Glasgow is an incredibly talented city - from athletes to musicians to comedians - we have it all here in Glasgow, today we wanted to celebrate not only the best of the best, but the strangest of the strange.
Each year, the good folk at Guinness publish their world famous book - categorising the biggest and best records broken from across the globe for the last 70 years.
The idea came about in the early 1950’s when Sir Hugh Beaver (1890—1967), Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, attended a shooting party in County Wexford. There, he and his hosts argued about the fastest game bird* in Europe and failed to find an answer in any reference book.
In 1954, recalling his shooting party argument, Sir Hugh had the idea for a Guinness promotion based on the idea of settling pub arguments and invited the twins Norris (1925—2004) and Ross McWhirter (1925—75) who were fact-finding researchers from Fleet Street to compile a book of facts and figures.
Over 151 million copies of the Guinness Book of World Records have been sold to date - with 62,252 active record titles currently held in the database, and upwards of 50,000 record enquiries each year - last year saw over 7,300 records approved as world records.
Today we’re looking at the most impressive and most bizarre records held by Glaswegians, as well as records that were broken in Glasgow.
The idea came about in the early 1950’s when Sir Hugh Beaver (1890—1967), Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, attended a shooting party in County Wexford. There, he and his hosts argued about the fastest game bird* in Europe and failed to find an answer in any reference book.
![This is a strange one. The largest cotton bud / swab is 7.29 m (23 ft 11 in) long and was achieved by Glasgow Marrow in Glasgow on 27 August 2018. The Glasgow Marrow committee decided to break this record in order to raise awareness of the Anthony Nolan stem cell register, and the need for more donors to join the register. The cotton tip is 0.59 m (1 ft 11 in) in length and 0.1 m (4 in) in diameter.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/10/27/10/lARGEST%20COTTON%20BUD.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
5. Largest cotton bud / swab
This is a strange one. The largest cotton bud / swab is 7.29 m (23 ft 11 in) long and was achieved by Glasgow Marrow in Glasgow on 27 August 2018. The Glasgow Marrow committee decided to break this record in order to raise awareness of the Anthony Nolan stem cell register, and the need for more donors to join the register. The cotton tip is 0.59 m (1 ft 11 in) in length and 0.1 m (4 in) in diameter. | Contributed
![The largest blender and bottler of Scotch whisky is United Distillers, whose Shieldhall plant in Glasgow has the capacity to fill an estimated 210 million bottles of Scotch a year. This is equivalent to approximately 160 million litres or 35 million gallons, most of which is exported.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/10/27/10/Shieldhall%20bottling%20plant.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
6. Largest distillers - Scotch whisky
The largest blender and bottler of Scotch whisky is United Distillers, whose Shieldhall plant in Glasgow has the capacity to fill an estimated 210 million bottles of Scotch a year. This is equivalent to approximately 160 million litres or 35 million gallons, most of which is exported. | Contributed Photo: Getty Images
![The most top-flight domestic league titles won by a football club is 55, by Rangers FC, in the Scottish Division 1 and Scottish Premier League, between 1891 and 2021. Rangers won their 55th domestic league title denying Celtic their chance to claim their 10th successive SPFL title. Rangers claimed their latest title with 6 games left to play and an unassailable 20 point lead.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/10/26/18/newFile-10.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
7. Most domestic league titles
The most top-flight domestic league titles won by a football club is 55, by Rangers FC, in the Scottish Division 1 and Scottish Premier League, between 1891 and 2021. Rangers won their 55th domestic league title denying Celtic their chance to claim their 10th successive SPFL title. Rangers claimed their latest title with 6 games left to play and an unassailable 20 point lead. | Getty Images
![The Glasgow Tower at the Glasgow Science Centre is 127 m (416 ft) tall. It is the tallest tower in the world which can rotate fully through 360 degrees from its base to the top. It was opened to the public in the spring of 2001.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/10/27/10/Glasgow%20tower%201.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
8. Tallest fully rotating tower
The Glasgow Tower at the Glasgow Science Centre is 127 m (416 ft) tall. It is the tallest tower in the world which can rotate fully through 360 degrees from its base to the top. It was opened to the public in the spring of 2001. | Contributed