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Politics and Economics

Political entities

International Organisations & Treaties

• Largest international organization: FIFA, 208 nations
• Largest trade bloc (in the number of people): South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (1,467,255,669)
• Largest trade bloc (in terms of GDP (PPP)): North American Free Trade Agreement (USD 14 413 222 million (IMF, 2006) / 14 602 781 (World Bank, 2006) / 15 457 000 CIA World Factbook (various) )
• Oldest alliance treaty still in operation: Treaty of Windsor between England and Portugal (1386)

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Independent countries

• Largest by population: China, 1.32 billion
• Smallest by population: Vatican City, 783
  • (Amongst territories and other semi-autonomous institutions, Pitcairn Islands, a British overseas territory, has a population of 67.)
• Largest by surface area: Russia, 17,075,200 km² (6,592,800 mi²)
• Smallest by surface area: Vatican City, 0.44 km² (0.17 mi²)
• Most densely populated country: Monaco, 18,078/km² (46,822/mi²)
• Least densely populated country: Mongolia, 1.7/km² (7.5/mi²)
  • (Note Greenland (a territory of Denmark) is even less dense, 0.03/km² (0.08/mi²) and Antarctica, the southern most continent has no permanent population in the 14Mkm² land area.)
• Newest country (as a successor state): Serbia (declared independence on the 5 June 2006, the successor state to Serbia & Montenegro)
• Newest country (otherwise): Montenegro (declared independence on 3 June 2006)
• Oldest constitutional republic Country: San Marino, 3 September 301
• Longest land boundaries: China, 22,117 km (13,743 mi)
• Longest coastline: Canada, 243,792 km (151,485 mi)

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Parliaments and Parliamentarians

• Oldest parliament: Althing, Iceland (founded 930)
• Largest parliament: National People's Congress, China 2,937 members
• Smallest parliament: National Council, Monaco, 24 members
• Largest cabinet: State Council, China, 50 members
• First country to allow women the vote: New Zealand (1893)
• First country to allow women to stand for election, Finland (1905)
• Oldest parliamentarian to win an election: Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina for the Republicans, United States of America, 1996), aged 94.
• Youngest parliamentarian to win an election: Anna Lührmann, (elected to the Bundestag, Germany, for the Alliance '90/The Greens, 2002) aged 19 years (born 14 June 1983).
• First transexual parliamentarian: Georgina Beyer, (Wairarapa for the Labour Party, New Zealand, 1999)
• Most elections lost: John C. Turmel, 64

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Heads of State

• Oldest monarchy: Imperial House of Japan, Japan (said to go back to 11 February 660 BC)
• Longest currently serving head of state: King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, since 9 June 1946
• Longest serving head of state ever: Pharaoh Pepi II of Egypt, c. 2278 BC - c. 2184 BC (94 years).

It should be noted that some Egyptologists suggest a figure of 62 years given the absence of attested dates for Pepi after his 31st biennial Count, suggesting Taejo of Goguryeo as the longest reigning head of state at 93 years.

• Shortest reigning Monarch: Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, approximately 20 minutes on 2 August 1830 (disputable)
• Oldest serving President of a country: Ratu Josefa Iloilo Uluivuda of the Fiji at 86 years as of year 2006.
• Most number of heads of state: Technically, all the seven members of the Federal Council in Switzerland. They are Micheline Calmy-Rey (who is the president of the council in 2007), Pascal Couchepin, Samuel Schmid, Moritz Leuenberger, Christoph Blocher, Hans-Rudolf Merz and Doris Leuthard.
• Longest monarchy by age: King Louis XIV at age 5, rule lasted 72 years.

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Money

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Human mental and physical achievement and traits

Anatomy

• Tallest: Robert Pershing Wadlow , 2.72 m (8 ft 11.1 in)
• Shortest: Gul Mohammed, 57 cm (1 ft 10 in)
• Heaviest Man: Jon Brower Minnoch, 635 kg (1,400 lb)
• Heaviest Woman: Carol Yager, 725 kg (1,600 lb)
• Longest fingernails man: Shridhar Chillal 6.18m (20 ft 2.25in)
• Longest fingernails woman: Lee Redmond 7.513m (24 ft 7.8 in)

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Physiology

Main article: Oldest people

• Oldest (verified): Jeanne Louise Calment (France), 122 years 164 days
• Oldest (living): Yone Minagawa (Japan), 114 years 168 days (as of June 21, 2007)

