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World Records
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Largest Airport
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King fahd International Airport (Saudi
Arabia)
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36.75 square kilometers
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Highest Airport
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Bangda Airport, Tibet
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15,548 feet above sea level
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Tallest Animal
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Giraffe
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18 feet (5.5 meters)
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Largest Animal
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Blue
whale
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30 metres (98 ft)
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Largest Bay
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Bay
of Bengal
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Surface area - 2,172,000 km2
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Fastest Bird
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Peregrine
falcon
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400 km/h,242 mph
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Largest Bird
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Ostrich
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2.8 m (9.2 ft)
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Smallest Bird
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Humming bird
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57 mm (2.24 in)
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Longest Bridge
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Danyang–Kunshan
Grand Bridge in China
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102.4 miles (165 kilometers)
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Highest Bridge
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Great Belt Bridge
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254 meters (833 feet)
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Tallest Building
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Burj khalifa(Dubai)
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829.8 m (2,722 ft)
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Longest Canal
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Grand
Canal (Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal)
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1,776 km
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Largest Cathedral
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LDS
Conference Center
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130,000 m2
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Largest Cemetry
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Wadi
Al-Salaam
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6.01 km2
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Largest Church
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LDS
Conference Center
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130,000 m2
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Largest Continent
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Asia
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17,139,445 square miles (44,391,162 square
km)
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Smallest Continent
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Australia
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9,008,500km2, 3,478,200mi2
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Largest Country (Area)
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Russia
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17,075,200km2
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Smallest Country (Area)
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Vatican City
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.44km2
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Biggest Cinema House
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Roxy, New York
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Highest City
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La
Rinconada
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5,100 metres
(16,700 ft)
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Most Populous City
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Tokyo
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37,833,000
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Longest Day
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Summer Solstice
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June 21
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Shortest Day
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Winter
Solstice
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December 22
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Largest Delta
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Sunderban (India)
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105,000 km2
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Largest Desert(hot)
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Sahara, North Africa 9,000,000km2
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Largest Desert(Cold)
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Antarctica desert
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14,000,000km2
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Biggest Dome
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Singapore
National Stadium
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310.0 m dia
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Largest Dams
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Three
Gorges, China
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39,300,000cu m
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Tallest dam in the world
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Jinping-I Dam, China
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305 m (1,001 ft) high
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The tallest embankment dam
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Nurek Dam , Tajikistan
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304 m (997 ft) high
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The longest
man-made dam in the world
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Hirakud Dam,India
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16 mi (26 km) in length
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Tallest Fountain
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King
Fahd
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853 feet (260 m)
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Largest Gulf
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Gulf of Mexico
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1,550,000 km2
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Largest Hotel
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First
World Hotel,Genting Highlands
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7,351 rooms
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Largest Island
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Greenland
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2,175,597 square kilometers
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Largest Lake
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Caspian Sea
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143,200 square miles (370,886 square
kilometers)
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Deepest Lake
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Baikal (Siberia)
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5,314 feet deep (1,637 meters)
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Highest Lake
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Titicaca (Bolivia)
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58,000 km2 (C.A.)
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Largest Library
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British
Library,United Kingdom, London
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170 million+
(C.S.)
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Largest Mosque
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Masjid
al-Haram
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4,008,020 m2
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Highest Mountain Peak
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Mount Everest (Nepal)
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7,200 metres (23,622 ft)
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Highest Mountain Range
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Himalayas, Asia
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8848 meters
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Largest Mountain Range
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Andes (South America)
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7,000 km (4,300 mi)
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Biggest Museum
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Smithsonian
Museum of Natural History (New York)
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137 million objects
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Largest Minaret
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Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt)
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210 metres (689 ft)
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Biggest Oceans
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Pacific Ocean
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155 million square kilometers
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Deepest Oceans
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Pacific Ocean
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2,550 kilometres
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Biggest Palace
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Palace
of the Parliament,Romania Bucharest
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330,000 square metres , 1100
room
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Largest Palace
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Forbidden
City
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720,000 square meters 9,000 rooms.
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Largest Park
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National Park of North-Eastern (Greenland)
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972,001 km2
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Largest Peninsula
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Arabia
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3,237,500 km2
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Highest Plateau
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Pamir (Tibet)
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5,000 m (16,000 ft) above sea level.
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Longest Platform
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Gorakhpur
railway station, Uttar Pradesh
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1,366.33 m (4,483 ft)
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Largest Platform
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Grand Central Terminal, (Rly. Station), New
York (USA)
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44 Platforms
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Biggest Planet
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Jupiter
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S Area 61.42 billion km²
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Smallest Planet
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Mercury
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Radius -2,440 km
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Brightest Planet
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Venus
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Radius - 6,052 km
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Coldest Planet
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Neptune
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Radius - 24,622 km
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Nearest Planet (to the Sun)
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Mercury
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Distance from sun - 57.91 million km
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Farthest Planet (from the Sun)
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Neptune
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Distance from sun - 4.498 billion km
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Longest River
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Nile, Africa
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4,160 miles
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Longest River Dam
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Hirakud Dam, India
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25.8 km
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Largest Sea
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South China Sea
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S.A. 2,975,700 km2
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Largest Stadium
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Rungrado
1st of May Stadium , Pyongyang
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150,000
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Brightest Star( After Sun)
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Sirius A
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V mag
(−1.46)
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Tallest Statue
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Spring
Temple Buddha,China
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153 m
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Largest Sea-bird
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Albatross
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Wide 21-foot
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Biggest Telescope
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Gran
Telescopio Canarias (GTC)
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aperture – 10.4m
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Longest Train
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BHP
Billiton ore train
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682 cars and 7,300 m long
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Largest Temple
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Angkorwat in Combodia
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820,000m2
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Oldest Theatre
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Teatro Olimpico (Itlay)
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1580
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Tallest Tower
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Tokyo
Skytree
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634 m (2,080 ft)
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Longest Wall
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Great Wall of China
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3,460 km
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Highest Waterfall
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Angel (Venezuela)
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3230 feet
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Widest Waterfall
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Khone Falls (Laos)
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35,376 feet wide
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Lowest Water Level
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Dead Sea
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2,550 kilometres
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Longest Epic
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Mahabharata
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100,000 shloka or over 200,000 individual
verse lines
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Hottest Place
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Lut desert , Iran
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159.3°F (70.7°C)
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Rainiest Place
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Mowsynram,
Meghalaya
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25613 mm
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Highest Road
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Semo
la , China
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5,565 metres (18,258 ft)
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Highest Village
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La Rinconada, Peru
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5,100 m
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Highest Volcano
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Ojos del Salado, (Argentina) Chile
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6,893m
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Largest Volcano
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Manuna Lea (Hawai)
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17,000 m (56,000 ft)
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Lightest Gas
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Hydrogen
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1.00794 u
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Fastest Animal
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Cheetah
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109.4–120.7 km/h
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Biggest Flower
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Rafflesia arnoldii (Java)
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3 feet , 15 Pounds
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Longest Corridor
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Rameshwaram Temple (India)
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6.9 m height, 400 feet in each in the east
and west and about 640 feet in north and south
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Largest Democracy
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India
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125 Crore population
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Highest Cable Car Project
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Gulmarg (Jammu-Kashmir)
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3,747 m (12,293 ft)
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Biggest Airbus
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Double Decker A-380
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900 people
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Highest Rail Track
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Bilaspur–Mandi–Leh
railway
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1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)(Building)
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