Records

These goos are from the Records category, people famous for setting world records or other similar feats. Browse another way.

Anthony Gatto
Defying physics (of the "what goes up must come down" variety), neither rings, clubs, nor balls can kill this cat. Go »
Bao Xishun
No other goo can reach the towering record set by this Mongolian. Go »
Dave Kunst
It's normal that this circumambulator would have followers. I couldn't imagine it another way. Go »
Dave MacPherson
Plenty of Angelinos make an annual visit to Disneyland. This one was there before all of the others. Go »
Denise Mueller-Korenek
It took a salty attitude, but she finally pedaled to a world record. Go »
Dennis Tito
This businessman took one of the most expensive vacations in galactic history. Go »
Don Gorske
Ronald McDonald's biggest fan Go »
Emilio Palma
When people say they're "from the South," they don't mean it like this Argentinian. Go »
Felix Baumgartner
The new James Bond movie was not one of his promotional sponsors. Go »
Fergal Fleming
If looking for him makes your eyes hurt, just keep looking a little longer. If you get it incorrect, then contest this clue when you do find him. Go »
Gennady Samokhin
Many folks may see their life's work go under, but no one has taken it to this guy's extreme. Go »
Gertrude Ederle
crossed the English Go »
Halima Cisse
Talk about Birth of a Nation! Octomom can kiss her Malian ass. Go »
Hannah Stilley
Born before the United States was formed, she posed for the camera near the end of her life. Go »
Henry Earl
It was too difficult to choose one image for this record-holding Kentuckian, so several of his mug shots were selected. Go »
Hiroo Onoda
The last native Japanese soldier to give up the war now has a home in Brazil. Go »
Irv Gordon
Volvo's biggest fan went through 29 fan belts, among countless other parts, during his long ownership. Go »
James Holzhauer
This gambler likes to double his money daily when putting the champion in harms way. Could this goo be the next Jennings? Go »
Jasmine Harrison
It's not the fastest way to cross hemispheres, but for one young athlete, it did lead to a brand new world record. Go »
Jeanne Calment
You couldn't break this record if you had 122 years and 163 days to do it. Go »
Joseph Kittinger
If you're going to lose your record for space diving, the gracious thing to do is to join the team. Go »
Kane Tanaka
As of January, 2022, the most painful part of being the oldest person alive is watching everyone older than you dying. Go »
Kitty Burke
A League of Their Own aside, this is the only woman to actually bat in a major league baseball game. Go »
Laura Dekker
Magellan was the first person to circumnavigate the Earth. In 2012, this New Zealander set a similar record. Go »
Louise Brown
42 years ago today, a baby was born that changed the conception of humanity forever. Go »
Marilyn vos Savant
If this puzzle-loving columnist isn't smart enough to solve her own goo, nobody is. Go »
Matt Suter
This Missourian should have broken a lot of bones or should be buried underground, but instead of that, this teen survived and is doing the twist. Go »
Opha May Johnson
Before Drew Carey, R. Lee Ermey, John Glenn, or Ed McMahon, this lady was first. Go »
Ray & Wilma Yoder
The slogan is "old country store," not "whole country store." Go »
Richard Slayman
Two transplants, one of them a cross-species world first, did not ultimately save this Bostonian from a fate as deadly as his name. Go »
Sarah Fuller
The glass ceiling isn't going to shatter itself. Sometimes it needs a powerful kick or five. Go »
Tegan Humphrey
You shouldn't sing or hum free while trying to catch a mermaid. Go »
Teruo Nakamura
The last man standing was this Taiwanese soldier. Go »
Thomas Wedders
You say something smells fishy about this? I'll be the judge of that! Go »
Winter
Being the first of her kind to receive a prosthetic tail made for a successful tale at the movie theater. Go »
Zac Sunderland
For the first time in history, a teenager wanted to travel further on his summer vacation than the local mall. Go »