The Amazon is the widest river in the world. Many kilometers from its mouth it can be as wide as 11 kilometers, and 40 kilometers in the wet season; at the place where it meets the Atlantic, it is as much as 325 kilometers.
World's widest tunnel
The world's widest Yangtze River tunnel with an inner diameter of 13.7 meters located under the Yangtze River in Shanghai. The 8.9-km tunnel is part of a 12.6 billion yuan ($1.84 billion) bridge and tunnel project to link Shanghai with Chongming Island, the country's third largest after Taiwan and Hainan.
World's furthest eyeball popper
Kim Goodman who live in USA can pop her eyeballs to a protrusion of 12 mm (0.47 in) beyond her eye sockets. Congrats!
World's the most pierced woman
Most pierced woman named Elaine Davidson have total of 720 piercings (by now probably even more)! Elaine Davidson lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
World's loudest burp
The world's loudest burp measured from a distance of 2.5 m and 1 m high, read 104.9 dB on a certified and calibrated class 1 precision measuring noise level meter, and was achieved by Paul Hunn (UK).
World's longest aerobics class marathon
The longest aerobics marathon is 24 hours and was performed by Duberney Trujillo (Colombia) in the car park of Olimpica Mall, Dosquebradas, Colombia on February 26-27, 2005.
World's coldest capital city
It is a city in Mongolia called Ulaanbaatar, with an average annual chilly temperature of 29.7°F and -1.3°C. Only then becomes Moscow in Russia with temperature 39.4°F/4.1°C
World's brightest bike light
Blindingly bright light that retails for as much as $1,185 is called "Betty". The Betty, made by Germany's Lupine Lighting Systems, generates so much heat that if a rider isn't moving fast enough to create wind, the light will automatically start dimming itself to prevent the light from overheating. At 1,400 lumens, it's about as bright as a car's headlight, the company says.
World's largest tea museum
Taiwan is the location what is reputed to be the world's largest tea museum - the Pinglin Tea Industry Museum which opened on January 12, 1997. The museum, located in the green hills of Pinglin in Taipei county, took eight years and US$10 million to complete.
World's largest thermometer
Spotted from the Interstate between Barstow and Las Vegas, the world's tallest thermometer has a digital readout that displays the outside temperature. It is 134 feet high, the same number as the highest air temperature ever recorded in North America, measured in 1934 at nearby Death Valley.
World's largest easter egg
Vegreville, Canada is the site of the largest Easter egg in the world. The Easter egg or Ukrainian 'Pysanka,' was constructed in 1975 to commemorate early Ukrainian settlements in an area east of Edmonton. Egg Facts - Egg Width: 25.7 feet; Egg Height: 18.3 feet; Total Height: 31.6 feet
World's largest optical telescope
The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) ("Great Telescope Canary Islands"), sometimes called GranTeCan, is a 10.4 m reflecting telescope and is undertaking commissioning observations at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the island of La Palma, Spain.
World's largest Jigsaw puzzle
"LIFE - The Great Challenge" - world's largest commercial jigsaw puzzle, contains 24,000 number of pieces. Finished Puzzle Size: 428cm x 157cm (4.28m x 1.57m) - 168.5 in x 61.8 in (14ft 0.5 in x 5ft. 1.8in)
World's largest diamond mine
The mine is located in Mirny, Siberia and is a whopping 1200 meters deep! It is so deep in fact that the surrounding "air zone is closed for helicopters" after "a few accidents when they were 'sucked in' by downward air flow."
World's slowest animal
Considered the slowest animals on Earth - Sloths - really are slow. Sloths move only when necessary and even then very slowly: they have about half as much muscle tissue as other animals of similar weight. They can move at a marginally higher speed if they are in immediate danger from a predator (4.5 m or 15 feet per minute).
The coldest place on Earth
Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. At the 3-kilometer (2 mi)-high Vostok Station in Antarctica, scientists recorded Earth's lowest temperature: −89 °C (−129 °F). For comparison, this is 11°C colder than subliming dry ice.
