Californians made and broke world records in 2025, while others were lost due to the January wildfires, like one in Altadena.

As a child I loved Tom Thumb, the perfectly formed human who was only a couple of inches tall; he roamed the countryside while sitting on the back of a mouse or hitched a ride in the ear of a horse.

TUKO.co.ke looks at how the Guinness World Records approves titles, from the application process to the criteria for verifying extraordinary feats.