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 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 Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania is believed to be the heaviest building in the world. It is constructed from 700,000 tonnes (1.5 billion lb) of steel and bronze combined with 1 ...

The largest church in the world is the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace (Notre Dame de la Paix) at Yamoussoukro, the legal and administrative capital of Ivory Coast/Côte d'Ivoire, completed in 1989 at a ...

The longest chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum) was grown by Jürg Wiesli (Switzerland) and measured 54.3 cm (1 ft 9.4 in) long as verified at a GPC event in Rapperswil-Jona, St Gallen, Switzerland, on 3 ...

The oldest ever man to father a child was reportedly Les Colley (1898 - 1998, Australia), who had his ninth child a son named Oswald to his third wife at the age of 92 years 10 months. Colley met ...

The world’s largest library, measured by catalogue size (number of items), is the US Library of Congress, which is based in Washington DC and was home to 173,731,463 items as of November 2021. Spread ...

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 ...

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 largest living invertebrates (and most likely of all time) are two species of mega-squid. Based on length, the record holder is the giant squid (Architeuthis dux) which can grow to at least 13 m ...

With a price tag of 10 million Chinese yuan or £945,000 ($1,513,417), an 11-month-old red Tibetan mastiff became the world's costliest canine when sold by breeder Lu Liang to a Chinese ...

Located in the tallest of the six pyramids that house the Nima Sand Museum, Japan, is a 5.2-m-tall (17-ft 0.72-in) 560-kg (1,234.6-lb) hourglass with a diameter of 1 m (3 ft 3.37 in). It is filled ...