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Athletics

• Longest fencing bout: Jonathan Tiomkin and Jedediah Dupree, 5 h
• Longest Table Tennis Rally: Sam Westwood and Jake Ashurst and Callum Whitley, 9 h 11 min 14 s
• Longest Wrestling Bout: Martin Klein beat Alfred Asikainen, 11 h 40 min
• Longest Cricket Marathon: Cheriton Fitzpaine Cricket Club, 27 h 34 min
• Highest jump: Javier Sotomayor, 2.45 m (8 ft ½ in)
• Most push ups on the back of hands in one hour is 1781 Doug Pruden
• Most push ups on one arm in 30 minutes is 1382 Doug Pruden
• longest dropgoal in rugby union- Jake Stephens (85 metres) Shoalhaven Rugby Park
• The longest penalty goal in rugby union-Jake stephens (99metres) A.R Hurst 20/07/07

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Hockey

• Longest professional hockey win streak: 18 games, set by Peoria Rivermen (IHL) in 1989-1990 season.

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Strength

• World's strongest men: Magnus Ver Magnusson and Jon Pall Sigmarsson winners four times of the World's Strongest Man

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Miscellaneous Human Achievements

Skydiving

• Highest Parachute Jump: Joseph Kittinger, 102,800 feet (31,300 m) on August 16, 1960.
• Longest Freefall: Joseph Kittinger, 4½ minutes on August 16, 1960.
• Highest Freefall Velocity: Joseph Kittinger, 714 mph (988 km/h) on August 16, 1960.

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• Most T-shirts worn at once: Aaron John Waltke, 160 shirts on December 9, 2006.

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History

General

• Largest empire: British Empire, 37 million km² (1912)

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Military history

Battles

• Largest naval battle: Matter of definition, see Largest naval battle in history
• Largest air battle: Battle of Britain (1940)
• Largest Tank battle: Battle of Kursk (1943)

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Culture and society

Collections

• Largest Collection of Aeroplane Sick Bags: Niek Vermeulen of the Netherlands has 5,034 airline sickness bags from 1,000 different airlines that he has accumulated since the 1970s.
• Largest Collection of Bar Towels: Robert Begley of Chambersburg, United States, with 2,372 towels representing 27 different countries; which he has been collecting since 1990
• Largest Collection of Traffic Cones: David Morgan (UK) has a collection of 137 different traffic cones. David owns a cone from about two thirds of all types ever made.
• Largest Collection of Keychains: Emilio Arenas Florin of Colonia, Uruguay, with 25,630 non-duplicated key chains, collected since 1955.
• Largest Collection of Model Cars: Sergio Goldvarg (Argentina) has a collection of over 7,000 cars which he has collected since 1962, all of which are on display in the Waffleworks restaurant, Hollywood, Florida, USA.
• Largest Collection of Penguins: Birgit Berends of Germany, with 2,520 different items, which she has been collecting since 1990
• Largest Collection of Condoms: Steven M. of San Juan Capistrano, California, USA, has a collection of 17,921 different condoms from 73 different brands and from various places around the world. His collection also includes various flavors, including raspberry and sushi.
• Largest Collection of "Asparagus": Nicole O. California, USA, has a collection of 13,000 peices of rotten asparagus in the box under her bed.

Joshua Mueller picture here with his extensive collection of Converse All Stars.

• Largest Collection of Converse Shoes: Joshua Mueller of Lakewood, Washington (USA) has a collection of 403 unique pairs of Converse Shoes which he has been collecting since 1991. Converse All Stars make up the bulk of the collection.

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Media

Radio

• First radio news program: 8MK in Detroit, Michigan, USA (31 August 1920)
• First college radio station: 2ADD from Union College, Schenectady, New York, USA (October 14, 1920)
• Longest-running radio show: Lørdagsbarnetimen (lit. The Children's Hour on Saturday), running since 20 December 1924 on NRK, later NRK P1.
• Youngest radio host Dakota Morton (born in Canada June 12, 1988) created the record and set it on January 16, 1999 at the age of 10 years 218 days.

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Television

• First Live Internet Talk show Tom Green Live hosted by Tom Green
• First Regular Television Service: Deutsche Fernsehefunk (1935)
• Longest Continuously Operating Television Channel: BBC One, started on the 2 November 1936
• Largest Audience For A TV Series: Baywatch, 1.1 billion viewers
• Largest cash prize won on a TV game show: Brad Rutter at Jeopardy!, $3,255,102
• Most Emmys For A TV Series In A Season: The West Wing, Nine Emmys
• Most Expensive TV Mini Series: Band of Brothers, USD 125 million
• Most Expensive TV Program: ER, USD 13.1 million per show
• Most Hours on Camera: Regis Philbin, 15,188 hours
• Most Unrecorded Hours on Camera: Carole Hersee, the girl who stars in the BBC's famous Test Card.
• Most International Broadcast Children's Educational Program: Sesame Street, 180 countries
• Most Internationally Broadcast TV Soap: Dallas, 90 countries
• Most TV Spin-Off Series: Super Sentai, 32 series

