William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and Hamlet is the longest among them. It also has the longest solo part and an actor playing Hamlet has 11,610 words to learn.
Troy Drive-in, Detroit, Michigan (USA) and the Panther Drive-in, Lutkin, Texas (USA) are the largest Drive-in Cinemas in the world, which are able to hold 3000 cars each.
Brazil has won the FIFA world cup, a record 5 times (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 & 2004) and has taken part in all 1 7 World Cup tournaments.
The USA holds a record of over 950 Gold medals in the history of the Olympic Games which have been held from 1896 to 2008.
The American pilot Steve Fossett became the first person to fly around the world, alone, without stopping and re-fuelling through his global flight. He started his journey from Salina Airport, Kansas (USA) land finished there itself. He covered a distance of 37,260 km in 67 hours with an average speed of 559 KMPH.
Hippopotomonstrosesquip pedaliphobia is the name of the fear of long words.
Stradivarius violins made in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries are the most valuable in the world. One has been sold for UK £ 902,000, a record price for any musical instrument.
The F1 teams spend on an average, US $ 214 million per year for a team. Ferrari spends US $ 400 million each year and Minardi spends US $ 40 million a year. Most other teams spends US $ 100 to US $ 300 million a year. Ferrari spends at least US $ 100 million more than the next richest team.
The simple word 'Set' is the word with most meanings in English. It has 51 meanings as noun, 126 as verb and 10 as a participle adjective.
Michael Schumacher, the German F1 driver, holds nearly every Formula One record. He won the most titles, with seven season victories out of twelve, career victories of 82, career points with 1166. He also won 62 poles, just three less than Brazil's late Ayrton Senna's, as of September 2004.
