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LONDON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A 24-year-old British woman said she has set a world record by kissing 42 men within a 30-second time limit.

LONDON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Britain's Guinness World Records says Bao Xi Shun of China has regained his title of "world's tallest man" at 7 feet, 8.95 inches.

SHELBYVILLE, Ind., April 22 (UPI) -- Two of the five oldest people in the world got together in Indiana this weekend with their combined ages setting a Guinness World Record.

CHIFENG, Mongolia, July 9 (UPI) -- A Mongolian man may have broken the record for the world's tallest living man at 7 feet, 8.95 inches.

LONDON, June 13 (UPI) -- A record-breaking 2,060,285 text messages were sent in a bid get tickets for July's Live 8 concert in London, the Guinness Book of Records said Monday.