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Longest Running Series

• Animated Series: Sazae-san (1969-Present; 1900+ Episodes)
• Mahabharat TV Series: Baldev Raj Chopra (1985-Present)
• Chat Show: The Late Late Show (1962-Present), hosts Gay Byrne, Pat Kenny, Frank Hall
• Live comedy show: Saturday Night Live (1975-Present)
• Game Show: Countdown (1982-Present)
• News Show: Meet The Press (NBC) (Started as a radio program in 1945 and debuted on television two years later, 1947-Present)
• Science Fiction TV Programme: Doctor Who (1963-1989,1996,2005-present; 43 years and 737 episodes) ^[1]
• Science Fiction TV Programme (consecutive): Stargate SG-1 (1997-2007; 10 seasons/214 episodes) ^[1]
• TV Soap: Guiding Light (1952-Present)
• Programme with the same host: The Sky at Night presented by Patrick Moore; (1957-Present)

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Movie

• Longest Movie: The Cure for Insomnia, 5220 minutes (87 h)

Main article: List of longest films by running time

• Longest Stop-Motion Movie: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, 85 minutes
• Most Expensive Movie Made (not adjusted for inflation): Spider-Man 3 (2007), US$258 million, according to the official budget
• Most Expensive Movie Made (adjusted for inflation): War and Peace, $100 million USD in 1968; $500 million USD in 2006
• Highest paid actors: Chris Tucker, Will Smith, Tom Cruise, all earning $100+ million USD with only two or more movies.
• Most paid actresses: Julia Roberts, and Meryl Streep all estimated worth 100 Million Dollars counting first 5 Films
• Most Lead Actors in a Film & Quickest Feature Film: Suyamvaram

Main article: List of most expensive films

• Most Oscars Won by a Film: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (won all of its nominations), Ben-Hur, and Titanic, 11 each
• Most Portrayed Character In Horror Movies: Dracula, 162 films
• Most Swearing in a Movie: Casino, 534 swear words
• Most Swearing in an Animated Movie: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, 399 swear words
• Star of Most Films Earning Over $20 Million USD: Harrison Ford, 15 films
• Longest Movie Title: Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D
• Most Translated (Dubbed) Movie: Jesus, 971 languages^[2]
• Widest opening in the US: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 4,362 screens
• Highest Grossing Film (adjusted for inflation): Gone With the Wind, $3,785,107,801 USD
• Highest Grossing Film (unadjusted for inflation): Titanic $1.8 billion USD worldwide^[3]
• Biggest Opening Weekend Gross: Spider-Man 3, $151,116,516 USD ^[4]
• Biggest Opening Day Gross: Spider-Man 3, $59,841,919 USD ^[5]
• Biggest One Day Gross: Spider-Man 3, $ 59,841,919 USD ^[6]
• Fastest Movie to Gross 100 Million US$: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 2 Days
• Fastest Movie to Gross 200 Million US$: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 8 Days
• Fastest Movie to Gross 300 Million US$: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 16 Days
• Fastest Movie to Gross 1 Billion US$: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 9 Weeks
• Fastest selling live action DVD: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, six units per second in the UK on release day March 20, 2006
• Highest grossing film per screen: The Lion King, $793,376 USD in two screens
• Longest First-Run of a Film in One Cinema: Romance on Lushan Mountain, From July 12, 1980 up to present
• Most prolific screenwriter: Safa Önal, 395 film scripts between 1969 and 2004
• Biggest simultaneous premiere: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, premiered in 115 regions across the world on May 19, 2005
• Largest movie premiere ever: Pocahontas (1995 film) 100,000 people in Central Park at premiere.
• Largest film studio: Son Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad, India: 674 ha.