World’s hottest curry
The lamb curry named Bolly Burner, measures 855,000 on the Scoville scale - over 100 times hotter than the jalapeno pepper. The world’s hottest curry prepared by an Indian chef in a London restaurant, he was inspired by the Andhra cuisine and uses Naga peppers and seeds.
The deepest cave in the world
Krubera-Voronja Cave also known as the Cave of Kruber, Voronja is the deepest cave in the world with recent measurements extending to a total depth of 7188 feet (2191 m). It was the first cave to be explored to a depth of more than 2 km down.
World's biggest bookstore
The World's Biggest Bookstore was opened in 1978 by Jack Cole president of Coles Bookstore. It is a bookstore owned by Indigo Books and Music in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is unquestionably the biggest bookstore in the world when it first opened in 1980 in a converted bowling alley.
World's widest waterfall
This monstrous segmented waterfall on the Mekong River near the Cambodian border in the extreme southern part of Laos is the widest in the world - Khone is stretching to as much as 14 kilometers wide during the monsoon season!
The world's largest cuckoo clock
A real Cuckoo Clock. Built to Champs order in 1986.
It took 8 months for Dold of Germany to custom build this outstanding clock.
It took 8 months for Dold of Germany to custom build this outstanding clock.
World's smallest baby
Rumaisa (Roo-may-sa) Rahman, the smallest baby in the world, weighing 8.6 ounces (260 grams) – about the size of a cell phone. Rumaisa and her sister, Hiba, (Hee-bah) were born on Sept. 19, 2004, at Loyola University Medical Center at 25 weeks and six days of gestation by a caesarean section.
World's brightest flashlight
Flashlight named The Torch is easily capable of melting plastic, lighting paper on fire within seconds, and if you want, frying an egg or a marshmallow on a stick! At 4100 lumens, The Torch is 100 lumens more powerful than The Polarion Helios, the former most powerful flashlight.
World's longest hair
The world's longest documented hair belongs to Xie Qiuping (China) at 5.627 m (18 ft 5.54 in) when measured on May 8, 2004. She has been growing her hair since 1973 from the age of 13.
World's largest spider
The goliath birdeater tarantula Theraphosa blondii is arguably the world's largest spider. This South American arachnid prowls the rain forests where it hunts at night. It can reach one foot (30 cm) in length and comes fully equiped with inch long (2.5 cm) fangs.
Smallest mobile phone in the world
This phone is new on the market but it’s already been named “The World’s Lightest Phone” by The Guinness Book of World Records. It weighs just over forty grams and has dimensions that are just 72 x 37 x 7.8 mm. In other words, the Modu Mobile is miniature.
The World's Smallest Country
Vatican City - 0.2 square miles - The world's smallest state, the Vatican has a population of 770, none of whom are permanent residents. The tiny country which surrounds St. Peter's Basilica is the spiritual center for the world's Roman Catholics (over 1 billion strong). Also known as the Holy See, Vatican City is surrounded by Rome, Italy.
Deepest Pool in the World
Nemo 33 is a recreational diving center in Brussels, Belgium that is home to the world's deepest swimming pool. The pool itself consists of a submerged structure with flat platforms at various depth levels. The pool has two large flat-bottomed areas at depth levels of 5m (16 ft) and 10m (32 ft), and a large circular pit descending to a depth of 33m (108 ft).
World's oldest Bible
The world's oldest Bible called The Codex Sinaiticus dates to the fourth century BCE and was discovered in the 19th century, written on calfskin parchment in the 4th century and discovered in Egypt in the 19th.
World's oldest person
World's 'oldest' person in Israel - Mariam Amash - was born 120 years ago - a claim, if confirmed, that would make her the oldest person in the world.
World's Oldest Joke
The world's oldest recorded joke has been traced back to 1900 BC and suggests toilet humor was as popular with the ancients as it is today. It is a saying of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq and goes:
"Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap."
"Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap."
The world's smallest frog
The smallest frog is the Brazilian Psyllophryne Didactyla, which is commonly referred to as the Gold Frog. As an adult the Gold Frog is only 9.8 millimeters with its legs drawn in, which is around 3/8 of an inch.
