Tallest mountain above sea level: Mount Everest, about 29,000 feet (8,849 m)
Longest river (often cited): The Nile or the Amazon, depending on how it is measured
Largest ocean: The Pacific Ocean
Deepest ocean trench: The Mariana Trench in the Pacific
Largest desert on Earth: Antarctica, a polar desert
Largest hot desert: The Sahara
Largest continent: Asia
Smallest continent: Australia
Largest country by area: Russia
Smallest country by area: Vatican City
Largest island: Greenland (not counting continents)
Largest lake by surface area: The Caspian Sea
Largest freshwater lake by area: Lake Superior
Deepest lake: Lake Baikal in Russia
Highest waterfall: Angel Falls in Venezuela
Largest rainforest: The Amazon rainforest
Largest coral reef system: The Great Barrier Reef in Australia
Longest mountain range: The Andes in South America (on land)
Tallest mountain from base to peak: Mauna Kea in Hawaii
Largest volcano in the solar system: Olympus Mons on Mars
Biggest canyon in the US: The Grand Canyon
Biggest planet: Jupiter
Hottest planet: Venus
Coldest place on Earth: Antarctica
Driest place on Earth: Parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile
Highest capital city: La Paz, Bolivia
Longest wall: The Great Wall of China
Largest country in Africa by area: Algeria
Largest country in South America: Brazil
Largest country in North America by area: Canada
Tallest tree species: Coast redwood
Biggest tree by volume: Giant sequoia named General Sherman
Oldest living tree species (individual groves): Great Basin bristlecone pine
Biggest single flower: Rafflesia arnoldii of Southeast Asia
Biggest cat: The tiger
Biggest animal: The blue whale
Fastest land animal: The cheetah
Tallest living animal: The giraffe
Largest bird: The ostrich
Longest-lived land animal: The Galapagos tortoise
Tallest building (2010 onward): Burj Khalifa in Dubai, over 2,700 feet (828 m)
First person to reach the summit of Mount Everest: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953
First to the South Pole: Roald Amundsen's team in 1911
First person in space: Yuri Gagarin in 1961
First person on the Moon: Neil Armstrong in 1969
First powered flight: The Wright brothers in 1903
First solo nonstop Atlantic flight: Charles Lindbergh in 1927
First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic: Amelia Earhart in 1932
First country to put a satellite in orbit: The Soviet Union, Sputnik 1 in 1957
First US astronaut in orbit: John Glenn in 1962
Hottest temperature measured on Earth (official): 134 degrees Fahrenheit (56.7 C) at Death Valley in 1913
Coldest temperature measured on Earth: About minus 128.6 F (minus 89.2 C) in Antarctica in 1983
Most spoken first language: Mandarin Chinese
Oldest city still lived in (often cited): Damascus, Syria, or Jericho, depending on definition
Most visited museum (in most years): The Louvre in Paris

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