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Music

Sales

• Best Selling Musical Act: under dispute The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley
• Best Selling Group: The Beatles
• Best Selling Female Group: Destiny's Child (100 million ^[7])
• Best Selling Male Artist: under dispute Michael Jackson or Elvis Presley
• Best Selling Female Artist: under dispute Celine Dion, Madonna, or Mariah Carey
• Best Selling Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: under dispute 2Pac or Eminem (both approx. 80 million).
• Best Selling Album: Thriller - Michael Jackson (104 million copies)
• Best Selling Multiple-Disc Album: HIStory - Michael Jackson (18 million copies, 36 million discs)
• Best Selling Remix Album: Blood On The Dance Floor - Michael Jackson.
• Best Selling Album by a Female: Shania Twain - Come On Over ^[8]
• Best Selling Debut Album by a Female Artist: Baby One More Time by Britney Spears; (14.0 million in U.S., 28.0 million Worldwide) [5]
• Best Selling Soundtrack: Saturday Night Fever by Various Artists (40 million)^[9]
• Best Selling Gospel Album: The Preacher's Wife soundtrack - Whitney Houston (6 million copies)
• Best Selling Non-English Album: Billo De Ghar - Abrar-ul-Haq (16 million copies ^[10])
• Best Selling Single: "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John and "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby.
• Best Selling Christmas Album: White Christmas - Bing Crosby (25 million)
• Best Selling Holiday-themed digital Single: All I Want For Christmas Is You (500,000 downloads) (Mariah Carey)
• Best Selling Dance Single: Believe, Cher.
• Fastest Selling Download Single: Leona Lewis (UK) of ITV's the X-Factor sold 50,000 copies after being available for just 30 minutes online.
• Fastest Selling Female Album: Oops I Did It Again by Britney Spears 1.32 million in its first week
• Fastest Selling Male Album: Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem 1.7 million in its first week ^[11]
• Fastest Selling Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: Eminem
• Fastest Selling Album by a Duo or Group: No Strings Attached by 'N Sync (2.4 million in its first week, also holds the single-day record with 1.1 million sold)

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Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track was the soundtrack album from the blockbuster film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. ... The Preachers Wife is a 1996 film directed by Penny Marshall and produced by Debra Martin Chase. ... Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, actress, film producer, and former model. ... Billo De Ghar was a best selling album/song in South East Asia. ... Abrar-ul-Haq (Urdu/Punjabi: ابرار الحق) (Abrar is also spelled as Ibrar) is a Pakistani pop, bhangra and folk singer. ... The worlds best-selling single cannot be listed officially, since there is no international body to count global record sales. ... Candle in the Wind is a song with music by Elton John and lyrics by Bernie Taupin. ... 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Earnings

• Highest grossing tour: $437 Million USD A Bigger Bang Tour - The Rolling Stones^{[citation needed]}
• Highest grossing tour by a Female Artist: $400 Million USD Farewell Tour - Cher^[12]
• Highest earning entertainer of all time: Michael Jackson^[13]
• Largest Recording Contract - Michael Jackson (Sony Music, $890 million)^{[citation needed]}
• Highest earning female singer of all time: Madonna^{[citation needed]}

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Number Ones

• Youngest Person to have a #1 single: Jordy (4½ years) - "Dur dur d'être bébé" ("It's Tough to Be a Baby")
• Youngest Person to have an album: Cleopatra Stratan (3 years) - "La vârsta de trei ani" ("At the age of 3")
• Oldest female Singer at #1 in Billboard and World Charts: Cher (52 years) - "Believe"
• Oldest male Singer to top the charts Bob Dylan (65 years old) - Thunder On The Mountain
• Most expletives in a #1 song: "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)" by Eamon
• Most expletives in a song: "Real Nigga Roll Call" by Lil' Jon -[128 Swears]

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Length

• Longest Violin marathon by an individual: L. Athira Krishna, 32 hours
• Longest Music Video: Ghosts, by Michael Jackson. (35 min)
• Longest-Running Rock Group Fan Club: Queen
• Longest run at number 1: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", Bryan Adams (39 weeks at #1, Canadian Singles Chart)
• Longest Running Single at Number One for a Rap Artist: Eminem, "Lose Yourself", 12 weeks
• Longest Stay on the United World Charts for Singles: Beyoncé with "Crazy in Love" 128 weeks on the world charts

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Awards

• Most Awarded Recording Artist: Michael Jackson 538 Awards^{[citation needed]}
• Most Awarded Female Artist: Whitney Houston 411 Awards^{[citation needed]}

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Music Videos

• Most aired music video: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana from 1991 album Nevermind.
• Shortest music video to receive airplay: "Collateral Damage" by Brutal Truth (2.18 seconds)
• Most expensive Music Video ever: Scream by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

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• • List of most expensive music videos

