Weird World Records

Reference · not certified Last British colony in the Eastern Caribbean to gain independence Institutional / General Record Reference · not certified Birthplace of a United States Founding Father Alexander Hamilton Reference · not certified Highest number of Nobel laureates per capita of any country in the world Institutional / General Record Reference · not certified Grenada's Independence from the United Kingdom Institutional / General Record · Grenada Reference · not certified Antigua and Barbuda's Independence from the United Kingdom Institutional / General Record · Antigua and Barbuda Reference · not certified First country in nearly three decades to become a republic by removing the British monarch as head of state Sandra Mason · Barbados Reference · not certified Ngwenya Mine - Site of the World's Oldest Known Mine Institutional / General Record · Eswatini Reference · not certified Among the Highest Life Expectancies in the World Institutional / General Record · Andorra Reference · not certified World's Oldest Surviving Republic Institutional / General Record · San Marino Reference · not certified Mansa Musa, Wealthiest Individual in History Mansa Musa · Mali Reference · not certified Leader of the Only Successful Slave Revolt to Found a Nation Toussaint Louverture · Haiti Reference · not certified First Black-Led Republic in the World Institutional / General Record · Haiti Reference · not certified Leila Lopes wins Miss Universe Leila Lopes · Angola Reference · not certified Siege of Sarajevo, Longest Siege of a Capital City in Modern Warfare Institutional / General Record · Bosnia and Herzegovina Reference · not certified Skanderbeg's 25-Year Resistance Against the Ottoman Empire Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg · Albania Reference · not certified Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Named World's Richest Man Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah · Brunei Reference · not certified Yerevan, One of the World's Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities Institutional / General Record · Armenia Reference · not certified Armenia, First State to Adopt Christianity as State Religion Kingdom of Armenia · Armenia Reference · not certified Byblos, One of the World's Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities Institutional / General Record · Lebanon Reference · not certified Oldest Stud Farm for Lipizzaner Horses Institutional / General Record · Slovenia Reference · not certified Most Hearing Tests Conducted in 12 Hours Bahrain Royal Guard · Bahrain Reference · not certified Most official languages of any country Institutional / General Record · Bolivia Reference · not certified Longest time living underwater without depressurization Rüdiger Koch · Panama Reference · not certified Longest human chain across multiple countries Institutional / General Record · Lithuania