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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: Shaun Calladine, 0.57 m (1 ft 8.7 in)
* Heaviest Man: Jon Brower Minnoch, 635 kg (1,400 lb)
* Heaviest Woman: Carol Yager, 725 kg (1,600 lb)

Physiology

* Oldest (claimed, but still unverified): Maria do Carmo, 128 years
* Oldest (verified): Jeanne Calment, 122 years

Sports

* Longest Table Tennis Rally: Brian Seibel and Steve Seibel, 8 h 15 min 1 s
* Longest Wrestling Bout: Martin Klein beat Alfred Asikainen, 11 h 40 min


History

General

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

Military history

Battles

* Largest naval battle: Matter of definition, see Largest naval battle in history


Media

Radio

* Longest-running radio show: (1925-2000), hosts John B. Gambling, John A. Gambling, John R. Gambling

Television

* Largest Audience For A TV Series: Baywatch, 1.1 billion viewers

* Largest cash prize won on a TV game show: Ken Jennings at Jeopardy, $2,520,700 (£1,352,597)

* Longest Running Animated TV Series: The Simpsons (1989-Present)

* Longest-running chat show: The Late Late Show (1962-Present), hosts Gay Byrne, Pat Kenny, Frank Hall

* Most Emmys For A TV Series In A Season: The West Wing, Nine Emmys

* Most Expensive TV Mini Series: Band of Brothers, $125 million (£79 million)

* Most Expensive TV Program: ER, $13.1 million per show

* Most Hours on Camera: Regis Philbin, 15,188 hours

* Most Popular Children's Educational Program: Sesame Street, 180 countries

* Most Seizures Caused By A TV Program: Pokémon, 700 seizures

* Most Successful TV Soap: Dallas, 90 countries

* Most TV Spin-Off Series: Urutoraman, 14 series


Movie

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

* Most Expensive Movie Made: King Kong (2005 remake), $207 million

* Most Oscars Won by a Film: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Ben Hur, and Titanic, 11 each

* Most Portrayed Character In Horror Movies: Dracula, 162 films

* Most Swearing In An Animated Movie: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, 399 swear words

* Star Of Most Films Earning Over $100 Million: Harrison Ford, 15 films

* Longest Movie Title: Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (72 characters)


Music

* Biggest All-Times Sales For A Band: The Beatles

* Biggest All-Time Sales for A Solo Artist: Michael Jackson

* Biggest Selling Album of All-Time: Thriller by Michael Jackson

* Most Successful Act In UK Chart History: Queen (more than 1,322 Weeks)[1]

* Most covered song: "Yesterday", by The Beatles, (more than 3000 covers)

* Most Awarded Recording Artist in Music's History: Michael Jackson

* Most expensive Music Video ever: Scream by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

* Longest-Running Rock Group Fan Club: Queen

* Longest Album Title: When the Pawn..., by Fiona Apple. (90 words)

* Shortest Song: "You Suffer", by Napalm Death. (1.316 s)

* Longest running song by a female group: "Independent Women Part I", by Destiny's Child (2001)

* Shortest Music Video: Collateral Damage, by Brutal Truth. (2.18 seconds)

* Longest Music Video: Ghosts, by Michael Jackson. (35 min)

* First completely sampled album: Endtroducing....., by DJ Shadow (1996).


Painting

Largest collection of fake masterpieces: 3,500, owned by Christophe Petyt

Political entities

* Largest by population: China, 1.3 billion
* Smallest by population: Vatican City, 921
* Largest by surface area: Russia, 17,075,200 km²
* Smallest by surface area: Vatican City, 0.44 km²

Institutions

* Oldest monarchy: Japan
* Oldest parliament: Althing, Iceland, founded 930
* Largest parliament: China, close to 3,000 MPs members

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Leaders

* Longest currently serving head of state: King Rama IX of Thailand, since 1946
* Longest serving head of state ever: King Pepi II of Egypt, 2221 BC - 2118 BC (94 years).

Sculpture

* Heaviest sculpture: Statue of Liberty, 24000 tons (54 million lb)

Language

* Most spoken language: Mandarin Chinese

Man-made objects

Buildings

General records

* Largest single-roof building: Millennium Dome, 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

Monuments

Pyramids

* Largest: Great Pyramid of Cholula, 4.45 million m³
* Tallest: Great Pyramid of Giza, 146.5 m (original height)

Transportation

Commercial aircraft

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

Military

Army

* Largest Infantry: China

Navy

Naval vessels

* Largest displacement: Nimitz class aircraft carrier, 97,000 tons (98,600 t)
* Longest: USS Enterprise (CVN-65), 336 m
* Largest Battleship: Japanese battleship Yamato, 65,000 tons (72,808 t)
* Largest military aircraft: Lockheed C-5 Galaxy

Airforce

* Largest Airforce: China

Infrastructure

* Steepest street: Baldwin Street, Dunedin, New Zealand

Places of worship


Churches

* Largest: Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro
* Tallest: Münster of Germany

Physical phenomena

Geography

Islands

* Largest: Greenland, 2,166,086 km²
* Remotest inhabited: Tristan da Cunha

Lakes

Fresh water lakes

* Deepest: Lake Baikal, 1,637 m
* Largest by surface area: Lake Superior, 82,000 km²
* Largest by volume: Lake Baikal, 23,000 km³

Salt water lakes

* Largest: Caspian Sea, 371,000 km²

Mountains

* Highest: Mount Everest, 8,848 m
* Highest known mountain in the Solar System: Olympus Mons, Mars

Rivers

* Largest average discharge: Amazon, 219,000 m³/s
* Longest: Nile, 6,695 km (matter of dispute, see also List of rivers by length)
* Shortest: Roe River, 201 ft
* Longest canal: Grand Canal of China 1,794 km

Geology

Caves

* Deepest: Voronya Cave, 2,080 m
* Largest cave system: Mammoth Cave
* Largest open space: Sarawak chamber

Gemstones

Diamonds

* Largest cut diamond: The Golden Jubilee, 545.67 carats (109.13 g)
* Largest uncut diamond: Cullinan Diamond, 3,106.75 carats (621.350 g)

Rubies

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

Biological phenomenona


General records

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


Animals

General

* Largest: Blue whale, 140 tons
* Largest land animal: Elephant, 7 tons

Invertebrates

* Largest: Colossal Squid

Birds

* Largest: Ostrich, up to 155 kg
* Greatest wingspan: Great albatross, up to 3.45 m

Mammals

* Fastest: Cheetah, up to 100 km/h (62 mi/h)
* Largest: Blue whale, 127 t (140 tons)
* Smallest: Pygmy Shrew, 2.5 g (38.58 grains)
* Smallest cattle: Vechur cow 1.24 m (48.8 in) long, 0.87 m (34.25 in) tall.
* Smallest breed of dog: chihuahua
* Tallest dog: Irish Wolfhound, up to 8 ft upright; the tallest recorded was 5 ft at the shoulders.

Bacteria and archea

* Largest: Thiomargarita namibiensis, 0.75 mm
* Largest number of genes: Streptomyces coelicolor
* Smallest genome: Mycoplasma genitalium, 580,000 base pairs

Plants

* Largest: General Sherman tree
* Largest flower: Rafflesia arnoldii, 11 kg
* Largest seed: Coco de mer
* Oldest: bristlecone pine, Methuselah, 4,700 years
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, well i dont have time to read all the stuff u have given , but anyway thanx for all the information , trishy
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Thanks for info trishy

here's my contribution, u might don't know

Mas Oyama fought bulls in hand to hand combat, and apparently had a record of 46-1 against them

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