Oro Valley, Arizona, United States--Jessica Cox, who was born without arms due to a rare birth defect. earned her Sport Pilot certificate flying a light-sport aircraft by using her feet to control the plane, thus setting the world record for being the World's First Licensed Armless Pilot.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States--RetroEscapes, the new theme park would be based in Las Vegas, would be split into five lands, with each dedicated to a different decade – 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s; it will set the record for being the World's First Retro Theme Park, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Zurich, Switzerland--The new tool called MetaGraph, developed by scientists at ETH Zurich, allows rapid searches across vast genetic databases by compressing and indexing genetic data, setting the world record for the World's first genetic search engine, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Houston, Texas, United States--Lapsi Health announced the launch of Keikku 2.0, a breakthrough medical tool for clinicians who can listen, document, and diagnose in real time with a single device, the World's First FDA-Cleared Digital Stethoscope with Integrated AI Scribe, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Durneşti, Botoșani county, Romania--Three-color bee honey, a beekeeping product invented by the young Romanian beekeeper Iustin Marineac from Botoșani, sets the world record for the World's first honey jar with three vertical layers, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY

Vatican City, Rome, Italy--Having passed all the posthumous trials necessary for sainthood, Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 aged 15, was canonized by Pope Leo, during an open-air ceremony in St Peter's Square for the World's First Millennial Saint, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Bucharest, Romania--Răducan Necula, widely known as Rică Răducanu, a retired Romanian football goalkeeper, was known for his great saves; in a game against Farul Constanța, he was signaled by the linesman to be out of the game, thus setting the world record for being the World's first goalkeeper to be caught offside.

Bucharest, Romania--Carol Popp de Szathmari was a Romanian painter, lithographer, and photographer; for his pictures of the battlefield taken during the first year of the Russo-Turkish war, later known as the Crimean War, he sets the world record for being the World's First Combat Photographer.

New York City, New York, United States--The Shed in Hudson Yards, Manhattan, commissions, produces, and presents a wide range of activities in performing arts, visual arts, and pop culture; it sets the world record for being the World's First Movable Arts Center.

Los Angeles, California, United States--A UCLA Health surgical team led by Dr. Nima Nassiri, with assistance from Dr. Inderbir Gill successfully completed a human bladder transplant, setting the world record for the World's First Human Bladder Transplant, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States--In a warehouse outside Phoenix, Arizona, thousands of herbs and vegetables are growing in robot-powered bins, moving smoothly through a towering, Rubik’s cube-like grid; this is Opollo Farm, a fully automated vertical farming system built by AutoStore and OnePointOne, which sets the world record for being the World's First Robotic Vertical Farm, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Shanghai, China--A mall in China’s Shanghai has introduced a Gold ATM that allows people to sell their gold jewellery in just 30 minutes; developed by China’s Kinghood Group, is designed to analyze, melt and weigh gold items, setting the world record for being the World's First Gold Recycling ATM, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Vatican City State--Pope Francis, (17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death in 2025, has set the world record for being the World's First Pope the Americas, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Săpânța, Maramureș County, Romania--The Merry Cemetery, a cemetery in the village of Săpânța, Maramureș County, Romania, is famous for its brightly colored tombstones with naïve paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the people who are buried there in addition to scenes from their lives; Stan Ioan Pătraș, a local artist carved the first epitaph back in 1935; the cemetery sets the world record for being the World's First Merry Cemetery, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Branson, Missouri, United States--Outlaw Run, a wooden roller coaster designed by Alan Schilke, located at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, features a 162-foot (49 m) drop, three inversions, and a maximum speed of 68 mph (109 km/h), thus setting the world record for being the World's First Wooden Roller Coaster to Feature Multiple Inversions, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Avrig, Sibiu County, Romania-- Inside the Brambura Park, the newest attraction in Sibiu County, Romania, in addition to the Upside Down House, the main attraction, visitors will find playgrounds, a restaurant with a terrace, a small zoo with Alpacas, dwarf deer and bunnies in an enchanted forest and an area with inflatable slides and huge trampolines; the park, which covers an area of ​​6 hectares, sets the world record for being the World's First Upside Down House Theme Park, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Providence, Rhode Island, United States--Walter Scott, a part-time pressman and typesetter in Providence, Rhode Island, sold food out of a horse-pulled wagon to employees of the Providence Journal, in Providence, Rhode Island; his idea sets the world record for being the World's First Diner with Walk-up Service, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Seattle, Washington, United States--The sales catalog for musician and inventor Paul Tutmarc's company Audiovox featured his "Model 736 Bass Fiddle", a solid-bodied electric bass guitar with four strings, a 30+1⁄2-inch (775-millimetre) scale length, and a single pickup; around 100 were made during this period, setting the world record for the World's First Bass Guitar, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Charleston, West Virginia, United States--Mordecai Levi, a Charlestonian, constructed a brick road on Summers Street in Charleston, West Virginia, between Virginia Street and Kanawha Street in 1870 with financial backing from Dr. John Hale; by 1873, the whole block had been paved, setting the world record for being the World's First Brick-Paved Road, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.