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Superlatives |
Location |
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Shortest Day |
December 22 (in northern hemisphere) |
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Shortest River |
Roe River (201 Feet/61 metre long) |
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Slowest Animal |
Snail |
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Smallest Bird |
Humming Bird |
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Smallest City |
Vatican City |
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Smallest Continent |
Australia |
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Smallest country |
Vatican City |
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Smallest planet |
Mercury |
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Tallest Active Geyser |
Giant Yelowstone Park U.S.A (200 feet high) |
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Tallest Animal on (land) |
Giraffe |
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Tallest Building |
Burj Khalifa (Dubai) |
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Tallest Minaret |
Great Hasan Mosque, Morocco, Casablanca |
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Tallest Minaret (Free standing) |
Qutub Minar, Delhi 238 ft. |
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Tallest Monument |
Gateway Arch (USA) |
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Tallest Office Building |
Petronas Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur |
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Tallest Residential Building |
432, Park Avenue, New York (US) |
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Tallest Statue |
‘Statue of Unity’ (182 m) Sidhubet, near Sardar Sarovar Dam, Gujarat (India) |
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Tallest Statue (bronze) |
Bronze Statue of Lrod Buddha, Tokyo |
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Tallest Tower |
Burj Khalifa Dubai, UAE-2,716.5 ft |
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The longest river which forms an estuary in India |
Narmada |
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Wingless Bird |
Kiwi |
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World’s Rainiest spot |
Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India (11,873 mm) |
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