~~~~Some World Records----------

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

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 A380Military

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 CunhaLakes

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

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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 whAnimals Generale, 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