How did the Guinness Book of Records come about?

Guinness World Records originated from Guinness Beer in Ireland.

1759, a man named Arthur Guinness built a brewery in St. James' Gate Street, Dublin, Ireland, to produce a kind of beer with rich foam, mellow taste and deep color, which is Guinness stout.

By 1833, it has developed into the largest brewery in Ireland. 1886 Arthur Guinness set up a company in London. By 1930s, Guinness had two breweries in Britain, producing strong beer. "Guinness beer is good for health", "Guinness beer keeps fit" and "My God! My Guinness! " Slogans can be seen everywhere. In the small bar called Pop, which can be seen everywhere in urban and rural areas, only Guinness beer is sold. Whenever night falls, people gather in this kind of bar with a glass of Guinness in their hands, which is the largest and fastest bar in Hu Kan ... But Guinness actually doesn't own any bar except the Castle Hotel in Hum Hop Rattan Farm in Baudieres, Sussex, so it has been exploring development plans.

195 1 year, at a hunting party in Wexford, Sir Hugh Beaver, the executive director of British kiness Beer Company, missed a golden pheasant. He complained that it was the fastest bird in the world. But his companion disagreed and had an argument with him. The beaver was enraged. He wanted to find arguments from books to support himself, but he was surprised to find that no book described the speed of birds in such detail. 1954, there is another argument about whether grouse is faster than golden pheasant. Sir Hugh realized that people often encounter such problems in bars. If a book can provide an answer to this argument, it will not only help people find the basis for bragging, but also help people get drunk and sell more wine, and bar owners will benefit a lot. So he decided to publish a book by his own company to record this "best in the world".

Chris Chatterway is a record-breaking athlete. He works as a junior brewer at the Royal Brewery in Guinness Park, London. He recommended the right people to write books-his twin brothers Norris and Ross mcwhorter, whom he met at the sports meeting, were sprinters at Oxford University. The mcwhorter brothers opened a data collection station in Fleet Street. Mcwhorter brothers were born in August 1925, and they like to collect all kinds of anecdotes since childhood. The cooperation between them often makes experienced old reporters stunned. A reporter said: "Their brains are interconnected, just like transistor electronic computers. They can speak in codes that only they can understand. One person forgets something, and another person will definitely find it. " 1On September 2, 954, Beaver met with the twin brothers, hoping that their statistical agency in London could help him compile the book Guinness World Records. Therefore, a special group was set up in Fleet Street 107, London, and intense compilation work began.

1955 On August 27th, the printing house completed the binding of the first Guinness Book of World Records. This booklet, with only 198 pages, topped the British bestseller list before Christmas that year, because no company has collected, certified and provided such rich and authoritative world record information. This book has 12 items, including sports, science, business, architecture, nature and so on, of which 1/4 is about sports. I didn't expect this Guinness World Record to spread like wildfire, and its reputation far exceeded Guinness Dark Beer. The following year, the first American version was published, and soon it was published in French, German and Japanese.

The Guinness World Record won by Curiosity caters to the tastes of western readers and forms a kind of "Guinness Movement". Many people abroad are trying their best to create all kinds of strange records so that their names can be included in the book. This book itself is one of the best in the world. In the British Library, the most stolen book is Guinness World Records.

The English version of Guinness World Records has been published in more than 70 countries, and there are 22 non-English versions. At present, the global cumulative sales volume exceeds 95 million copies.

Guinness World Records also has its own museum. 1978 The Guinness Museum in Gothenburg was opened to the public for the first time. It is the earliest Guinness Museum still in operation. Here you can find the Beatles' earliest items and other "best in the world".

Guinness has other achievements, such as "Top Songs in Guinness English", which was first published in 1977, and now it has been published in 13. There is also Guinness World Records TV, which has been broadcast since the 1990s and is now broadcast in 35 countries around the world. Guinness Publishing Company does more than just publish a book. Therefore, it was renamed as "Guinness World Records Co., Ltd." on July 1999.

Every year, thousands of people all over the world apply for the Guinness Book of World Records. In 200 1 year alone, 60,000 people apply for the record, including many successful people. At present, according to the statistical results of application materials, the regions with the most applications are the United States, Britain, Australia and India.

Breaking the Guinness Book of Records means surpassing it. It means the same as breaking a record in a sports competition.