Witness History: Witness Archive 2015 - The Guinness Book of Records

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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)

Published on Thursday, 27th August 2015.

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