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Miscellaneous

• Highest number of songs sung by a single person:Lata Mangeshkar, 30,000 songs.
• Largest concert ever: Oxygene in Moscow, by Jean Michel Jarre [6]. Attended by 3.5 million people.
• Loudest band of all time (loudest recorded performance): Manowar (129.5 decibels)
• Loudest musical instrument: The Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ www.acchos.org
• Largest vocal range: (8 octaves) Georgia Brown
• Largest vocal range for a male artist: (5-7 octaves) Adam Lopez
• Most double bass drum beats, 1407 by Tim Waterson
• Highest number of people's voices recorded in a single song: "Have You Ever", by S Club 7
• Highest number of songs sung by an individual : S P Balasubramaniam
• Most Public Appearances By A Popstar In 24 Hours (7 performances): Rachel Stevens
• The largest rock star benefit concert: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
• Shortest song: You Suffer, by Napalm Death (precisely 1.316 seconds long)
• Most covered song: "Yesterday", by The Beatles, (more than 3000 covers)
• The Most performed song ever: "Imagine" by John Lennon
• Longest Album Title: When the Pawn..., by Fiona Apple. (90 words)
• First completely sampled album: Endtroducing....., by DJ Shadow (1996).
• Most Successful Virtual Band: Gorillaz
• Fastest rapper in the world: Seattle's Ricky Brown with his song "No Clue" at over 700 syllables in about 50 seconds
• Most Successful German speaking band of all time: Rammstein (as of 2004)
• Highest ever concert, fastest ever concert, highest ever recorded performance, fastest ever recorded performance, highest gig in a plane, fastest gig in a plane: Jamiroquai (Gig in the Sky, 2007)
• Deepest ever concert: Agonizer's debut-album release gig on 4.8.2007 at 1,400m deep in Pyhäsalmi mine, Finland ^[14]

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Eating and Drinking Records

• Bicycle: (Michel Lotito),10 bicycles consumed between 1966 and 1990-
• Beer speed drinking record - by Lewis Flemin (1 liter in 1.3 seconds). ^[15]

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Origami

• The smallest paper origami frog was made by 12 year old Josiah Hamilton on 30 March 2007. It was made with no tools but only his fingers and is kept on the end of a pencil. Its length is 2 mm and can jump to a length of 10 cm.

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Painting

• Largest collection of fake masterpieces: 3,500, owned by Christophe Petyt
• Youngest professional artist: 1-years old record held by Dante Lamb.
• Largest Group of fully painted people: Sydney Body Art Ride

// Sydney Body Art Ride The Sydney Body Art Ride is a community driven artistic project which raises funds for childrens cancer research while promoting healthy sustainable living. ...

Language

This article is on all of the Northern Chinese dialects. ... A language isolate, in the absolute sense, is a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical (or genetic) relationship with other living languages; that is, one that has not been demonstrated to descend from an ancestor common to any other language. ... A constructed or artificial language — known colloquially as a conlang — is a language whose phonology, grammar, and/or vocabulary have been devised by an individual or small group, instead of having naturally evolved as part of a culture. ...   is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. ... The Klingon language (tlhIngan Hol in Klingon) is the constructed language spoken by Klingons in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where English is an official language, in order of population. ... Map showing the distribution of Niger-Congo languages The Niger-Congo languages constitute one of the worlds major language families, and Africas largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers, and number of distinct languages. ... For other uses, see Alphabet (disambiguation). ... This article or section uses Khmer characters which may be rendered as boxes or other nonsensical symbols. ... The Rotokas alphabet used in writing the Rotokas language is a subset of the Latin alphabet consisting of only the twelve letters: A E G I K O P R S T U V, and is the smallest alphabet in use today. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Assamese ( ) (IPA: ) is a language spoken in the state of Assam in northeast India. ... Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from Prakrit, Pāli and Sanskrit. ... Bodo may stand for: Bodø A city in Norway An ethnic community in India: Bodo A genus of protozoa: Bodo Polish actor and director Eugeniusz Bodo Saint Bodo of Toul This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Dogri is an Indic language spoken by some two million people in South Asia, chiefly in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir but also in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, other parts of Kashmir and elsewhere. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Gujarati can mean two distinct things: The Gujarati language is a language spoken in India and Pakistan, mostly in and around the Gujarat state. ... Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is the official language of the Union along with English. ... Kannada - aptly described as sirigannada (known to few as Kanarese) is one of the oldest Dravidian languages and is spoken in its various dialects by roughly 45 million people. ... For other uses, see Kashmiri (disambiguation) Kashmiri is a Dardic language spoken primarily in Kashmir, an Asian region now split between India, Pakistan and China. ... Konkani is a term used to refer both to a language and to an Indian ethnic group. ... Maithili is of the family of Indo-Aryan languages, which are part of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. ... Malayalam (മലയാളം ) is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India. ... See: Manipuri (People Of Manipur) Manipuri (Meiteilon Language) Manipuri (Bishnupriya Language This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Marathi is one of the widely spoken languages of India, and has a long literary history. ... Nepali (Khaskura) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Nepal, Bhutan, and some parts of India and Myanmar (Burma). ... Oriya is the official language of the Indian state of Orissa. ... Punjabi (also Panjabi; in GurmukhÄ«, PanjābÄ« in ShāhmukhÄ«) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... The Sanskrit language ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... Santali is a language in the Munda subfamily of Austro-Asiatic, related to Ho and Mundari. ... Sindhi refers to an ethnic group of people originating in Sindh which is part of present day Pakistan. ... Tamil ( ; IPA ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamils in India and Sri Lanka, with smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. ... Telugu (తెలుగు) is a Dravidian language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where it is the official language. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ...

