The largest ancient castle in the world is Hradcany Castle or Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, built in the 9th century. It is an oblong irregular polygon with an axis of 570 m (1,870 ft) and ...

Hang Son Đoòng (the name means "Mountain River Cave") is the world's largest single cave passage, based on its overall dimensions. It is around 200 metres (655 feet) high, 150 metres (490 feet) wide ...

The longest speech ever given to the UN was delivered in 1957 by the Indian politician VK Krishna Menon, who talked for nearly eight hours while defending India's position on Kashmir. Records change ...

The shortest escalator is the moving walkway at Okadaya More's Shopping Mall at Kawasaki-shi, Japan, which has a vertical height of 83.4 cm (2 ft 8 in). It was installed by Hitachi Ltd. The shortest ...

At the 2020 British Puzzle Championship, Sarah Mills (UK) solved a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle depicting London landmarks in 1 hour 40 minutes. That's an average of one piece every six seconds. The ...

The longest chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum) was grown by Jürg Wiesli (Switzerland) and measured 56.3 cm (1 ft 10.1 in) long as verified at the European Pumpkin and Vegetable Weigh-Off Championship in ...

A year on from growing a record pumpkin with his twin brother, Ian Paton has returned to establish a new horticultural ...

The world’s oldest person Ethel Caterham (UK) has become the first-ever Brit to reach the age of 117. Since then, she’s been celebrated around the world and was even paid a special visit by King ...

If the moon hit your eye like this big pizza pie you’d certainly know about it! YouTube star Airrack (USA) teamed up with Pizza Hut up to make the world’s largest pizza – one that's a colossal 13,990 ...

The card was purchased by Paul in another record-breaking sale back in 2021, when it became the most expensive Pokemon card sold at a private sale for $5,275,000. This time, the card was sold via ...

This extraordinary young man is Lalit Patidar. The 18-year-old from India has the hairiest face on a person (male), with 201.72 hairs per square centimetre. Over 95% of his face is covered in hair. He ...

California resident Edwin Castro has been revealed as the winner of the world’s greatest jackpot in a national lottery, over three months after the numbers were drawn in November 2022. Overcoming odds ...