1–5
0 m
50
m–5
km
5–2
00
km
> 2
00
km
An
tho
ny
Vic
tor
(IN
D) h
as
hai
r sp
rou
tin
g f
rom
th
e ce
ntr
e o
f h
is o
ute
r ea
rs
(mid
dle
of
the
pin
na)
th
at
mea
sure
s 18
.1 c
m (
7.12
in)
at it
s lo
ng
est
po
int.
A 3
.2-c
m-l
ong
(1.2
6-i
n)
toot
h w
as r
emov
ed f
rom
Lo
o H
ui J
ing
(SG
P) i
n
Sin
gap
ore
on
6 A
pr
20
09
by
Dr
Ng
Lay
Ch
oo
at t
he
Eli
Den
tal S
urg
ery.
Ear
hai
r18
.1 c
m
Hu
man
to
oth
ex
trac
ted
3.2
cm
Nic
k S
toeb
erl (
US
A) h
as a
to
ng
ue
mea
suri
ng
10
.1 c
m (
3.9
7 in
) fro
m
the
tip
to
the
mid
dle
of
the
clo
sed
to
p li
p, a
s ve
rifie
d in
Sal
inas
, C
alif
orn
ia, U
SA
, on
27
Nov
20
12.
Ton
gu
e 10
.1 c
m
1 cm
–1 m
Longes
t...
SUPERLATIVES
We
ofte
n m
ake
assu
mpt
ions
abo
ut t
he w
orld
we
live
in, o
nly
to fi
nd t
hat
the
real
ity
is q
uite
diff
eren
t. T
he l
on
ges
t an
imal
cou
ldn’
t be
a w
orm
… c
ould
it?
Is
it p
ossi
ble
for
a tr
ain
to b
e he
avie
r th
an m
ore
than
80
0 b
lue
wha
les?
And
w
as t
here
rea
lly o
nce
a tr
affic
jam
of
18 m
illio
n ca
rs?
Rea
d on
to
find
out
!
Har
ry H
url
ey o
f N
orth
Car
olin
a, U
SA
, gre
w a
V
ign
a u
ng
uic
ula
ta s
esq
uip
eda
lis t
hat
was
1.3
m
(4 f
t 3
in) l
on
g w
hen
mea
sure
d o
n 13
Sep
19
97
at t
he
Nor
th C
arol
ina
Sta
te F
arm
ers
Mar
ket.
Be
an1.
3 m
Xie
Qiu
pin
g (C
HN
) has
bee
n g
row
ing
h
er h
air
sin
ce 1
973
, wh
en s
he
was
ag
ed 1
3. W
hen
last
mea
sure
d,
on
8 M
ay 2
00
4, h
er t
ress
es w
ere
5.6
27
m (1
8 f
t 5
.54
in) l
on
g.
Hai
r (f
em
ale)
5.6
27
mF
ish
7.
6 m
Th
e lo
ng
est
of
the
bo
ny
or
“tru
e” fi
shes
is t
he
oar
fish
(Reg
ale
cus
gle
sne)
, als
o ca
lled
th
e “K
ing
of
the
Her
rin
gs”
, wh
ich
has
a w
orl
dw
ide
dis
trib
uti
on
. In
c. 1
88
5, a
25
-ft-
lon
g (
7.6
-m) e
xam
ple
wei
gh
ing
6
00
lb (2
72 k
g) w
as c
aug
ht
by fi
sher
men
off
P
emaq
uid
Poi
nt
in M
ain
e, U
SA
. An
oth
er o
arfis
h,
seen
sw
imm
ing
off A
sbu
ry P
ark,
New
Jer
sey,
US
A,
on 1
8 J
ul 1
963
was
est
imat
ed t
o h
ave
mea
sure
d
50
ft
(15
.2 m
) lon
g. I
t w
as o
bse
rved
by
a te
am o
f sc
ien
tist
s fr
om
th
e S
and
y H
oo
k M
arin
e L
abo
rato
ry.
Fin
ge
rnai
ls (a
ve
rag
e)
98
.5 c
m
Mel
vin
Bo
oth
e (U
SA
) had
fin
ger
nai
ls w
ith
an
ave
rag
e le
ng
th o
f 9
8.5
cm
(3
8.7
7 in
),
wh
en m
easu
red
in T
roy,
M
ich
igan
, US
A, o
n 3
0 M
ay
20
09.