Man-made objects

Settlements

Cities

It should be noted that use of the term 'city' varies between nations. The definition adopted here is any area of political boundaries which self-identifies as a city. These may include large areas of non-urban land

• Largest city by population: Mumbai Municipal corporation, India - 13,073,926
• Largest city by surface area: Hulunbuir, People's Republic of China - 263,953 km²
• Most densely populated city: Malé, Maldives 48,007/km² (124,337/mi²)

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Urban areas

An urban area is defined as a continuous built-up area, without regard to political boundaries.

• Largest urban area by population: Tokyo , Japan - 31,112,000

  , literally Eastern capital) is a unique subnational administrative region of Japan with characteristics of both a prefecture and a city. ...

Metropolitan areas

A metropolitan area consists of the contiguous built-up area around a city, with commuter belt peripheral zones loosely bound to the centre by employment or commerce which may extend well beyond the urban periphery.

• Largest metropolitan area by population: Greater Tokyo Area, 35,197,000

A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ... The Greater Tokyo Area (東京都市圏 Tōkyō-toshiken), also the Tokyo-Yokohama area, is a large metropolitan area in Japan consisting of the metropolis of Tokyo and the prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama. ...

Buildings

General records

• Tallest buildings and structures: see World's tallest structures.
• Largest single-roof building: Millennium Dome( The O₂), diameter 365 m
• Largest wooden structure: Daibutsuden (Great Buddha Hall), Todai-ji, Nara
• Oldest wooden structures: Horyu-ji, Nara
• Fastest wooden roller coaster: Son of Beast
• Fastest and tallest roller coaster: Kingda Ka
• Largest and Longest man-made structure: Interstate Highway System

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Bridges

Main article: List of bridges by length

Main article: List of largest suspension bridges

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Tunnels

Main article: List of tunnels by length

These tables are to be merged into one table with the tunnel purpose as a further column. ...

Monuments

Pyramids

• Largest: Great Pyramid of Cholula, 4.45 million m³
• Tallest: Great Pyramid of Giza, 138.8 m (height today), 146.6 m (formerly height)

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Places of worship

Churches

• Largest: Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro
• Tallest: Ulm Cathedral

Structures

• Largest: Angkor Wat

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Food

• Longest hot dog and bun: World's Longest Hot Dog, Hill Meat Co. and Franz Family Bakery, 104 feet 9 inches (31.93 m).
• Largest cheese, pineapple and pickled onion Hedgehog, Jim Poole & Georgina Cain (to celebrate Brenton Breukers 30th birthday) Chorlton, Manchester - 14 inches diameter (35.5cm).
• Largest Creme Brulee weighed 1,599.96 lb (725.72 kg) and was made by the students of the Le Cordon Bleu program, under the direction of Chef Jason Lucas and Cletus Ford at the Orlando Culinary Academy, Orlando, Florida, USA on 12 February 2005.

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Sculpture

• Heaviest and tallest sculpture: "The Motherland", Volgograd, Russia: 7900 tons, 85 meters (279 feet) from top of pedestal. The Statue of Liberty in New York harbor weighs 156 tons, and is 46 meters (151 feet) tall from top of pedestal.

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Transportation

Commercial aircraft

• Largest: Antonov An-225
• Largest passenger aircraft: Airbus A380

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Military

Army

• Largest infantry: People's Liberation Army, China

Navy

• Largest displacement: Nimitz class aircraft carrier, 101,000 to 104,000 tons full load
• Longest: USS Enterprise (CVN-65), 1,123 feet (342.3 m)
• Largest battleship: Japanese battleship Yamato, 65,000 metric tons (63,970 long tons)
• The largest stealth ships: The Swedish "Korvetterna" in the Visby class, 72 meters long and 600 tons in wieght

Airforce

• Largest air force: United States Air Force, United States of America
• Largest military aircraft: Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, Length: 247 ft 1 in (75.3 m) Wingspan: 222 ft 9 in (67.89 m) Height: 65 ft 1 in (19.84 m)

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Infrastructure

• Steepest street: Baldwin Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
• Shortest Street Ebenezer Place, Wick , Scotland

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Space flight

Main article: Spaceflight records

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Physical phenomena

Geography

Islands

• Largest archipelago: Archipelago Sea, Finland, estimately 20,000-50,000 islands
• Largest: Officially, Greenland. Australia is sometimes considered an island but is more commonly defined as a continental mass.
• Remotest inhabited: Tristan da Cunha

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Lakes

Fresh water lakes

• Deepest: Lake Baikal, 1,637 m (5,371 ft)
• Largest by surface area: Lake Superior, 82,000 km² (31,700 mi²)
• Largest by volume: Lake Baikal, 23,000 km³ (5,500 mi³)

Salt water lakes

• Largest: Caspian Sea, 371,000 km² ( 143,000 mi²)
• Lowest (unfrozen): Dead Sea, -418 m (-1,371 ft) - below sea levels.

