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• $1bn for empty space: the saga of the world's most valuable real estate - "Skepticism abounds over 157-acre LA-area lot once linked to Brad Pitt & Iran’s shah, amid questions over sellers’ motivations."
• $1.5-million perfume set for exclusive show - "Le Monde sur Mesure, crafted by French company Morreale Paris, will be exhibited at luxury Los Angeles properties in November to a select guest list."
• 2/2/2020 - the first global palindrome day in 909 years - "Today is a very special occasion - the date is a palindrome, meaning it is the same when read forwards and backwards."
• 6 incredible facts about the Challenger Deep, the deepest point on Earth - "Just as Earth’s land surface has enormous peaks and valleys, the oceanic world has similarly varied topography. Perhaps the most intriguing of these features is the Mariana Trench - a chasm in the western Pacific Ocean that spans more than 1,580 miles (2,540 kilometers) and is home to the Challenger Deep, the deepest known point on Earth’s surface that plunges more than 36,000 feet (about 11,000 meters) underwater. That’s nearly three times deeper than the site where the wreckage of the RMS Titanic lies in the Atlantic Ocean, and it’s deeper than Mount Everest is tall."
• $7.8 Million Patek Philippe Silk Road Watch Claims World Record - "Watch fans will recognise the watch as 'The Silk Road,' so dubbed for its depiction of the Eurasian landmass. It’s also the first of 11 Ref. 2523 models, and it’s one of only three with the Eurasian design. The watch has a cloisonné enamel dial. Two crowns are used on the watch - one to wind it and the other to control the city ring. The city ring allows the wearer to calculate the current time in 40 cities, all of which are listed on the watch’s circumference. Powering the watch is a Swiss 'time only' 12-ligne movement (cal. 12-400), which was personally modified by Louis Cottier, who invented the world time system."
• 10 Fastest Cars In The World 2023, Ranked - "Bugatti already broke the mythical 300-mph barrier, but it seems a few other cars are still aiming to be even faster."
• 10 most expensive business jets on the market - "In recent years, more and more people have started to see the advantages of flying privately. During the COVID-19 pandemic, where border restrictions and a lack of scheduled commercial flights made it difficult for frequent fliers to travel, some seasoned passengers turned to private jets. This allowed for complete control over their in-flight experience. While some wealthy travelers opted to charter private jets for individual journeys, others chose an outright purchase."
• 10 Most Expensive Cities In The World Just Became Pricier 2020 - "Ashgabat is the second most expensive city in the world, according to this year's Mercer Cost of Living Survey. Hong Kong remains in first place, despite almost continuous protests since it was crowned 'most expensive' last year."
• 10 Most Expensive Private Jets in The World - "Worth US$900,000,000." Luxury Zone. YouTube 12:15.
• 10 Most Expensive Sunglasses In The World - "Cartier, Dolce & Gabana And Other Fancy Brands. What are the most expensive sunglasses in the world for 2023? Unbelievably, They cost more than a Ferrari FF. The Chopard Sunglasses at $400,000 tops the list. Using a special technique, sunglasses maker De Rigo used diamonds that are laid out so closely together they refract fiery brilliance. It’s been worn by big names like Elton John, Tom Jones and Gwyneth Paltrow. For the complete list of the top ten most expensive sunglasses, we’ve updated this list for 2023."
• 10 most expensive women's handbags in the world - TIM.
• 10 most famous paintings in the world - "As 'famous' is a subjective term, CNN Style turned to Google to see which paintings topped search results worldwide over the past five years."
• 10 of the most expensive vinyl records to date - "Whether you're a seasoned vinyl junkie or have just recently discovered the beauty of analogue recordings ..."
• 10 of the world's most expensive bottles of wine - The Telegraph.
• 10 oldest airlines in the world still in operation - "The aviation industry might be known for its volatility and financial instability, particularly in recent years, but a surprising number of airlines from the pioneering early days of commercial flight are still surviving in their original form. Finnish flag carrier Finnair celebrates its 100th anniversary on November 1, having been founded in 1923 as a seaplane service, while the Czech Republic’s flag carrier Czech Airlines made its first flight just a few days earlier in October 2023. Here are 10 of the oldest airlines in the world still in operation."
• 12 Most Expensive Whiskies Ever Sold at Auction - "When it comes to the most expensive whisky in the world, seven-figure sums are pretty much the standard."
• 12 Of The Greatest Missing Watches - "Paul Newman's Paul Newman, John Lennon's Patek Philippe, The Original Moonwatch, And A President's President have all disappeared."
• 15 biggest cruise ships in the world - CNN travel.
