Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: the first jet plane or Guinness World Records?
The first jet plane came first, in 1939 (first flight). Guinness World Records followed 16 years later, in 1955 (first published).
- First1939
The first jet plane
aircraft · first flightThe first jet plane, the Heinkel He 178, flew in August 1939, only days before Germany invaded Poland.
- Second1955
Guinness World Records
book · first publishedGuinness World Records began in 1955 to settle arguments in pubs.
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