Records

Quebec is the world’s leading exporter of asbestos.

The wingspan of a Boeing 747 jet is longer than the Wright Brothers’ first flight.

Each day, 14,000 tons of garbage are dumped into Fresh Kills, NY, the largest landfill in the world.

Astronaut Shannon Lucis spent 188 days in a row in space. That’s the American record.

The world record for passing gas was set on Japanese television, 3,000 times in a row.

The tallest man in the world was 8′11″ Robert Wadlow. He was just 22 when he died in 1949 from an infection caused by leg braces he needed to keep him on his feet.

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years! Wow!

The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!