Weird World Records

Reference · not certified World's First Book of World Records Guinness World Records / Sir Hugh Beaver · Ireland Reference · not certified One of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities Athens · Greece Reference · not certified One of the oldest continuously recorded languages still spoken today Institutional / General Record · Greece Reference · not certified One of Europe's oldest continuous nation-states Institutional / General Record · Portugal Reference · not certified One of Europe's oldest universities still in operation University of Coimbra · Portugal Reference · not certified First direct sea route from Europe to India Vasco da Gama · Portugal Reference · not certified First and only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences Marie Curie · Poland Reference · not certified Oldest surviving manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible Dead Sea Scrolls · Israel Reference · not certified Most spoons balanced on the body Abolfazl Saber Mokhtari · Iran Reference · not certified Most opponents played in simultaneous chess Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami · Iran Reference · not certified One of the World's Largest Eid Prayer Congregations Sholakia Eidgah · Bangladesh Reference · not certified Largest Human National Flag (Superseded) Robi Axiata Ltd. and Bangladesh Army · Bangladesh Reference · not certified Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional Arfa Karim · Pakistan Reference · not certified First Explorers to Reach the South Pole Roald Amundsen expedition · Norway Reference · not certified World's Largest Water Fight (informal record) Songkran Festival · Thailand Reference · not certified World's Longest-Reigning Monarch (at time of death) King Bhumibol Adulyadej · Thailand Reference · not certified Longest Official Place Name in the World Krung Thep Mahanakhon (Bangkok) · Thailand Reference · not certified First Confirmed Summit of Mount Everest Sir Edmund Hillary · New Zealand Reference · not certified First Commercial Bungy Jump Site Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge · New Zealand Reference · not certified World's First Nocturnal Zoo Night Safari · Singapore Reference · not certified Birthplace of the World's Largest Humanitarian Network International Committee of the Red Cross · Switzerland Reference · not certified City with the Highest Bicycle Density in the World Amsterdam · Netherlands Reference · not certified Longest Bicycle Ever Built Institutional / General Record · Netherlands Reference · not certified Tallest Average Population Height in the World Institutional / General Record · Netherlands