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Mountains

• Highest: Mount Everest, 8,848 m (29,028 ft) (see measurement section on Everest page)
• Highest from base up: Mt. McKinley, 5,500m (18,000 ft) from base up. Although the peak of Mt. Everest is the highest above sea level, it rests on the tibetean plateau, which is 5,200 m (17,000 feet) high, giving it a real vertical rise of little more than 3,700m (12,000 ft).

• Highest known mountain in the Solar System: Olympus Mons, Mars (approx: 27 km / 17 mi)
• Highest Island Peak: Puncak Jaya, Indonesia
• Smallest: Taal Volcano, Philippines

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Waterfalls

• Highest: Angel Falls, 979 m (3,212 ft)
• Highest single drop : Kaieteur Falls, 226 m (741 ft)
• Widest: Victoria Falls, ~1 mile
• Highest Volume: Boyoma Falls, 17,000 m³/s (600,000 ft³/s)

Angel Falls (indigenous name: Kerepakupay Vená) is the worlds highest free-falling waterfall at 979 m (3,212 ft), with an uninterrupted drop of 807 m (2,648 ft), located in the Canaima National Park, Venezuela at . It is situated on the river Churún, a tributary of the... Kaieteur Falls is a waterfall on the Potaro River in central Guyana. ... Victoria Falls entrance Africas Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya (the smoke that thunders) are, by some measures, the largest waterfall on the planet, as well as being among the most unusual in form, and having arguably the most diverse and easily-seen wildlife of any major waterfall site. ... Boyoma Falls, formerly known as Stanley Falls, consists of seven cataracts extending over 100 km on the Lualaba River near Kisangani (formerly Stanleyville) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...

Rivers

• Largest average discharge: Amazon, 219,000 m³/s
• Longest: Nile, 6,695 km (4,160 mi) (matter of dispute, see also List of rivers by length)
• Longest canal: Grand Canal of China 1,794 km (1,115 mi)

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Geology

Caves

• Deepest: Voronya Cave, 2,080 m (6,824 ft)
• Largest cave system: Mammoth Cave, 52,835 acres (213.83 km²)
• Largest open space: Sarawak chamber 2,300 feet (700 m) long, 1,300 feet (400 m) wide and at least 230 feet (70 m) high.

The Voronya Cave (aka Krubera-Voronia Cave) is the deepest known cave in the world. ... Mammoth Caves Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in south-central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the most extensive cave system known in the world. ... The Sarawak Chamber was found by three Englishmen late one day in January 1981. ...

Gemstones

Diamonds

• Largest cut diamond: The Golden Jubilee, 545.67 carats (109.13 g)
• Largest uncut diamond: Cullinan Diamond, 3,106.75 carats (621.15 g)

Rubies

• Largest cut ruby: Rajaratna Ruby, 2,475 carats (495.0 g)

The Golden Jubilee Weight 545. ... The carat is a unit of mass used for gems, and equals 200 milligrams or 3. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... At 2,475 carats (495 g), the Rajaratna Ruby is the worlds largest ruby. ...

Biological phenomenona

General records

• Largest organism:

Main article: Largest organism

• Smallest genome: Mycoplasma genitalium, 580,000 base pairs

The General Sherman, a Giant Sequoia, is generally considered to be the largest (by volume of its trunk) tree in the world The largest organism found on earth can be measured using a variety of methods. ... Binomial name Mycoplasma genitalium Tully et al. ... Base pairs, of a DNA molecule. ...

Animals

General

• Largest land animal: African Elephant, 7 tons
• Hottest: Pompeii worm, thrives at temperatures of up to 80°C (176°F)

Distribution of Loxodonta africana (2007) Species Loxodonta adaurora (extinct) Loxodonta africana Loxodonta cyclotis African elephants are the two species of elephants in the genus Loxodonta, one of the two existing genera in Elephantidae. ... Binomial name Alvinella pompejana The Pompeii worm (Alvinella pompejana) is a deep-sea polychaete worm found only at hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. ...