Sad
ly, M
elvi
n p
asse
d
away
in D
ec 2
00
9.
Th
e lo
ng
est
fin
ge
rnai
ls
eve
r (a
ve
rag
e, f
em
ale)
b
elo
ng
ed t
o Le
e R
edm
on
d
(US
A).
Her
nai
ls a
vera
ged
8
6.5
cm
(3
4.0
5 in
) wh
en
mea
sure
d f
or
Lo S
how
dei
R
eco
rd in
Mad
rid
, Sp
ain
, o
n 2
3 F
eb 2
00
8.
Sn
ake
10 m
Th
e re
ticu
late
d p
yth
on
(Py
tho
n
reti
cula
tus)
of
sou
th-e
ast
Asi
a, In
don
esia
an
d th
e P
hili
pp
ines
reg
ula
rly
exce
eds
6.2
5 m
(20
ft
6 in
). T
he
lon
ges
t sp
ecim
en r
ecor
ded
mea
sure
d
10 m
(3
2 ft
9.7
in);
it w
as s
ho
t in
Cel
ebes
(now
Su
law
esi)
, In
do
nes
ia, i
n 1
912
.
Ho
t d
og
2
03
.80
m
At
20
3.8
0 m
(66
8 f
t 7.
6 in
), t
he
lon
ges
t h
ot
do
g w
as m
ade
by
Nov
ex S
A (
Par
agu
ay) a
t E
xpo
feri
a 2
011
in M
aria
no
Ro
qu
e A
lon
so,
Par
agu
ay, o
n 1
5 J
ul 2
011
.
Th
e b
oo
tlac
e w
orm
(Lin
eus
lon
gis
sim
us)
is a
sp
ecie
s o
f n
emer
tean
or
rib
bo
n w
orm
th
at in
hab
its
shal
low
wat
ers
of
the
Nor
th S
ea. I
n 18
64
, fol
low
ing
a st
orm
at
St
An
dre
ws
in F
ife,
U
K, a
sp
ecim
en m
easu
rin
g at
leas
t 5
5 m
(18
0 f
t) –
lon
ger
th
an
an O
lym
pic
-siz
ed s
wim
min
g p
oo
l – w
ash
ed a
sho
re.
An
imal
5
5 m
Sh
ip
39
9 m
The
Mæ
rsk
Trip
le E
cla
ss (
DN
K) c
onta
iner
sh
ips
are
39
9 m
(1
,30
9 ft
) lon
g –
mo
re t
han
five
-an
d-a
-hal
f ti
mes
lon
ger
th
an a
74
7 ju
mb
o je
t. T
he
lead
ves
sel i
s th
e M
V M
ærs
k M
c-K
inn
ey M
ølle
r, w
hic
h w
as la
un
ched
at
the
Dae
wo
o S
hip
bu
ildin
g &
Mar
ine
En
gin
eeri
ng
sh
ipya
rd in
Okp
o,
Geo
je, S
ou
th K
ore
a, o
n 2
4 F
eb 2
013
.
Mn
og
o M
ebel
i (R
US
) co
nst
ruct
ed a
so
fa
mea
suri
ng
1,0
06
.61
m (
3,3
02
ft 6
in) i
n
Sar
atov
, Ru
ssia
, on
25
Ju
l 20
14.
So
fa
1,0
06
.61
mW
ed
din
g d
ress
tra
in
2,5
99
m
On
20
Au
g 2
015
, Sh
ilila
nsh
an (C
HN
) u
nve
iled
a w
edd
ing
dre
ss w
ith
a t
rain
2
,59
9 m
(8,5
26
ft
10 in
) lo
ng
in X
iam
en,
Fujia
n, C
hin
a. It
’s m
ore
th
an 2
0 t
imes
lo
ng
er t
han
an
Am
eric
an f
oo
tbal
l fiel
d.
