Unbroken world records will undoubtedly arouse the interest of every visitor to our site. You will learn about the most curious facts about people who were able to prove themselves in a particular area.
So, here are 10 world records that have never been broken.
10 unbeaten world records
The tallest man and woman in the world
The tallest man in history is officially considered Robert Wadlow with a height of 272 cm! It is worth noting that the record holder died at the age of 22.
But the tallest woman is considered to be the Chinese woman Zeng Jinlian. She lived only 17 years old, and at the time of Zeng's death her height reached 248 cm.
The richest man in the world
Jeffrey Preston, the owner of Amazon, is considered the richest man on the planet in 2020. His fortune is estimated at $ 146.9 billion.
And yet the richest man in history was the American oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, who, in today's money, managed to make a fortune of $ 418 billion!
The largest office building in the world
The largest building should not mean its height, but the total area and capacity. Today the largest building is the Pentagon, with an area of 613,000 m², of which more than 343,000 m² are office space.
The world's highest grossing film
The most commercially successful film in world cinema is Gone with the Wind (1939). At the box office, this film grossed $ 402 million, which is equivalent to $ 7.2 billion in 2020! It is noteworthy that the budget for this film masterpiece was less than $ 4 million.
The most decorated Olympian in history
The most titled Olympian is American swimmer Michael Phelps. Over the years of his sports biography, he managed to win 28 Olympic medals, including 23 gold ones.
The longest nails in the world
Among the 10 unbeaten world records is the Indian Sridhar Chillal - the owner of the longest nails on the planet. He has not trimmed his nails on his left hand for 66 years. As a result, their total length was 909 cm.
In the summer of 2018, Sridhar cut his nails, and then donated them to a museum in New York (see interesting facts about New York).
The most targeted person in the world (to be struck by lightning)
Roy Sullivan has been struck by lightning 7 inconceivable times! And although each time he received different injuries, in the form of burns to certain parts of the body, he always managed to survive. Roy committed suicide in 1983, apparently out of unrequited love.
Atomic Explosion Survivor
The Japanese Tsutomu Yamaguchi miraculously escaped the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When the Americans dropped the first bomb on Hiroshima, Tsutomu was here on a business trip, but he was able to survive. Then he returned to his native Nagasaki, on which the 2nd bomb was dropped. However, this time the man was lucky enough to stay alive.
The fattest man in the world
John Brower Minnock is on the list of 10 unbeaten world records in the status - the heaviest person ever known - 635 kg. An interesting fact is that already at the age of 12, his weight reached 133 kg.
World record holder
Ashrita Ferman is considered the record holder for the number of broken records in history - over 600 records in 30 years. It is worth noting that today only a third of his records remain, but this in no way diminishes his achievements.
