99 Smallest, Shortest, Longest, Biggest, Tallest, Longest And Widest Facts

1. The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasting only 38 to 45 minutes.
2. The longest war in history was the Hundred Years’ War between England and France, which actually lasted 116 years.
3. The shortest flight commercially available is the Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route in Scotland, which lasts just over one minute.
4. The longest non-stop commercial flight by distance is between Auckland, New Zealand, and Doha, Qatar, and is operated by Qatar Airways, covering a distance of approximately 9,032 miles.
5. The largest bird egg in the world is the ostrich egg, which can weigh up to 3 lbs.
6. The smallest bird egg belongs to the vervain hummingbird, and it’s smaller than a coffee bean.
7. The largest living land animal is the African Elephant which can weigh up to 7 tons.
8. The smallest mammal by length is the bumblebee bat, measuring around 1.1-1.3 inches.
9. The longest place name in the world is in New Zealand and it has 85 characters: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
10. The biggest desert in the world, the Sahara, is almost as big as the United States.
11. The smallest desert, the Carcross Desert, is located in Canada and measures just 1 square mile.
12. The largest ocean on Earth is the Pacific Ocean, covering more than 60 million square miles.
13. The smallest ocean is the Arctic Ocean, about 10 times smaller than the Pacific.
14. The biggest flower in the world is the Rafflesia Arnoldii. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds.
15. The smallest flower is the Wolffia globosa. It’s about the size of a grain of rice.
16. The largest tree by volume is General Sherman, a giant sequoia in California, USA.
17. The tallest tree in the world is Hyperion, a coast redwood also in California, which is 379.7 feet tall.
18. The shortest reigning current monarch is King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, who began his reign in January 2015.
19. The longest reigning current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who began her reign in February 1952.
20. The world’s longest novel is A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust, consisting of 1,267,069 words.
21. The shortest novel is The Dinosaur by Augusto Monterroso. It consists of only seven words: When he woke up, the dinosaur was still there.
22. The largest known prime number has 24,862,048 digits. The new prime number is 2 multiplied by itself 82,589,933 times, minus 1.
23. The smallest prime number is 2.
24. The tallest man in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence is Robert Pershing Wadlow, who when last measured on 27 June 1940 was found to be 2.72 m (8 ft 11.1 in) tall.
25. The shortest adult human ever verified is Chandra Bahadur Dangi from Nepal, who measures 54.6 cm (1 ft 9.5 in).
26. The longest English word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis with 45 letters.
27. The shortest English word is a.
28. The largest country by land area is Russia, which spans 11 time zones.
29. The smallest country is Vatican City, which is a tiny city-state in Rome.
30. The longest river in the world is the Nile River, which runs through 11 countries in Africa.
31. The shortest river is the Roe River in Montana, USA, which is only 201 feet long.
32. The tallest mountain above sea level is Mount Everest, at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft).
33. The deepest part of the ocean is the Mariana Trench in the Western Pacific, which goes down about 36,000 feet.
34. The longest-serving current head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who has served since February 6, 1952.
35. The shortest-serving head of state in history was Louis XIX of France, who was king for only 20 minutes.
36. The largest animal ever to have lived is the blue whale.
37. The smallest mammal in the world is the Kitti’s hog-nosed bat, which measures 1.1-1.3 inches in length.
38. The largest fruit is the Atlantic Giant Pumpkin, which can weigh over 1 ton.
39. The smallest fruit is the utricle of a species of duckweed, Wolffia globosa, which is about 0.3mm in diameter.
40. The longest train route in the world is the Trans-Siberian railway, spanning 5,772 miles from Moscow to Vladivostok.
41. The shortest commercial train route is the Sheffield Park and Fenchurch at the Bluebell Railway, which is just 40 yards.
42. The largest lake by surface area is the Caspian Sea, which is considered a lake and not a sea due to the lack of a channel connecting it to the world’s oceans.
43. The smallest lake in the world is arguably Benjor Lake in Vanuatu, with a surface area of just 0.006 square km.
44. The longest single space flight by a woman is held by NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who stayed aboard the International Space Station for 328 days.
45. The shortest space flight was Alan Shepard’s Freedom 7 mission, which lasted just over 15 minutes.
46. The largest carnivorous dinosaur was Spinosaurus, measuring up to 18 meters long.
47. The smallest dinosaur currently known is the bee hummingbird, which is still alive today and measures just 5.5 cm.
48. The world’s longest bridge is the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge in China, part of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, at 164.8 km (102.4 mi).
49. The shortest international bridge is between Spain and Portugal, measuring just 3.2 meters.
50. The largest island in the world is Greenland, with a total area of about 2.16 million square kilometers.
