#52: The Guinness World Records

English Learning for Curious Minds

It's a collection of the biggest, fastest, and weirdest things in the world.

But how much do you really know about The Guinness World Records?

Today we look at the story behind the book, and discover how an argument about a bird turned into one of the best selling books in the world.

Here's what you have to look forward to in today's episode:

• Finding out the answers to things before the internet
• How the idea for the Guinness Book of Records came about
• The McWhirter twins and their photographic memory
• Record-breaking is big business
• Three strange records (Big Macs, Star Wars, and tall men)
• How to become a record-breaker (and how much it costs)
• Why there are so many 'strange' records (and who pays for them)
• Guinness gets all the free publicity

Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/guinness-world-records

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