The World's Smallest Dog
At just four inches tall, "Boo-Boo", a diminutive dog in Raceland, Ky., just edged out another chihuahua to win the crown.
World's biggest dog
The world's biggest dog ever according to Guinness World Records named Hercules, is an English Mastiff and has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds.
World's smallest snake
The world's smallest snake, averaging just 10cm (4 inches) and as thin as a spaghetti noodle, has been discovered on the Caribbean island of Barbados. The snake - named Leptotyphlops carlae - is the smallest of the 3,100 known snake species.
World's fastest man
Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter who has crashed the international sprint scene this year, obliterated his own world record by winning the gold medal in the 100 meters in theatrical fashion Saturday night at the Beijing Olympics, crossing the finish line in 9.69 seconds.
The longest river in the world
The longest river in the world is the Nile - Egypt's greatest river is 4,135 miles long! In fact, Africa has two of the ten longest rivers. The Congo, which flows through central Africa, is Number 8 at 2,914 miles long.
The world's longest railway
The world's longest railway, the Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia, is 5,777 miles (9,297 kilometers) long. It runs from Moscow to Vladivostok.
Largest City in the World
1. Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan - 33,200,000
2. New York, United States - 17,800,000
3. Sao Paulo, Brazil - 17,700,000
2. New York, United States - 17,800,000
3. Sao Paulo, Brazil - 17,700,000
Longest word in English
'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis' at 45 characters, meaning 'a lung disease'. It was created solely for the purpose of being the longest word, however, it does appear in a few dictionaries.
The widest highway
The King's Highway 401 (also known as the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway) is a highway that extends across Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the longest 400-Series Highway in Ontario, and one of the widest and busiest highways in the world. In fact, the highway has the distinction of being North America's busiest freeway.
World’s Slowest Olympic Swimmer
Eric Moussambani from Guinea makes history at the 2000 summer Olympics by swimming the 100 meter freestyle with a time of 1:52.72 - which is more than twice as much time as his competitors…even slower than the 200 meter record!
The World's Fastest Car
On Sept. 13, 2007, the Shelby SuperCars' Ultimate Aero became the fastest production car in the world. The event took place on a temporarily closed, two-lane stretch of public highway in Washington State. In accordance with Guinness World Records' strict policies, the car had to drive down the highway, turn around, and make a second pass in the opposite direction within one hour.
Man's Deepest Dive
Swiss oceanographic engineer Jacques Piccard provides a firsthand account of an undersea dive to the deepest point on the earth, the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Piccard used a submarine-like vessel called the bathyscaphe (also spelled bathyscaph), which was originally designed by his father, Auguste Piccard.
The deepest lake
At 1,637 meters (5,371 ft), Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world, and the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, holding approximately twenty percent of the world's total fresh water.
The deepest ocean
The deepest point of all the four oceans is in the Pacific Ocean.
It’s called the Mariana Trench, and it’s 36,198 feet deep. So, if you put Mt. Everest in it, there would still be 1.4 miles of water above it! So, since 1 foot = .3048 meters, 36,198 feet = 11,033.15 meters.
It’s called the Mariana Trench, and it’s 36,198 feet deep. So, if you put Mt. Everest in it, there would still be 1.4 miles of water above it! So, since 1 foot = .3048 meters, 36,198 feet = 11,033.15 meters.
World's Hottest Chile Pepper
Researchers at New Mexico State University recently discovered the world's hottest chile pepper. Bhut Jolokia, a variety of chile pepper originating in Assam, India, has earned Guiness World Records' recognition as the world's hottest chile pepper by blasting past the previous champion Red Savina.
The hottest place on Earth
The Hottest Place on Earth ever recorded was El Azizia in Libya where the temperature reached a scorching 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922 -- the hottest ever measured.
The second hottest place recorded on earth was in Death Valley, California, USA, where it got up to 134 Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on July 10, 1913.The shortest United States President
The shortest President elected to office was
James Madison at 5'4".
James Madison at 5'4".
The World's Tallest Mountain
Hawaii's Mauna Kea, though, rises an astonishing 33,476 feet (10,203 meters) from the depths of the Pacific Ocean floor. Measuring from base to peak, Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain on earth.
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