51. The smallest island in the world is Bishop Rock, an incredibly small island with a lighthouse in the Isles of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall, UK.
52. The tallest skyscraper in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, standing at 828 meters tall.
53. The smallest skyscraper is the Newby-McMahon Building in Texas, often referred to as the ‘World’s Littlest Skyscraper’ and stands at 12 meters tall.
54. The largest active volcano is the Mauna Loa in Hawaii.
55. The smallest active volcano is the Mount Taal in the Philippines.
56. The longest living animal is the ocean quahog clam, which can live up to 500 years.
57. The shortest living animal is the mayfly, which can have a lifespan as short as a few minutes.
58. The tallest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls in Venezuela, which stands at 979 meters high.
59. The smallest waterfall in the world is the Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon, standing at 2 inches.
60. The largest diamond ever discovered is the Cullinan diamond, which was 3,106 carats in its rough state.
61. The smallest diamond ever cut is the Vodka Diamond which measures only 0.0275 carats.
62. The largest glacier in the world is the Lambert-Fisher Glacier in Antarctica, measuring about 100 kilometers wide.
63. The largest stadium in the world by capacity is the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in North Korea, which can seat 114,000 people.
64. The smallest stadium in the world is Eden Park in New Zealand, which can seat just 50 people.
65. The longest beach in the world is Praia do Cassino (Casino Beach) in Brazil, stretching over 212 kilometers.
66. The shortest beach in the world is Gulpiyuri Beach in Spain, with a length of just 50 meters.
67. The biggest mall in the world is the Iran Mall in Tehran, with a total retail floor area of 21 million square feet.
68. The smallest mall in the world is the size of a mobile van and travels around the United States.
69. The longest highway in the world is the Pan-American Highway, which stretches 19,000 miles from Prudhoe Bay in North Alaska to Ushuaia in Argentina.
70. The largest salt flat in the world is Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, spanning over 10,000 square kilometers.
71. The smallest salt flat is the Salar de Llamara in Chile, which spans just 45 square kilometers.
72. The largest species of bear is the Polar bear, with males averaging up to 1,500 lbs.
73. The smallest species of bear is the Sun bear, which can weigh as little as 60 lbs.
74. The largest aquarium in the world is the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, USA.
75. The smallest aquarium in the world is in a coffee shop in Hove, East Sussex, UK and contains just four fish.
76. The biggest number with a name is a googolplex, which is a 1 followed by a googol of zeroes. A googol is 1 followed by 100 zeroes.
77. The smallest number with a name is zero.
78. The largest hailstone ever recorded fell in Vivian, South Dakota, USA, on 23 July 2010. It measured 20 cm (8 in) in diameter and 47.3 cm (18.6 in) in circumference.
79. The smallest hailstone recorded was 0.2 cm (0.08 inches) in diameter.
80. The longest railway platform in the world is at Gorakhpur Junction in India, measuring 1,366.33 m (4,483 ft).
81. The largest reef system in the world is the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
82. The smallest reef system is the Saba Bank in the Caribbean.
83. The largest hot desert is the Sahara desert, spanning over 9 million square kilometers.
84. The smallest hot desert is the Carcross desert in Canada, spanning just 2.6 square kilometers.
85. The largest zoo in the world is the Henry Doorly Zoo in Nebraska, USA, spanning over 130 acres.
86. The smallest zoo in the world is the Charles Paddock Zoo in California, USA, covering just 5 acres.
87. The longest highway tunnel in the world is the Laerdal Tunnel in Norway, at 15.23 miles long.
88. The shortest highway tunnel is the Tunnel Log in Sequoia National Park, California, which is only 84 feet long.
89. The biggest snowflake ever recorded reportedly measured 15 inches across, in Montana in 1887.
90. The smallest snowflake ever recorded was just 0.002 inches across.
91. The biggest key in the world is the key to the Holy Kaaba. It is 2.3 meters long.
92. The smallest key in the world is the key to the Heart Locket Charm. It is just 0.6 cm long.
93. The longest-serving employee in history is likely to be Walter Orthmann in Brazil, who started working at a textile company when he was 15 and continued for over 80 years.
94. The shortest-serving employee in history is not known, but there have been instances of people quitting within minutes of starting a job.
95. The largest airport in the world by total land area is King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia, which spans over 780 square kilometers.
96. The smallest airport in the world is Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport on the Caribbean island of Saba, with a runway of only 400 meters.
97. The longest fence in the world is the Dingo Fence or Dog Fence in Australia, built in the 1880s to keep dingoes away from fertile land and measuring around 5,614 km (3,488 mi) long.
98. The largest subway system in the world by length of routes is the New York City Subway, with 394 km (245 miles).
99. The smallest subway system is in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, with just two lines.

Originally posted 2023-09-21 22:14:10.

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