The world’s oldest man João Marinho Neto (Brazil) is celebrating his 114 th birthday today! And in a beautiful display of friendship from across the world, he and the world’s second oldest man, ...

The narrowest street is in Reutlingen, Germany. It is called Spreuerhofstrasse and is measures 31 cm (1 ft 0.2 in) at its narrowest point and 50 cm (1 ft 7.68 in) at its widest point. The street was ...

The world's largest parking lot can hold 20,000 vehicles and is situated at the world's largest shopping and entertainment centre, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There are overflow ...

Before there were motion pictures, as we think of them, there was motion photography, first achieved when Eadweard Muybridge used multiple cameras in 1878 to make “The Horse in Motion.” The project ...

Built originally as a private road for King Fahd (SAU), the stretch of Highway 10 connecting Highway 75 in the Haradh area to Highway 95 in the west of Saudi Arabia is 240 km (149 mi) long. It cuts ...

The largest speeding fine is a reported $290,000 (£180,000) ticket given to an anonymous Swiss motorist who was caught driving 137 km/h (85 mph) in a 80 km/h (50 mph) zone in a village near St. Gallen ...

The world's largest wild cat is the Siberian or Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), native to eastern Russia, north-east China and North Korea. Males, which are bigger than females, typically have a ...

The longest natural beard locks ever (male) belonged to Hans N. Langseth (Norway, b. 1846) and measured 5.33 m (17 ft 6 in) at the time of his burial in Kensett, Iowa in 1927. It was presented to the ...

The tallest tree currently living is a specimen of Sequoia sempervirens in Redwood National Park in California, USA. Nicknamed Hyperion, the coast redwood was discovered by Chris Atkins and Michael ...

The largest pyramid by volume has an estimated total volume of c. 4.45 million cubic metres (157.1 million cubic feet) and is the Great Pyramid of Cholula, aka Tlachihualtepetl (“man-made mountain”), ...

The heaviest pumpkin weighed 1,295.8 kg (2,856 lb 12.8 oz) when presented by Ian Paton (UK) at the Wargrave Nursery Giant Vegetable Weigh-off in Berkshire, UK, on 3 October 2026, as ratified by the ...

The world's smallest church is that of Santa Isabel de Hungría, in Colomares, a monument to Christopher Columbus at Benalmádena, Málaga, Spain. It is irregular in shape and has a total floor area of 1 ...