Invertebrates

• Largest: Colossal Squid
• Longest: Arctic Lion's Mane Jellyfish tentacles up to 40 m (120 feet) long [7]

Binomial name Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson, 1925 The Colossal Squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni), sometimes called the Antarctic or Giant Cranch Squid, is believed to be the largest squid species. ... Binomial name Cyanea capillata (Linnaeus, 1758) The Lions mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) is the largest known species of jellyfish. ...

Birds

• Largest: Ostrich, up to 155 kg (340 pounds)
• Greatest wingspan: Wandering albatross, up to 3.7 m (12 feet)

Binomial name Carolus Linnaeus, 1758 The present-day distribution of Ostriches. ... Binomial name Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 The Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans), is a large seabird from the family Diomedeidae which has a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean. ...

Mammals

• Fastest: Cheetah, up to 100 km/h (60 mph)
• Largest: Blue whale, 181 tonnes (200 short tons, 179 long tons)
• Smallest: Pygmy Shrew, 2.5 g (39 grains)
• Smallest cattle: Vechur cow 1.24m (48¾ in) long, 0.87m (34¼ in) tall.
• Longest: Blue whale, up to 33m (110 ft)
• Smallest breed of dog: chihuahua
• Tallest dog: Irish Wolfhound, up to 2.4m (8 feet) upright; the tallest recorded was 1.5m (5 feet) at the shoulders.

Binomial name (Schreber, 1775) Type species Acinonyx venator Brookes, 1828 (= Felis jubata, Schreber, 1775) by monotypy The range of the Cheetah The Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a vulnerable member of the cat family (Felidae), a poor climber that hunts by speed and stealth. ... Binomial name Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Blue Whale range The Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. ... The short ton is a unit of mass equal to 907. ... A long ton is the name used in the US for the unit called the ton in the avoirdupois or Imperial system of measurements, as used (alongside the metric system) in the United Kingdom and to some extent in other Commonwealth countries. ... Binomial name Sorex hoyi (Baird, 1857) The Pygmy Shrew, Sorex hoyi, is a small shrew found in Alaska, Canada and the northern United States. ... A grain is a unit of mass equal to 0. ... The Vechoor cow is a rare breed of cattle named after the village of Vechoor in Kottayam district, Kerala, India. ... Binomial name Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Blue Whale range The Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Irish Wolfhound is a breed of dog (a sighthound) bred to hunt. ...

Bacteria and archea

• Largest: Thiomargarita namibiensis, 0.75 mm
• Largest number of genes: Streptomyces coelicolor
• Smallest genome of a free-living organism: Mycoplasma genitalium, circa 580,000 base pairs
• Smallest genome of a symbiotic organism: Candidatus Carsonella ruddii, 159,662 base pairs

Binomial name Thiomargarita namibiensis Schulz , 1999 Thiomargarita namibiensis (Sulfur pearl of Namibia) is the largest bacterium ever discovered, with a width up to 750 μm (0. ... Streptomyces is a genus of Actinobacteria. ... Binomial name Mycoplasma genitalium Tully et al. ... Base pairs, of a DNA molecule. ... Binomial name Candidatus Carsonella ruddii Synonyms Carsonella ruddii Candidatus Carsonella ruddii is an endosymbiotic Gamma Proteobacteria; it has the smallest genome of any characterised bacteria. ...

Plants

• Largest: General Sherman tree
• Largest flower: Rafflesia arnoldii, 11 kg
• Largest seed: Coco de mer
• Oldest: Bristlecone Pine, Methuselah, 4,700 years
• Hottest Pepper: Bhut Jolokia

General Sherman tree from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks The General Sherman tree is a Giant Sequoia. ... Binomial name Rafflesia arnoldii R.Br. ... Species Lodoicea maldivica Ref. ... Species Pinus aristata Pinus longaeva Pinus balfouriana The bristlecone pines are a small group of pine trees (Family Pinaceae, genus Pinus, subsection Balfourianae) that can reach an age far greater than that of any other single living organism known, up to nearly 5,000 years. ... Trinomial name Capsicum chinense Naga Jolokia The Naga Jolokia is a chili pepper found growing naturally in the army garrison town of Tezpur, in the northeastern state of Assam, India. ...

Hunting

• Monster Pig - largest feral hog ever killed.

Jamison Stone poses with Monster Pig Monster Pig also known as Hogzilla II and Pigzilla is the name of a wild hog killed on May 3, 2007, by an eleven year-old boy, Jamison Stone. ... A feral horse (an American mustang) in Wyoming A feral animal or plant is one that has escaped from domestication and returned, partly or wholly, to its wild state. ... Hog is a domestic or feral adult swine. ...

References and Notes

References

• Guinness Book of World Records, 1990-2006 editions.

Footnotes

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