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World Service,27 Aug 2015,8 mins

The Guinness Book of Records

Witness History

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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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