The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old.
The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. It lasted only 38 minutes.
The world's deepest postbox is located in Susami Bay, Japan, and is 10 meters underwater.
The world's largest snowflake on record was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. It fell in Montana in 1887.
The world's oldest living organism is a 9,550-year-old spruce tree located in Sweden.
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe.
The world's largest swimming pool is located in Chile and is over 1,000 yards long.
The world's tallest waterfall, Angel Falls, is located in Venezuela and drops for 3,212 feet.
The world's oldest surviving recipe is for beer and dates back to 3,900 BC.
There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth.