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Biggest, Highest, Largest, Longest, and Smallest of the World
| Tallest Animal (on land) | Giraffe |
| Biggest Bell | Tsar Bell, Moscow |
| Fastest Bird | Peregrine Falcon (322 km/hr) |
| Largest Bird | Ostrich |
| Smallest Bird | Bee Humming Bird |
| Longest Bridge (Railway) | Dan Yang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, Beijing (China) |
| Tallest Building | Burj Khalifa, Dubai (U.A.E.) |
| Tallest Residential Building | 432, Park Avenue, New York (US) |
| Biggest Cinema House | Roxy (New York) |
| Highest City | Wen Zhuan (Tibet, China) 16,732 ft. |
| Largest City (in population) | Tokyo [(3,71,26,000), Est. population in 2011] |
| Biggest City (in area) | New York (8,683 sq. km.) |
| Largest Continent | Asia |
| Smallest Continent | Australia |
| Largest Country (in population) | China |
| Largest Country (in area) | Russia |
| Largest Coral Formation | The Great Barrier Reef (Australia) |
| Largest Dam | The Three Georges Dam (China) |
| Longest Day | June 21 (in Northern Hemisphere) |
| Shortest Day | December 22 (in Northern Hemisphere) |
| Largest Delta | Sundarbans, India (8000 sq. miles) |
| Largest Desert (world) | Sahara, Africa (84,00,000 sq. km) |
| Largest Diamond | The Cullinan (over 1 1/2 lb.) |
| Longest Epic | The Mahabharata |
| Largest Island | Greenland (renamed Kalaatdlit Nunaat) |
| Largest Lake (Artificial) | Lake Volta (Ghana) |
| Deepest Lake | Baikal (Siberia, Russia); depth 5314 feet (1,637 m) |
| Highest Lake | Titicaca (Bolivia) 12,645 ft. above sea level |
| Largest Lake (Freshwater) | Lake Superior, U.S.A. |
| Largest Lake (Saltwater) | Caspian Sea (3,71,000 sq. km.) |
| Largest Mosque | Masjid-al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia (3,56,000 sq. m) |
| Biggest Library | National Kiev Library, Moscow and Library of the Congress, Washington |
| Highest Mountain Peak (world) | Everest (Nepal) 29,035 ft. (8,850 m) |
| Highest Mountain Range | Himalayas |
| Longest Mountain Range | Andes (S. America) about 7,000 km in length |
| Biggest Museum | Louvre (Paris) |
| Tallest Minaret (Freestanding) | Qutub Minar, Delhi 238 ft. |
| Deepest And Biggest Ocean | The Pacific |
| Largest palace | Imperial Palace (Gugong), Beijing (China) |
| Largest Park | Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland |
| Largest Peninsula | Arabia (32,50,000 sq. km.) |
| Coldest Place or Region | Vostok (Antarctica), Temperature -93.2℃ |
| Driest Place | Atacama Desert (South America) |
| Largest Planet | Jupiter |
| Brightest and Hottest Planet (also nearest to Earth) | Venus |
| Farthest Planet (from the sun) | Neptune |
| Nearest Planet (to the sun) | Mercury |
| Smallest Planet | Mercury |
| Highest Plateau | Pamir (Tibet) |
| Longest Platform (Railway) | Gorakhpur ( U.P.) India (1366.33 m) |
| Largest Platform (Railway) | Grand Central Terminal, New York (U.S.A.) |
| Largest Port | Port of Shanghai (China) |
| Busiest Port | Port of Shanghai (China) |
| Longest Railway | Trans-Siberian Railway (5,772 miles long) |
| Longest River | Nile (6690 km), Amazon (6570 km) |
| Longest River Dam | Hirakud Dam (Odisha), India 15.8 miles |
| Largest Sea-bird | Albatross |
| Largest Sea (inland) | Caspian Sea (1,43,200 sq. miles) |
| Brightest Star | Sirius A (also called Dog Star) |
| Tallest Statue (Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel) | “Statue of Unity” (182 m). Sadhubet, near Sardar Sarovar Dam, Gujarat (India) |
| Tallest Statue (Bronze) | Bronze Statue of Lord Buddha, Tokyo (Japan) |
| Tallest Tower | Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE – 2716.5 ft |
| Longest and Deepest Rail Tunnel | Gotthard Tunnel (Switzerland), (57.09 km) |
| Longest and Largest Canal Tunnel | Le Rove Tunnel (South of France) |
| Longest Tunnel (Road) | Laerdal, Norway (24.51 km) |
| Highest Volcano | Ojos del Salado, Andes, Argentine-Chile (6,885m.) |
| Largest Volcano | Mauna Loa (Hawaii) |
| Longest Wall | Great Wall of China (1500 miles) |
| Highest Waterfall | Salto Angel Falls (Venezuela) |
| Longest Strait | Straight Of Malacca |
| Broadest Strait | Davis Straits (Greenland and Baffin Island, Canada) |
| Narrowest Strait | Chaliks – 45 yards (Between the Greek mainland and the island of Euboea in the Aegean Sea) |
| Largest Gulf | Gulf of Mexico, Shoreline 2100 miles |
| Largest Archipelago | Malay Archipelago, Indonesia |
| Tallest Active Geyser | Steamboat Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, U.S.A. 300 ft |
| Largest River Basin | Amazon basin-27,20,000 sq. miles |
| World’s Rainiest spot | Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India (11,873 mm) |
| Lightest Gas | Hydrogen |
| Lightest Metal | Lithium |
| Highest Melting Point | Tungsten, 3422℃ |
| Hardest substance (synthetic) | Wurtzite boron nitride |
| Hardest substance (comes from meteorites) | Lonsdaleite |
| Hardest Natural Substance (found on earth) | Diamond |
| Largest Diamond producing mine | Orapa (Botswana) |
| Longest Animal | Blue whale, (recorded length 106 feet, weight – 195 tons) |
| Longest Life-span of an Animal | 190 to 200 years, (Giant tortoise) |
| Largest Land Animal | African Bush Elephant |
| Fastest Animal | Cheetah (Leopard) 70 km. p.h. |
| Longest jump Animal | Kangaroo |
| Longest Wing spread bird | Sooty albatross |
| Fastest Dog | Persian Grey Hound (speed 43 km. p.h) |
| Longest poisonous Snake | King Cobra |
| Biggest Flower | Raffesia arnoldi (Java) |
| Largest Church | Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican City. Rome (Italy) |
| Largest Temple | Angkor Wat (Cambodia) |
| Largest River in Volume | Amazon, Brazil |
| Longest Corridor | Ramanathaswamy Temple’s Corridor, Rameshwaram (5,000 feet) |
| Highest Straight Dam | Bhakhra Dam (India) |
| Highest Capital City | La Paz (Bolivia) |
| Largest Asian desert | Gobi, Mongolia |
| Largest Democracy | India |
| Largest Neck Animal | Giraffe |
| Largest Animal of the Cat Family | Lion |
| Most Intelligent Animal | Chimpanzee |
| Bird, that never makes its nest | Cuckoo |
| Wingless Bird | Kiwi |
| Reptile which change its colours | Chameleon |
| Largest Mammal | Blue Whale |
| Smallest Country | Vatican City |
| Smallest City | Vatican City |
| Country With Lowest Population Density | Antarctica |
| The country with Highest Population Density | Singapore |
| Least Populated City | Vatican City |
| The country with Longest Border | Canada |
| The country with maximum adjoining borders | China (13 Countries) |
| Shortest River | Roe River (201 Feet/ 61 meters long) |
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India
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