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WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Africa Records Institute (AFRI) Lewis Gordon Pugh: First person to complete a long-distance swim in all five oceans of...

Lewis William Gordon Pugh, OIG, (born 5 December 1969) is a British-South African endurance swimmer and ocean advocate. Dubbed the "Sir Edmund Hillary of...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Chacma: World’s largest baboon

The chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), also known as the Cape baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family. It is...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Kori bustard: World’s heaviest flying bird

The kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) is the largest flying bird native to Africa. It is a member of the bustard family, which all belong...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Groote Schuur Hospital: The institution to host the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant

Groote Schuur Hospital is a large, government-funded, teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa....

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Tunnel de la Atlantida: World’s longest volcanic submarine lava tube

The southern white rhinoceros or southern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) is one of the two subspecies of the white rhinoceros (the other being...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Dangote Refinery: House the world’s highest crude distillation column

The Dangote Refinery is an oil refinery owned by Aliko Dangote that is under construction in Lekki, Nigeria. When completed, it is expected to...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Sudd: World’s largest protected swamp area

The Sudd is a vast swamp in South Sudan, formed by the White Nile's Baḥr al-Jabal section. The Arabic word sudd is derived from...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Biete Medhane Alem: World’s largest monolithic rock-hewn church

Biete Medhane Alem (House of the saviour of the world) is an Orthodox underground monolith rock-cut church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia. It was built...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Tugela Falls: World’s tallest multi-tier waterfall

According to some measurements, it is the world's tallest waterfall. A revisited validation of waterfall measurements is not available, and there's still uncertainty about...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – El Mahrousa: Oldest active super yacht in the world

El Mahrousa, officially renamed for a period of time as El Horreya, is a super yacht that currently serves as Egypt's presidential yacht, and...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Voortrekker Monument: Home to world’s biggest marble frieze

The Voortrekker Monument is located just south of Pretoria in South Africa. This massive granite structure is prominently located on a hilltop, and was...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – National Museum of Sudan: House world’s largest and most comprehensive Nubian archaeological collection

The National Museum of Sudan or Sudan National Museum, abbreviated SNM, is a double storied building constructed in 1955 and established as a museum...

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WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Emma Mærsk: Container ship to be powered by world’s largest single diesel unit

Emma Mærsk is the first container ship in the E class of eight owned by the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. When launched in 2006,...

World Meteorological Organization has the first female chief in its history

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Top spectacular natural landmarks of the world (P.190) To Sua Trench: To Sua Trench: The hidden gem of Samoa

To Sua Ocean Trench is a 30-meter deep swimming hole filled with crystal clear salt water, surrounded by lush jungle hanging down the edges...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Europe Records Institute (EURI) Monte Kali: World’s largest artificial salt mountain

The town of Herringen, in central Germany, is home to a heap of sodium chloride (table salt) so massive that it has come to...