• 15 Most Expensive Watches Ever [2021 Edition] - "From the best in bling to the rarest limited edition luxury watches, we’ll take a look at the 15 most expensive watches ever sold, and only from the best watchmakers on the planet."
• 15 MOST RIDICULOUS YACHTS IN THE WORLD - YouTube 10:20.
• 25 incredible skyscrapers of the future - The Telegraph.
• 25 Most Expensive Chocolates In The World - List25.
• 25 Smartest Countries In The World ranked - "Which people have contributed the most to our advancement as a species? Which does best at school, and which has the highest IQ. All important contributing factors when deciding where to visit next, no doubt. Luckily though, Vouchercloud has done the legwork for you and diligently researched and ranked the top 25 countries in the world by intelligence."
• 26 year-old Flossie crowned world's oldest living cat - "Flossie, at the age of almost 27 - which is the feline equivalent of being 120 human years old, according to Guinness World Records - has been crowned the world’s oldest living cat."
• 50 Of The Most Expensive Whiskies In The World - "Meet 50 of the most expensive whiskies for sale on the global market at the moment, courtesy of data from wine-searcher.com."
• 100 greatest TV series of the 21st Century - "BBC Culture polled 206 TV experts from 43 countries in order to find the greatest TV of the 21st Century - here’s the top 100."
• 100 tallest completed buildings in the world - The Skyscraper Center.
• $160M Beverly Hills mansion could become most expensive house ever sold at auction - "The 20,000-square-foot, 13-bedroom, Villa Firenze is set across more than 9 acres of land in Beverly Hills, and can be accessed via its own private street, according to Concierge Auctions, which is handling the sale. The home is decked out with vaulted ceilings, multiple fireplaces and 25 bathrooms, while the wider estate features three separate guest houses."
• 199-year-old bicycle found in disused barn - "Is this Britain's oldest bike?."
• $300 Million Watch Collection - "Patrick Getreide amassed the one-of-a-kind OAK Collection over five decades. Now the French entrepreneur believes the time is right to sell 142 of his rare treasures at Christie’s this month."
• 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - "For the first time in 17 years, we’ve completely remade our list of the best songs ever. More than 250 artists, writers, and industry figures helped us choose a brand-new list full of historic favorites, world-changing anthems, and new classics." Rolling Stone.
• 954-Foot-Long Ship Touted To Be The ‘Ultimate Private Superyacht’ - "The philosophy behind the design of the 954-foot-long NJORD may have been inspired by some of the largest and most luxurious superyachts in the world."
• 1933 'Double Eagle' just became the world's most expensive coin - "One of the last gold coins ever struck for circulation in the US sold for a record $18.9 million in New York on Tuesday."
• 2,012bhp Aspark Owl is the most powerful production hypercar - "How does 0-60mph in 1.69s sound? Oh right, there is no sound, because it’s an EV. "
• 3,200 push ups in an hour - "An Australian father has set a new world record for push ups, completing more than 3,206 in just one hour - that’s 53 every minute, or almost one a second."
• £41,335 for a bottle of water: the world's most expensive food & drink revealed - The Telegraph.
• $10,000 a second? Amazon’s results could be amazing - "The retailer’s quarterly figures will have received a huge boost from lockdown sales."
• $120,000 Banana Is Peeled From an Art Exhibition and Eaten - "As people watched, a prankster removed the banana, which was taped to a wall at Art Basel in Miami Beach."
• A 1962, near-mint copy of 'The Incredible Hulk' comic sells for record price - "The comic, in which the Hulk appears in his original grey, not his signature green, sold for $490,000 at auction. It's the most expensive copy of the first Hulk story ever sold."
• A bottle of Bordeaux aged in space is expected to sell for $1 million - "The Château Pétrus 2000 was part of an experiment carried out by start-up Space Cargo Unlimited to see how conditions in space affect wine."
• A Bugatti went 305 miles per hour. That's a record - "After one of its cars made a high-speed run on a German test track, Bugatti says it is the first production auto manufacturer to make a car that exceeded 300 miles per hour."
• A Flight Just Set A Record For Positive Covid-19 Cases - Here’s Why That Will Not Happen In The U.S. - "There is a new record for the number of coronavirus infections traced back to a single commercial airline flight. A whopping 47 passengers who flew on Vistara flight 6395 from New Delhi to Hong Kong on April 4 have since tested positive for Covid-19. That number represents 25% of the 188 passengers on board."
