A Debate After A Bird Shoot Spurs The Best Selling Book In History

Sir Hugh Beaver needed to settle a debate, so he compiled a book

The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published in October of 1955, spurred from an idea that came from Sir Hugh Beaver, the Managing Director of the Guinness Ale Company. While shooting birds with friends in Wexford County, Ireland, a group of golden plovers flew overhead. Sir Hugh shouldered his gun and promptly missed.

Later that eveni…