When was the Gillis World Record established?

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The Guinness Book of World Records (also known as the Guinness Book of World Records) was first published in 1954, and the boss was Sir Hugh Beaver, the executive director of the famous Guinness Brewery. The twin brothers Norris mcwhorter and Ross mcwhorter undertook the editing work.

Guinness World Records is related to beer. 1759, an Irishman named Guinness opened a beer workshop in Dublin, and the beer produced was named Guinness Beer. After more than 200 years of efforts, Guinness beer has been sold to more than 0/00 countries and regions in the world, so Guinness is famous. It is said that when people drink in Guinness, they often argue about what is the biggest, smallest, heaviest and lightest in the world while drinking. In order to attract customers, the company boss printed some brochures to answer these questions. Over time, it became the prototype of Guinness World Records. 1954, the company was established in London, England, and the Guinness Book of World Records was published on August 7th. This book contains 198 the best in the world. As soon as it came out, it aroused readers' interest and became a best seller. Revise and enrich the content of 1/5 every year and release a new version. Now it has been translated into dozens of languages, with a total print run of 60 million copies.

Mcwhorter's twin brother also set a Guinness World Record. They were born in 1925. They all studied at Trinity College, Oxford University, and obtained a master's degree in economic law. They are all members of the track and field team of Oxford University. They all served in the Royal Navy. They are all BBC TV and radio commentators. Norris has been to dozens of countries and met hundreds of world record creators. He has 50 editors, and he has to deal with more than 4,000 letters every day to select valuable world records and prove them to be true before being included in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Guinness World Records is divided into 12 parts: 1) human beings; Animal and plant kingdoms; 3) Nature; 4) Universe and space; 5) the scientific community; 6) Art and entertainment; 7. The structure of the world; 8) mechanical world; 9) the business world; 10) the human world; 1 1) human achievements; 12) sports, games and entertainment. There are other appendices and so on.

There is a passage on the back cover of this book, which can best summarize the content of this book:

The biggest diamond. The farthest star. The deepest man-made hole. The highest IQ. The longest war. The fastest runner. The fattest woman. Plus more troubles and troubles (there are thousands of others in the world). Find them in this huge new edition of Guinness World Records (all these can be found in this latest masterpiece Guinness World Records). )

The world's longest Chinese painting scroll "The Fisherman's Music" was officially recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records by the famous China painter Wang Chengxi.