• AAirpass - a membership-based discount program offered by American Airlines to frequent flyers launched in 1981. The program is best known for a previous offering of unlimited travel on American Airlines and unlimited access to Admirals Club locations. Pass holders were offered terms of five years or lifetime. Today the program no longer offers lifetime or unlimited travel focusing instead on pre-paid fares at a discounted, fixed price for frequent travelers. A minimum commitment of $10,000 per traveler, per year is required. Existing unlimited AAirpasses remain valid.
• Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe fetches a record $195 million - "One of Andy Warhol's iconic Marilyn Monroe portraits has become the most expensive 20th-century artwork ever to go under the hammer. The 40-square-inch 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,' one of dozens of images the artist made of Monroe in the 1960s, sold for a record $195 million at Christie's in New York Monday evening."
• Angler lands one of world’s largest goldfish in French lake - "Andy Hackett catches the Carrot, elusive 30kg leather carp-koi hybrid released into fishing lake 20 years ago."
• Antonov An-225: World's biggest unfinished airplane lies hidden in warehouse - CNN travel.
• apartment on Central Park just sold for $238 million. That's the highest price ever paid for a home in the US - "The most expensive home in the country sold in New York for $238 million. Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin closed on the Manhattan property at 220 Central Park South on Wednesday his spokesperson said."
• Apple becomes first US company to be worth $2 trillion - "Apple shares have gained nearly 60% this year as the company overcame the shutdown of factories in China that produce the iPhone and the closure of its retail sales amid the coronavirus pandemic."
• Apple business card signed by Steve Jobs from 1983 sells for over $180K, may have set new world record - "Business card was authenticated and is said to be in 'pristine condition'. RR Auction shared the details of the sale with FOX Business - saying the $181,183 sale is believed to have broken a world record for the highest price achieved for a signed business card."
• Apple has become the world's first $3 trillion company - "Apple has reached yet another major milestone. The iPhone maker topped a market value of $3 trillion Monday - the first publicly traded company ever to be worth that much. Shares of Apple (AAPL) were briefly up about 3% to a new all-time high of $182.88, surpassing the $182.85 per share it needed to be worth $3 trillion. The stock later pulled back from that level."
• Apple Park valued at over $4 billion, making it one of the world’s most expensive buildings - "Apple’s futuristic spaceship campus in Cupertino has been valued at over $4 billion, according to the Santa Clara County assessor. This valuation comes as Apple has pushed back against property valuations in the past in an effort to avoid property tax."
• Apple sells its 2-billionth iPhone, with Steve Jobs legacy still evident - "Apple recently sold its two-billionth iPhone, according to a new analyst report, which argues that the Steve Jobs legacy is still evident in the iPhone 13. n one way, Apple has greatly departed from a principle Steve demanded when he returned to the company in 1997: simplification of the product lineup. But an analyst argues that it’s another of Steve’s beliefs that is still driving Apple’s success today ..."
• At $12.5 Million This Bugatti Is the Most Expensive New Car Ever - "For its 110th anniversary, Bugatti has created a jet black rocket it hails as the most expensive car of all time - the Bugatti 'La Voiture Noire'."
• At 19 hours, it's the world's longest flight. But how will the human body cope? - "Australian airline Qantas has announced three test flights, with 40 people traveling directly from London or New York to Sydney, to see how the human body copes with 19 solid hours of air travel."
• At 21, Kylie Jenner Becomes The Youngest Self-Made Billionaire Ever - Forbes.
• AURUMANIA GOLD BIKE CRYSTAL EDITION - since 2008. "The Most Expensive Bike in the World."
• 'Avengers: Endgame' beats 'Avatar' to become highest-grossing movie ever - "Marvel's superhero saga "Avengers: Endgame" has pushed passed James Cameron's "Avatar" to become the highest-earning movie of all time. If accounting for inflation, however, "Gone with the Wind" still holds the crown."
• ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Conquers the World With a $1.2 Billion Opening - The New York Times.
• aviation record: singapore airlines flight enters the history books - after completing 16,700km, nonstop passenger service from Singapore to New York.
• 'Baby Shark' becomes the first YouTube video to hit 10 billion views - "'Baby Shark,' the inescapable earworm beloved by some children and often feared by their parents, has hit a new milestone - 10 billion views on YouTube. Not only is it the most-viewed video on the platform, a record it set in November 2020, but it's now the only video on the site to reach 10 billion views, YouTube confirmed to CNN."
• Belgian racing pigeon sets fanciers' hearts aflutter in €1.6m sale - "Record auction price for New Kim beats last year’s €1.25m for Armando, another Belgian."
• Best & worst passports to hold in 2020 - "Henley Index: Japan tops 2020 list of world's most powerful passports."
