Giants

Robert Pershing Wadlow lived in the United States. He was two metres 72 centimetres tall. He died in 1940. He was 22 years old.

The tallest woman in the world lived in China. Her name was Zeng Jinlian. She was two metres 47 centimetres tall. She died in 1982. She was 18 years old.

The United States died

This was the biggest dinosaur in the world. It was 30 metres long and 16 metres 50 centimetres tall. Don't be afraid - this dinosaur died

150 million years ago!

This is a blue whale. It is the biggest animal in the world now.

Some blue whales are 33 metres long.

A blue whale

The biggest tree in the world is a giant redwood tree in the United States. It is called General Sherman. It is 83 metres 30 centimetres tall. It is between two and three thousand years old. Its trunk is very

big.

The tallest tree in the world is also in the United States. It

is called Harry Cole. It is 113 metres tall. Its trunk is thinner than General Sherman's trunk.

A giant redwood tree a trunk

Do you like hamburgers? In 1985 a cook in South Africa made the biggest hamburger in the world. It was 7 metres 10 centimetres wide. Fifteen thousand people ate the hamburger.

The tallest birthday cake in the world was 23 metres 68 centimetres tall. Mrs Milasari made it in 1989.

South Africa Britain

One of the tallest office buildings in the world is the Sears Tower in Chicago, in the United States. It is 475 metres 60 centimetres high. It has 16 thousand windows. Every day 16,700 people go to work inside it!

An office building Chicago

The longest car in the world is 21 metres 93 centimetres long. It has 18 wheels. It has a swimming pool and a bar. It has a television, telephones and seats for 20 people.

The longest boat in the world is called the Norway. It is 315 metres 66 centimetres long. You can play football on the deck of the Norway!

A bar a deck