Trai
n
7.3
53
km
At
7.3
53
km (4
.56
8 m
i), t
he
lon
ges
t tr
ain
co
nsi
sted
of
68
2 o
re c
ars
pu
shed
by
eig
ht
die
sel-
elec
tric
loco
mo
tive
s. A
ssem
ble
d b
y B
HP
Iro
n O
re, i
t tr
avel
led
275
km
(171
mi)
ac
ross
Au
stra
lia o
n 2
1 J
un
20
01.
It w
as a
lso
the
he
avie
st t
rain
, wei
gh
ing
99,
732
.1 t
on
nes
(1
09,
935
.8 t
on
s).
On
16
Dec
20
11, e
mp
loye
es
of
Lyre
co D
euts
chla
nd
G
mb
H (
DE
U) c
om
ple
ted
a
37.
41-
km-l
on
g (2
3.2
5-m
i)
pap
er-c
lip c
hai
n in
an
eve
nt
at t
he
Inte
rCo
nti
nen
tal
Ber
lin h
ote
l in
Ger
man
y.
Pap
er-
cli
p c
hai
n
37.
41
km
Rai
l tu
nn
el
57
km
On
15
Oct
20
10, e
ng
inee
rs w
ork
ing
2
,00
0 m
(6,5
60
ft)
ben
eath
th
e S
wis
s A
lps
dri
lled
th
rou
gh
th
e la
st r
emai
nin
g
rock
blo
ckin
g t
he
crea
tio
n o
f th
e w
orl
d’s
lon
ges
t ra
il tu
nn
el. T
he
57-
km
(35
.42-
mi)
Go
tth
ard
Bas
e Tu
nn
el t
oo
k 14
yea
rs t
o b
uild
, at
a co
st o
f 12
.2 b
n
Sw
iss
fran
cs ($
12.2
bn
; £8
.4 b
n). T
he
op
enin
g c
erem
on
y w
as o
n 1
Ju
n 2
016
. Fu
ll se
rvic
e b
egan
on
11
Dec
20
16, w
ith
th
e tu
nn
el s
et t
o ac
com
mo
dat
e 3
00
tr
ain
s a
day
.
Traffi
c ja
m
176
km
Th
e lo
ng
est
gri
dlo
ck e
ver
rep
ort
ed s
tret
ched
176
km
(1
09
mi)
no
rth
war
ds
fro
m
Lyo
n t
owar
ds
Par
is, F
ran
ce,
on
16
Feb
19
80
.
Th
e lo
ng
est
tra
ffic
jam
b
y n
um
be
r o
f v
eh
icle
s co
mp
rise
d 1
8 m
illio
n c
ars,
cr
awlin
g b
um
per
-to
-bu
mp
er
on
th
e E
ast-
Wes
t G
erm
an
bo
rder
on
12
Ap
r 19
90
.
Bri
dg
e 16
4 k
m
Th
e D
anya
ng
-Ku
nsh
an G
ran
d
Bri
dg
e o
n t
he
Jin
gh
u H
igh
-S
pee
d R
ailw
ay (a
ka t
he
Bei
jing
–S
han
gh
ai H
igh
-Sp
eed
Rai
lway
) is
16
4 k
m (1
02
mi)
lon
g. T
his
lin
e,
wh
ich
op
ened
in J
un
20
11, a
lso
cro
sses
th
e 11
4-k
m (
70.8
-mi)
L
ang
fan
g–
Qin
gxi
an v
iad
uct
, th
e se
con
d-l
on
ges
t b
rid
ge
in
the
wo
rld
.
Can
yo
n
44
6 k
m
Th
e G
ran
d C
anyo
n w
as c
reat
ed o
ver
mill
ion
s o
f ye
ars
by
the
Co
lora
do
Riv
er in
no
rth
-cen
tral
Ari
zon
a, U
SA
. It
ext
end
s 4
46
km
(277
mi)
fro
m M
arb
le G
org
e to
th
e G
ran
d W
ash
Cliff
s –
mor
e th
an t
he
len
gth
of
Lon
don
’s
Un
der
gro
un
d n
etw
ork.
Th
e ca
nyo
n is
1.6
km
(1 m
i) d
eep
, w
hile
its
wid
th r
ang
es f
rom
0.5
–29
km (0
.31–
18 m
i).
