Guinness

American

[gin-is] / ˈgɪn ɪs /

noun

Sir Alec, 1914–2000, English actor.

Guinness British

/ ˈɡɪnɪs /

noun

Sir Alec. 1914–2000, British stage and film actor. His films include Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won an Oscar, and Star Wars (1977); TV roles include Le Carré's George Smiley

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Hundreds of Star Trek fans are set to gather at London's Science Museum to try and set the Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous Vulcan salute.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

And they all came out a healthy weight — a combined 19 pounds, about three pounds short of the world record total weight for triplets, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Oyo, who Guinness World Records listed as the world's youngest reigning monarch, external, ruled over more than two million people.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

That record was promptly toppled that March when a group of seven Berkeley students completed a run in five hours and 47 minutes, a feat certified as a Guinness World Record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Guinness World Records would come on at eight.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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