The longest bout of sneezing recorded was by Donna Griffith. It began in January 1981 and continued until September 1983. It lasted for 978 days, and 4,687,514 gesundheits.
The largest school in the world is a k-12 school in the Philippines, with an enrollment of about 25,000.
The biggest bell is the “Tsar Kolokol” cast in the Kremlin in 1733. It weighs 216 tons, but alas, is cracked and has never been rung. The bell was being stored in a Moscow shed which caught fire. To “save” it, caretakers decided to throw water on the bell. This did not succeed, as the water hit the superheated metal and a giant piece immediately cracked off, destroying the bell forever.
Toronto, Ontario was home to the biggest swimming pool in the world in 1925. It held 2000 swimmers
“Acre” literally means the amount of land plowable in one day.
