Built originally as a private road for King Fahd (SAU), the stretch of Highway 10 connecting Highway 75 in the Haradh area to Highway 95 in the west of Saudi Arabia is 240 km (149 mi) long. It cuts ...

The world's first full-length feature film was The Story of the Kelly Gang, made in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1906. Produced on a budget of £450 (then US$2185.65), this biopic of the notorious ...

Florida paramedic Autumn Kelso (USA) just claimed the record for the shortest female firefighter in the world!

The famous YouTuber and writer just claimed a Guinness World Records title for the “most tip in sheets signed by an author in ...

Cath Bowie, based in Aberdeen in the UK, said she was "instantly intrigued" when she saw her grandson playing Fortnite. That was back in 2017, when Epic Games' famous multiplayer game first launched ...

The 133-m-tall (436-ft) Jeddah Port Control Tower in Saudi Arabia, although not primarily built to aid navigation, is listed by The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency’s “List of Lights” and ...

The oldest known library was assembled by Ashurbanipal, King of the Assyrians, between 668 and 631 BCE. It was located in his royal palace in Nineveh (in present-day northern Iraq, near Mosul), and ...

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 ...

The most expensive sandwich commercially available is the "Quintessential Grilled Cheese" which sells for US $214 (£132.64) at Serendipity 3 in New York, New York, USA, as of 29 October 2014. The ...

The world's tallest obelisk is the Washington Monument in Washington DC, USA. It stands 169 m (555 ft) tall and was completed in 1884 to honour George Washington, the first president of the United ...

The loudest insect is the shrill thorntree cicada (Brevisana brevis), native to wooded areas of sub-Saharan Africa including Zambia, South Africa and Malawi, which produces a calling song with a mean ...

The highest point of Neuschwanstein Castle overlooking the village of Hohenschwangau in Bavaria, Germany, rises 213 feet (65 metres) above ground. The Romanesque Revival castle was built upon the ...