Guinness World Records a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might prove successful. Beaver's idea became reality when Guinness employee Christopher Chataway recommended University friends Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London. The twin brothers were commissioned to compile what became "The Guinness Book of Records" in August 1954. A thousand copies were printed and given away. After the founding of "The Guinness Book of Records" at 107 Fleet Street, London, the first 198-page edition was bound on 27 August 1955 and went to the top of the British best seller lists by Christmas.
Stewart and Cyril Marcus Stewart and Cyril Marcus Stewart and Cyril Marcus (June 2, 1930 – July 17, 1975) were identical twin gynecologists who practiced together in New York City. They died together in July 1975 at the age of 45. The brothers were born on June 2, 1930. They were gynecologists on the staff of New York Hospital and Cornell University Medical College. The Marcus brothers' lives and the circumstances of their deaths are the subject of an article in Ron Rosenbaum's collection of essays, "The Secret Parts of Fortune." Film director David Cronenberg drew on elements from the biography of the Marcus