Guinness World Records officially named Titan, an ailing 4-year-old white Great Dane from San Diego, as the world's tallest dog.
The world's tallest living man has unveiled the world's largest gingerbread man at an Ikea outlet in Norway's capital, Oslo.
People in swimsuits dance during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest swimwear parade at one time, in Sydney November 12, 2009.
A man in northern Peru has had nearly 700g of metal removed from his stomach.
A pile of old coins which have helped keep the clock mechanism of London's Big Ben accurate for the last 150-years were replaced on Thursday by a new five pound ($8.29) coin to mark the 2012 Olympics.
Manjit Singh, known as the "Ironman," on Thursday pulled a double-decker bus weighing more than eight metric tons over a distance of 21.2 meters with his hair.
A former far-right British member of the European Parliament who cheated on his expense money to buy fine wine and a car was jailed on Wednesday for two years.
Battling with one of the world's highest murder rates, Venezuela on Wednesday crushed more than 30,000 guns seized from the streets during police raids this year.
A retired businesswoman has called for a nearby nine-hole golf course to be rearranged after a stray ball killed one of her sheep.
The parents who claimed that their young son had drifted away in a helium balloon will plead guilty to the charges against them, according to reports.
A female shark in New Zealand had an "impromptu" caesarean-section birth after it was attacked.
It's still not cheap, but Livin' La Vida Madoff may now cost a bit less.