Records & Superlatives Study Guide
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Records & Superlatives: Complete Study Guide to World Records
Records and superlatives describe extremes, but they are meaningful only when the measurement category is clear. Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, Mauna Kea is taller from base to summit, and Chimborazo lies farthest from Earth's center. Antarctica is the largest desert, while the Sahara is the largest hot desert.
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Records & Superlatives Study Guide
Records and superlatives represent the extremes of human achievement and natural phenomena - the biggest, smallest, fastest, tallest, oldest, and most extraordinary things in the world. From the tallest building and deepest ocean trench to the fastest human runner and the longest river, records capture human fascination with limits and milestones. The Guinness World Records has documented thousands of human and natural records since 1955. Records in sport, science, geography,
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