Most rural economy
Somalia.
Most industrial economy
Belarus.
Most valuable annual prize
The Louis Jeantet prize.
Country with the highest murder rate
The USA.
Country with the most executions
China.
Country with the highest fatality rate in road accident
Latvia.
Country with the highest rate of kidnapping
Colombia.
Country with the largest foreign exchange reserves
Japan (with $ 222.2 bln.).
Worst ship accident
On April. 15, 1912, When Titanic sank after-hitting an iceberg in Halifa, Canada, (1,513 people died).
Country with the most TV set
China.
Country with the most VCRs
USA.
Leading consumer market for video and TV products
Japan.
Leading nuclear electricity producing country
The USA.
Country with most nuclear reactors
The USA
Largest nuclear power station
Zaporozhe power station in Ukraine, (gross output 6000 MW)
First nuclear power station producing electricity
The ERR-1 in the USA.
Longest day
21st June (rarely 22nd June)
Most commonest element in the atmosphere
Nitrogen (N), (78.08 per cent by volume and 75.52 per cent by mass)
Least abundant element in the atmosphere
The radio0active gas randon (Rn).
Most common element in the universe
Hydrogen (H)
Tallest man
Robert Pershing Wadlow, 2.72 m (8ft 11.1 in)
Shortest man
Gul Mohammad, 0.57 m (1ft 8.7 in)
Heaviest man
Jon Brower Minnoch, 635 kg (1,400lb)
Heaviest women
Carol Yager, 725 kg (1,600lb)
Oldest (claimed, but still unverified)
Maria do Carmo, 128 years
Oldest (verified):
Jeanne Calment, 122 years
Oldest (leaving):
Maria Esther de Capovilla, 116 years 85 days (December 8, 2005)
Longest bone in the human body
The thigh. Bone or femur, (length of 19 ¾ inches in a 5 feet tall man).
Smallest bone in the human body
The stapes or stirrup bone (in the middle ear)
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