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Smallest Continent

Australia

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Smallest Country

Vatican City (0.44 sq km)

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Smallest Bird

Bee Hummingbird (2.24 inches long, found in Cuba)

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Smallest Coin

Java coin (made during the reign of King Jaya Prakash Malla)

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Smallest Satellite

Leda (about 16 km in diameter)

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Smallest Tree

Tundra tree (Greenland)

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Smallest Book

Located in a German library

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Smallest Snake

Worm Snake (America)

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Tallest Building

Burj Khalifa, Dubai

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Tallest Animal

Giraffe

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Highest Volcano

Antofalla in Argentina (6450 meters)

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Highest Waterfall

Angel Falls (Venezuela)

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Tallest Tower

CN Tower in Toronto, Canada

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Highest Television Broadcst

Mount Everest (8848.86 meters) by a joint Nepal, Japan, and China team on May 5, 1988

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Highest Plateau

Pamir (Tibetan Plateau)

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Mountain Range

Himalayas

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Mountain Peak

Mount Everest, 8848.86 meters (Nepal)

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Highest Capital City

La Paz (Bolivia)

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Highest Railway Station

Tanggula Railway Station (built at an altitude of 5,068 meters), China

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Highest Airport

Bangda Airport (Tibet, China)

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Tallest Hotel

Westin Samford in Singapore (226.1 meters tall), Everest View Hotel (Nepal) at 12,713 feet, Lhasa Tibet

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Highest City

Lhasa Tibet

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Buddhist Stupa

Boudhanath Stupa in Lumbini (105.4 feet)

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Tallest Statue

Statue of Unity (India), 182 meters

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Tallest Dam

Nurek Dam (Russia), 300 meters tall

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Longest River

Nile (6690 kilometers)

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Longest Canal

Volga-Baltic Canal (2300 kilometers)

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Longest Wall

Great Wall of China (6200 miles)

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Longest Mountain Range

The Andes (America)

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Longest Animal

Ribbon Worm, also known as Bootlace Worm. Found in the North Sea, up to 180 feet long.

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Longest Dam

Yacireta Dam, 72 kilometers (Argentina)

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Longest Railway

Trans-Siberian Railway, 9438 kilometers (from Moscow to Nakhodka in the Soviet Union)

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Longest Railway Platform

Kharagpur platform in West Bengal, India

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Longest Highway (Road)

Pan-American Highway, 24,140 kilometers (from Alaska, USA, to Santiago, Chile, passing through Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Brasilia, the capital of Brazil)

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Longest Irrigation Canal

Karakum Canal (Karakumsky), 850 kilometers long.

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Longest Road Tunnel

Laerdal Tunnel in Norway, 24.5 kilometers long.

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Longest Bridge

Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge (China), 164.8 kilometers.