Hu
man
ch
ain
1,
05
0 k
m
On
11
Dec
20
04
, mo
re
than
5 m
illio
n p
eop
le
join
ed h
and
s to
fo
rm a
h
um
an c
hai
n 1
,05
0 k
m
(65
2.4
mi)
lon
g, f
rom
Te
knaf
to
Ten
tulia
in
Ban
gla
des
h. T
he
even
t w
as s
tag
ed a
s p
art
of
a p
rote
st t
o p
ress
fo
r fr
esh
po
lls
in a
n e
lect
ion
.
Pow
er
lin
e 2
,50
0 k
m
Th
e lo
ng
est
Hig
h V
olt
age
Dir
ect
Cu
rren
t (H
VD
C) p
ower
lin
e is
th
e R
io M
adei
ra li
nk
in B
razi
l, w
hic
h r
un
s fo
r m
ore
th
an 2
,50
0 k
m (1
,55
0 m
i)
bet
wee
n P
ort
o V
elh
o an
d S
ão P
aulo
. T
he
line
tran
sfer
s h
ydro
elec
tric
p
ower
fro
m t
he
Itai
pu
Dam
to
São
Pau
lo a
cro
ss la
rge
sect
ion
s o
f A
maz
on
ian
rai
nfo
rest
.
Wal
l 3
,46
0 k
m
Th
e G
reat
Wal
l of
Ch
ina
has
a m
ain
-lin
e le
ng
th
of
3,4
60
km
(2,1
50
mi)
–
mo
re t
han
th
ree
tim
es
the
len
gth
of
Bri
tain
. It
incl
ud
es a
n a
dd
itio
nal
3
,53
0 k
m (2
,193
mi)
of
bra
nch
es a
nd
sp
urs
.
Riv
er
6,6
95
km
Th
e m
ain
so
urc
e o
f th
e N
ile r
iver
is
Lak
e V
icto
ria
in e
ast
Cen
tral
Afr
ica.
Fro
m
its
fart
hes
t tr
ibu
tary
in B
uru
nd
i, th
e N
ile
run
s fo
r a
dis
tan
ce o
f 6
,69
5 km
(4,1
60
mi)
. T
hat
’s lo
ng
er t
han
th
e M
issi
ssip
pi,
Rh
ine,
S
ein
e an
d T
ham
es r
iver
s co
mb
ined
!
100
%
Dis
cove
red
in 2
014
, th
e st
ick
inse
ct P
hry
ga
nis
tria
ch
inen
sis
is 6
2.4
cm
(2
4.5
in) l
on
g. A
sp
ecim
en is
h
ouse
d in
th
e co
llect
ion
s of
th
e In
sect
Mu
seu
m o
f W
est
Ch
ina,
bas
ed in
Ch
eng
du
, S
ich
uan
Pro
vin
ce.
Inse
ct
62
.4 c
m
Bic
yc
le
41.
42
m
At
41.
42
m (1
35
ft 1
0.7
in),
o
r ap
pro
xim
atel
y tw
ice
the
len
gth
of
a b
owlin
g la
ne,
th
e lo
ng
est
bic
ycle
was
bu
ilt b
y en
erg
y co
mp
any
San
tos
and
U
niv
ersi
ty o
f S
ou
th A
ust
ralia
(b
oth
AU
S).
It w
as m
easu
red
an
d r
idd
en in
Ad
elai
de,
A
ust
ralia
, on
17
Jan
20
15.
LON
GE
ST
HU
MA
N T
OO
TH
E
XT
RA
CT
ED
Our
lin
e-up
of
the
wor
ld’s
lon
gest
th
ings
beg
ins
her
e, w
ith
a 3.
2-cm
-lo
ng
(1.2
6-i
n) t
ooth
. By
the
end
of o
ur s
urve
y, y
ou’ll
rea
d ab
out
a tr
ain
lon
ger
than
th
e La
s V
egas
S
trip
, a t
raffi
c ja
m t
wic
e th
e le
ng
th
of t
he
Pan
ama
Can
al a
nd
a ri
ver
lon
ger
than
all
of t
hem
.
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nlo
ad t
his
po
ster
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nnes
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ldre
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s.co
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