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** The ''Creator/{{Scholastic}} Book of World Records'' series, which devotes an entire page to the record holder as well as lists the four runners up.
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** The ''Creator/{{Scholastic}} Book of World Records'' series, which devotes an entire page to the record holder as well as lists the four runners up.up.
* FranchiseOwnershipAcquisition: Guinness World Records was owned by the aptly named Guinness Superlatives for decades. The group was later purchased by beverage company Diageo. In 2001, Gullane Entertainment purchased Guinness PLC, and Gullane itself was bought by Creator/HITEntertainment just one year later. In 2008, HIT's then-parent company, Apax Partners, sold ''Guinness World Records'' to the Jim Pattinson Group of ''Literature/RipleysBelieveItOrNot'' fame.
* FranchiseOwnershipAcquisition: Guinness World Records was owned by the aptly named Guinness Superlatives for decades. The group was later purchased by beverage company Diageo. In 2001, Gullane Entertainment purchased Guinness PLC, and Gullane itself was bought by Creator/HITEntertainment just one year later. In 2008, HIT's then-parent company, Apax Partners, sold ''Guinness World Records'' to the Jim Pattinson Group of ''Literature/RipleysBelieveItOrNot'' fame.
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** 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.
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** 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.
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* FollowTheLeader: A few other books about world records (mainly having the same format) have sprung up over the years.
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* FollowTheLeader: A few other books about world records (mainly having the same format) format of book) have sprung up over the years.
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* FollowTheLeader: A few other books about world records (mainly having the same format) have sprung up over the years.
** The ''Top 10 of Everything'' series, which lists ten of the biggest records of something.
** The ''Creator/Scholastic Book of World Records'' series, which devotes an entire page to the record holder as well as lists the four runners up.
** The ''Top 10 of Everything'' series, which lists ten of the biggest records of something.
** The ''Creator/Scholastic Book of World Records'' series, which devotes an entire page to the record holder as well as lists the four runners up.
