World Records
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Record-breaking extremes: the tallest, longest, fastest, largest, and oldest ever recorded, across nature, sport, and human achievement.
- What is the tallest person ever recorded?
- Robert Wadlow
- What is the shortest person ever recorded?
- Chandra Bahadur Dangi
- What is the tallest living person?
- Sultan Kösen (as of knowledge cutoff)
- What is the oldest person ever?
- Jeanne Calment
- What is the tallest building?
- Burj Khalifa
- What is the longest river?
- Nile River
- What is the largest ocean?
- Pacific Ocean
- What is the fastest land animal?
- Cheetah
- What is the largest land animal?
- African elephant
- What is the smallest mammal?
- Bumblebee bat
- What is the largest animal?
- Blue whale
- What is the fastest bird?
- Peregrine falcon
- What is the longest snake?
- Reticulated python
- What is the heaviest snake?
- Green anaconda
- What is the largest fish?
- Whale shark
- What is the smallest fish?
- Paedocypris
- What is the largest bird?
- Ostrich
- What is the smallest bird?
- Bee hummingbird
- What is the longest-living animal?
- Ocean quahog clam
- What is the fastest fish?
- Black marlin
- What is the loudest animal?
- Sperm whale
- What is the largest spider?
- Goliath birdeater
- What is the deadliest spider?
- Brazilian wandering spider
- What is the tallest tree?
- Hyperion (coast redwood)
- What is the oldest tree?
- Methuselah (bristlecone pine)
- What is the largest flower?
- Rafflesia arnoldii
- What is the highest mountain?
- Mount Everest
- What is the deepest point in ocean?
- Mariana Trench
- What is the largest desert?
- Antarctic Desert
- What is the hottest place on Earth?
- Death Valley California