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The Guinness Book of Records
It's sixty years since the first edition of one of the world's best-selling books was published. Compiled by the McWhirter brothers, the idea for the book arose after an argument at a shooting party in Ireland.
(Image: Norris and Ross McWhirter. Credit: Guinness World Records)
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