world tallest man is present in Russia of the time

the first ever virus was made in LAHORE

Record of walking over the river goes David Blair

The world's largest zoo, in terms of numbers
of different species in captivity, is the Zoologischer Garten Berlin (Berlin
zoological garden), itself the first zoo in Germany, opening on 1 August 1844.
The 35-ha (86-acre) site currently houses 14,000 animals from 1,500 different
species, ranging from panda bears to penguins, and receives on average 2.6
million visitors each year.

The largest mobile phone is
the Maxi Handy (Maxi Mobile). It measures 2.05 x 0.83 x 0.45 m (6.72 x 2.72 x
1.47 ft) and was installed at the Rotmain Centre, Bayreuth, Germany, on 7 June
2004 as part of the 'einfach mobil' infotour.

The longest drawing measured 4,508 m
(14,790 ft) and was created by 2,160 participants from the Elite Charitable
Trust in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, on 16 August 2007.

The oldest graduate is Allan Stewart
(Australia, b. 7 March 1915) who received a Bachelor of Laws degree aged 91
years and 214 days, when he graduated from the University of New England on 7
October 2006.

The record for the largest salad is 10,260
kg (22619 lb 6 oz) and was achieved by the Sde Warburg Association in Sde
Warburg, Israel on 10 November 2007.

The world's oldest
person to begin primary school was aged 84. Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge (Kenya)
enrolled into Standard One at Kapkenduiyo Primary School, Eldoret, Kenya on 12
January 2004.

The oldest
person - and the oldest male - to climb Mt Everest is Katsusuke Yanagisawa
(Japan, b. 20 March 1936), a former school teacher, who summited from the north
side of the world's tallest mountain with team Himex on 22 May 2007, aged 71
years 63 days.

The record for the largest
collection of candles belongs to Kathrin Koch of Felsberg, Germany, with 1,820
different candles, as of 3 May 2007, which she has been collecting since
1993.

The most expensive hair cut cost
£8,000 ($16,420) and was made by Stuart Phillips at the Stuart Phillips Salon in
Covent Garden, London, UK, on 29 October 2007.

The largest chocolate bar weighed
3,580 kg (7,892 lb 8 oz) and was made by Elah Dufour - Novi in Alessandria,
Piemonte, Italy, on 11 October 2007.

The record for the smallest newspaper
measures 32 x 22 mm (1.25 x 0.86 in) achieved by First News Newspaper in West
Horsley, Surrey, UK published on the 8 November 2007 in celebration of Guinness
World Records Day.

The record for the most coconuts smashed in 1 minute with one hand is 81 and was
achieved by Muhamed Kahrimanovic (Germany) in Hamburg, Germany on 6 December
2007.

The largest collection of model cars belongs to Michael Zarnock of Deerfield, New York, USA, with 8,128 different Wheels® model cars, as of 14 February 2007, which he has amassed since 1968.

By far the bloodiest civil war was the T'ai-P'ing rebellion. From 1851 to 1864,
peasant sympathizers of southern Ming dynasty fought the Manchu government
troops in China. Hung Hsiu-Ch'uan (executed) led the rebellion. He imagined
himself to be a younger brother of Jesus Christ.

The largest elections of any country were those beginning on 24 December 1984 for the Indian Lok Sabha with 542 elective seats. The government of Rajiv Gandhi was returned in polls where 379,000,000 electors were eligible to vote. There were 480,000 polling stations for 5301 candidates manned by 2.5 million staff.

The East African Rift System is approximately 6,400km (4,000miles) long with an average width of 50-65km (30-40miles). The escarpments around the edge of the valley have an average height of 600-900m (2,000-3,000ft). It begins in Jordan and extends to Mozambique in east Africa. This extensive rift system has been gradually forming for around 30 million years, as the Arabian peninsula has separated from Africa.

Graca Machel was married to Samora Machel (1933-86), President of Mozambique from 1975 to 1986. President Machel was killed in a plane crash on October 19, 1986. On July 18, 1998 she married Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, making her the first woman to be `First Lady' of two different countries.

The Cinema dei Piccoli was built by Alfredo Annibali (Italy) in 1934 in the park of Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy and today covers an area of 71.52 m² (769.83 ft²). Originally called the Topolino Cinema (after Mickey Mouse), the cinema used a Path 9.5 mm movie projector, bed sheets for the screen and played 78's for background music. Restored in 1991, the cinema has 63 seats, a 5 x 2.5 m (16.4 x 8,2 ft) screen, stereo sound and air-conditioning.