In 1954, the Guinness Book of Records was launched by twin brothers
Norris and Ross McWhirter. They were born in August 1925 at Winchmore
Hill, London, the sons of William Allan McWhirter, managing director of
Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Newspapers Group.
Both went to the
same college, both were outstanding track athletes, and both served in
the Royal Naval in WWII. To date, more than 100 million copies of the
400 editions of Guinness Book of Records have been sold in some 40
languages, making it one of the world’s all-time best-selling copyright
book. But the Guinness Book of Records also holds the record for being
the book most often stolen from public libraries.
When asked what the
most ridiculous thing is that had to be verified as a world record,
Norris replied: “I interviewed Miss Universe while we stood on the chest
of a man lying on a bed of nails. She was wearing stilettos, but I
don’t think it made much difference to him. That was in New York City
and we were being filmed by about six or seven TV channels.”
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