had brought about a VERY early puberty. As she was indeed also a victim of paedophilia - a male relative was later imprisoned - the Guinness Book deleted all reference to her, out of respect for all the misfortunes she had suffered. [[/note]]

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: [[TeenPregnancy Certain categories]] have been retired due to fears that people could damage themselves - or others - in a lawsuit-inducing way by trying them.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Sadly one of the twin brothers who founded the Guinness Book Of Records, Ross [=McWhirter=] [[note]]He was also an extreme conservative and right-wing commentator[[/note]] was murdered on his own doorstep by Irish terrorists for his trenchant comments on how TheTroubles should be dealt with. His brother carried on the series after his untimely death.

** You will look in vain for World's Youngest-Ever Mother, for instance: as the record-holder was only ''five'', this category was discreetly dropped partly because of the [[UnfortunateImplications paedophilia connotation and partly because there was a well-grounded fear that somebody out there would seek to '''beat''' this record]], with legal implications for any publication seen to be implicitly encouraging the attempt. [[note]]The "youngest mother" record was also dropped because the unfortunate holder, from a Third World South American nation, had eaten a diet of meat packed with fertility hormones which had brought about a VERY early puberty. As she was indeed also a victim of paedophilia - a male relative was later imprisoned - the Guinness Book deleted all reference to her, out of respect for all the misfortunes she had suffered. [[/note]]

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