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Largest bird | Important World Records
• Ostrich of North Africa
Smallest bird
• Male bee hummingbird of Cuba.
The first to launch earth satellite or artificial body to moon
• USSR
The first President of the U.S.A.
• George Washington
The first President of the Chinese Republic
• Sun Yat sen
The first Governor-General of Pakistan | Important World Records
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Smallest continent
• Australia
Most populous continent | Important World Records
• Asia
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Largest road tunnel
• Yerba Buena Island tunnel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Largest cotton producer
• China
Largest fish catching country | Important World Records
• China
Fastest flying bird
• the peregrine falcon
Largest fish
• Whale Shark
First woman Prime Minister | Important World Records
• Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka
First woman President | Important World Records
• Isabel Peron of Argentina
First woman President of the UN General Assembly | Important World Records
• Pandit Vijaya Lakshmi of India
First UN Secretary
• General Mr. Trygve Lie of Norway
First man at both poles
• Dr. albert P. Crary of the USA
First man at the South Pole
• Captain Roald Amundsen of Norway
First man to conquer Mount Everest
• Mr. Edmund Percival Hillary of New Zealand
First man on the moon
• Niel Arm Strong
First Muslim in space
• Prince Sultan Salman al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
First journalist in space
• Japanese Television reporter Tyoehiro Akiyama
First woman in space
• Junior Lieutenant Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova of the former Soviet Union
First man to walk in space
Lt. Col Aleksey a. Leonov of the former Soviet Union
First animal in space
• Laika, the dog (set by the Russians).
First artificial satellite
• Sputnik I, of the former Soviet Union
First man to receive an artificial heart
• Dr. Barney B Clark
First test-tube baby
• Louie Brown
First liver transplant recipient
• Ichirou Tsuruyama of Japan
Deadliest disease
• AIDS.
Leading nuclear electricity producing country
• The USA
First nuclear power station producing electricity
• USA
Most Commonest element in the atmosphere
• Nitrogen
Most common element in the Universe
• Hydrogen (H).
Largest natural gas producer
• Russia
Largest oil consumer
• The USA
Largest computer company
• IBM
Largest arms exporter
• The USA.
Longest war
• Thirty Years War
Shortest war
• The war between the United Kingdom and Zazibar (39.58 minutes).
Bloodiest War
• Second World War
Largest regular armed force
• China’s
Largest army
• The army of China
Largest legislative assembly
• National People’s Congress of China
Largest commercial bank Bank
• Bank of Tokyo – Mitsubisihi Limited, Tokyo, Japan
Largest oil company
• The Exxon USA
Largest flower
• Rafflesia Arnoldii
Fastest growing plant
• Bamboo
Largest, heaviest and longest mammal and animal
• The Blue whale
Fastest land animal
• The cheetah of hunting leopard
Tallest animal
• The male Giraffe.
First clones animal
• Dolly (sheep)
Largest development bank
• International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (commonly known as World Bank)
Longest bone in the human body
• The thigh bone or femur
Smallest bone in the human body
• The stapes or stirrup bone in the middle ear
Most abundant mineral in the human body
• Calcium
Hardest element
• Diamond
Country with the most newspapers
• India
Largest fort
• The Fort George in UK
Oldest museum
• The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK.
Oldest theatre
The theatre of Epidauros, Greece.
Largest car producer
Japan
Longest frontier
The frontier between Canada and USA
Largest paper producer
• The USA.
Largest crude oil producer
• Saudi Arabia
Highest defence budge
• USA.
The first country to send man to the moon
• U.S.A.
Largest tobacco producer
• China
Biggest bicycle producer
• China
Technologically the most advance country
• The USA
Longest wall
• The Great Wall of China.
Least populous continent
• Australia
Uninhabited continent
• Antarctica
Largest country in the land size
• Russia
Smallest country
• State of Vatican City
Largest democracy
• India
smallest republic
• Nauru
Largest Island
• Kalaallit Nunaat (formerly Greenland)
Largest peninsula
• Arabia,
Most populous country
• China
Least populous country
• State of Vatican
Largest Islamic country
• Kazakhstan
Smallest Islamic country
• Maldives
Most populous Islamic country
• Indonesia
Oldest capital city
• Damascus, capital of Syria
Highest capital city
• La Paz in Bolivia
Deepest ocean
• The Pacific Ocean
Smallest ocean
• The Arctic Ocean
Largest sea
• The South China Sea
Largest gulf
• The Gulf of Mexico,
Largest bay
• The Bay of Bengal
Highest mountain peak
• Mount Everest, 8850 m. high.
Largest active volcano
• Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Largest planet
• Jupiter
Smallest planet
• Mercury
Coldest planet
• Neptune
Hottest plant
• Venus
Planet nearest to the Earth
• Venus
Fastest planet
• Mercury
Brightest planet
• Venus
Faintest planet
• Neptune
Densest planet
• The Earth
Least densest planet
• Saturn
Newest born country of the world
• South Sudan
Latest member of UNO
• South Sudan
Longest river
The River Nile, Egypt.
• Biggest River
Amazon
• Largest gold producer
China
• Second largest gold producer
South Africa
Largest silver producer
• Mexico
Largest coal producer
• China
Largest copper producer
• Chile (South America)
Largest tin producer
• Brazil
Largest natural rubber producer
• Thailand
Largest uranium producer
• Canada
Largest zinc producer
• Canada
Brightest star
• Sirius A (Dog Star)
Smallest star
• The Neutron stars.
Smallest satellite
• Deimos
Planet with most satellites
• Jupiter
Largest desert
• The Sahara
Larges lake
• The Caspian Sea in
Largest freshwater lake
• Lake Superior, USA – Canada
Largest freshwater lake (by volume)
• Lake Baikal
Deepest lake is
• Lake Baikal in Central Siberia, Russia
Largest wool producer
• Australia
Largest wheat producer
• China
Largest sugarcane producer
• Brazil
Largest sugar producer
• India
Largest rice producer
• China
Largest barley producer
• Russia
Largest corn (maize) producer
• The USA
Largest wheat exporter
• The USA
Largest coffee producer
• Brazil
Largest jute producer
• India
Country with the shortest coastline
• Manaco
Country with the longest coastline
• Canada
Longest tunnel
• The New York City West Delaware water supply tunnel, (169 km, long and diameter 4.1 m).
Longest under – sea tunnel
• Seikan Rail tunnel, Japan (length of 53.85 km).
Longest road tunnel
• The St. Gothard Road Tunnel in Switzerland (16.32 km).
Largest natural gas deposit
• Russia
Hottest place al-aziziyah,
• Tripoli, Libya
Coldest place
• Vostok in Antarctic
Rainiest place
• Cherrapunji India.
Highest airport | Important World Records
• La Sa (Lhasa) Airport in Tibet, China
Lowest international airport | Important World Records
• Schiphol airport in Amsterdam
Oldest written language | Important World Records
• Chinese.
Oldest spoken language | Important World Records
• Chinese
Language with most letters | Important World Records
• Cambodian
Largest library
• The United States Library of Congress
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