Sydney Harbour Bridge is the widest long span bridge in the world, opened in 1932. It is 503 m long and 48.8 m wide carries two electric overhead railway lines, eight lanes of roadways, a cycle track and a foot path.
The earthquake at Kobe (Japan) in January 1995 holds the record as the most devastating natural disaster, with damage amounting to more than US $ 100 billion.
The 152.4 m high, free-standing cross above an underground church in the Valley of the Fallen, Madrid (Spain) is the largest in the world. It is made of stone and was built as a memorial to all those who had died in the Spanish Civil War.
The most extensive mountain ranges in the world is the Andes in South America with a length of 7,200 km.
Hawaii's Mauna Kea is the world's highest mountain, measured S from its base, which rises to a height of 9,500 m from sea level. It is an ancient dormant volcano and is half submerged in the Pacific Ocean.
South Africa leads the world in the mining and production of gold, with 447 tonnes mined each year. The USA comes next with 341 tonnes, followed by Australia with 300 tonnes. Approximately, half the world's gold reserves -77,000 tonnes - are found in South Africa and also half of the world's reserve of platinum.
Chile is the longest and the narrowest country in the world in South America. It stretches 4,260 km from north to south and only 430 km from east to west.
China's Shanghai International airport is connected to Shanghai city by MAGLEV train, built by Germany's Trans- rapid international which reaches up to 431 KMPH. Currently, this is one of the fastest trains in regular public service.
There are 9,800 Indian restaurants in UK, serving 2.5 million customers a week.
Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe (Japan), followed by Paris (France), Oslo (Norway), Copenhagen (Denmark) and London (UK) are the world's most costliest cities to live in.
