The oldest surviving papyrus document is the Diary of Merer, a journal kept by a government official who led a work crew involved in the construction of the Great Pyramid of Khufu. It is written in a ...

La Paz, administrative and de facto capital of Bolivia, stands at an altitude of 3,631 m (11,913 ft) above sea level. Its airport, El Alto, is at 4,080 m (13,385 ft). Sucre, the legal capital of ...

The greatest tides occur in the Bay of Fundy, which divides the peninsula of Nova Scotia, Canada from the United States' north-easternmost state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

The largest functioning joystick is a scaled-up version of a classic Atari CX40 controller that measures 9 ft (2.74 m) high - making it nearly 14 times the original size. Entitled [giantJoystick], it ...

The longest species of worm of any kind is the bootlace worm (Lineus longissimus), a species of nemertean or ribbon worm, inhabiting shallow waters of the North Sea. In 1864, following a severe storm ...

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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 ...

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Deck-building, turn-based RPG Library of Ruina (Project Moon, 2021) has a main campaign playtime of around 113 hours, as of June 2026. That's a thumb-numbing 12 hours more than previous record holder ...

The widest avenue in the world is the Avenida 9 de Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its incredible span of around 110 m, 16 lanes of traffic plus landscaped medians occupies an entire city block.