Biggest & Smallest
This mountain holds the record as the highest point on Earth.
What is Mount Everest?
Usain Bolt set the men’s 100-meter world record in 2009 with this blistering time.
What is 9.58 seconds?
The longest fingernails ever recorded measured over 8 meters in total, belonging to this Indian man.
Who is Shridhar Chillal?
This blue creature is the largest animal known to have ever lived.
What is the blue whale?
The world’s most populous country as of the 2020s.
What is China?
The world’s largest ocean covers about one-third of Earth’s surface.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This animal holds the record as the fastest land mammal.
What is the cheetah?
This record involves holding one’s breath underwater — currently over 11 minutes!
What is static apnea?
This bird holds the record for the fastest dive, reaching speeds over 200 mph.
What is the peregrine falcon?
This city holds the record for the world’s tallest building — the Burj Khalifa.
What is Dubai?
This country has the smallest land area of any nation.
What is Vatican City?
The fastest man-made object is a NASA probe launched in 2018 to study the Sun.
What is the Parker Solar Probe?
The most Olympic gold medals ever won by one athlete belong to this swimmer.
Who is Michael Phelps?
The longest-living land animal is a giant tortoise species found on these islands.
What are the Galápagos Islands?
This French landmark was once the tallest structure in the world when completed in 1889.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
The largest desert on Earth isn’t the Sahara — it’s actually this icy one.
What is Antarctica?
This high-speed train system in Japan can travel over 300 km/h.
What is the Shinkansen (Bullet Train)?
The tallest living man, Sultan Kösen, stands over this height in meters.
What is 2.5 meters (8 ft 2 in)?
This dog breed produced the tallest dog ever recorded, named Zeus.
What is the Great Dane?
This African waterfall is often called “The Smoke That Thunders.”
What is Victoria Falls?
This South American river is the world’s largest by water volume.
What is the Amazon River?
This vehicle holds the record for the fastest land speed ever recorded, exceeding 760 mph.
What is the ThrustSSC?
This record involves solving the most Rubik’s Cubes underwater in a single breath.
What is 6 Cubes?
The smallest mammal by weight is this tiny bumblebee-sized bat.
What is the Kitti’s hog-nosed bat?
This country holds the record for having the most islands — over 200,000 of them!
What is Sweden?