<Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 10 November 1951--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Published in English </Th> <Td> 27 August 1955--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Book, television </Td> </Tr> <P> Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world . The brainchild of Sir Hugh Beaver, the book was co-founded by brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter in Fleet Street, London in August 1954 . </P>

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