• 'Beverly Hillbillies' mansion sells for $150 million -- a new California record - "A mansion with a starring role in the classic US sitcom 'The Beverly Hillbillies' has become California's most expensive property after it reportedly sold for around $150 million."
• 'Biggest bang since the big bang' - " 'It just sounds like a thud': astronomers hear biggest cosmic event since big bang. Researchers believe noise was two black holes colliding around 7 billion years ago, creating a previously unseen class of stellar object."
• Biggest coin ever made in Royal Mint's 1,100 year history unveiled - "The enormous coin is too big for one hand alone and took hundreds of hours to produce and polish - measuring 20cm wide and 10 kilograms in weight. The coin, which has been described by Mint as a 'masterwork' and has a denomination of £10,000, took a whopping 400 hours to produce - including four days of polishing."
• Biggest Company in the World, List of Top-10 - "Apple Inc, with the market capitalization value of $2.974 trillion holds the title of the biggest company in the world. Know about the top-10 largest companies in the world."
• Billionaire Wealth Hits $10 Trillion For First Time Ever Thanks To Government Stimulous - "Coronavirus has boosted total billionaire wealth to its highest level ever. Since the pandemic begun, the total wealth held by billionaires around the world has grown by a quarter to over $10 trillion."
• Black Lightning: the most expensive motorbike sold at auction - The Telegraph.
• Boeing 777X: World’s largest twin-engine jet completes first flight - "Boeing has successfully completed the first test flight of the world's largest twin-engined plane, the 777X."
• Bottle of whisky smashes auction records - "A bottle of whisky sold for $1.9 million, smashing auction records."
• Bugatti Chiron ProfilÉe Sets A World Record At Auction, Selling For $10.7 Million - "On February 1, Bugatti CEO Mate Rimac announced the news that the sole Bugatti Chiron Profilée on the planet has set a global record of 'most expensive new car ever sold at auction,' fetching $10.76 million at RM Sotheby’s. With taxes, the total is approximately $13.1 million."
• Bugatti is making only 10 of these $9 million supercars - "Bugatti unveiled its latest limited-edition model at a classic car show in California Friday. The Bugatti Centodieci will cost $9 million and only 10 will be made."
• Chicken nugget tweet breaks Twitter record - BBC News.
• China debuts world's fastest train - "A maglev bullet train that can reach speeds of 600 kilometers per hour (373 miles per hour) has made its debut in Qingdao, China."
• China overtakes US in rankings of world's richest people - "Credit Suisse survey shows Brexit effect has reduced number of UK millionaires by 27,000."
• CLIVE CHRISTIAN NO. 1 IMPERIAL MAJESTY - since 2006. The world's most expensive perfume: US$215,000. With creamy sandalwood at its base, the heart of this perfume mixes aromatic musk, warm clove, smooth vanilla and spiritedly vetiver. Bright top notes of bergamot and zesty Sicilian mandarin, balanced perfectly with soothing ylang-ylang and sweet, honeyed neroli.
• Cryptocurrency diamond sale sets new auction record - "Mystery buyer spends $12.3M on a 101-carat diamond -- and pays in cryptocurrency."
• Da Hong Pao - (Big Red Robe) is a Wuyi rock tea grown in the Wuyi Mountains. It is a heavily oxidized, dark oolong tea. The highest quality versions frequently sell as the world's most expensive tea. In China, it is often reserved for honored guests. Da Hong Pao can sell for up to US$1985745 per kilogram or US$35606 per ounce (20g of Da Hong Pao tea from one of the mother plants was sold for ¥15896 in 1998).
• David Hockney Painting Sells for $90 Million, Smashing Record for Living Artist - The New York Times.
• Death Valley reaches 130 degrees, hottest temperature in U.S. in at least 107 years - "On Sunday, the thermometer at Death Valley's Furnace Creek, located in the deserts of Southern California, soared to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NOAA's Weather Prediction Center. If verified, it would be the hottest temperature recorded in the U.S. since 1913, and perhaps the hottest temperature ever reliably recorded in the world."
• Decked with $15 million of jewels, this may be the world's most expensive Christmas tree - "This Christmas, visitors to the Kempinski Hotel Bahia, near Marbella, Spain will be treated to the sight of the hotel's tree, decked out with diamonds, precious stones and designer jewelry."
• Denmark & Germany now building the world's longest immersed tunnel - "Descending up to 40 meters beneath the Baltic Sea, the world's longest immersed tunnel will link Denmark and Germany, slashing journey times between the two countries when it opens in 2029."
• Earth broke the record for the shortest day since atomic clocks were invented - "If you feel like there's less time in the day, you're correct. Our planet's rotation measured in at 1.59 milliseconds short of the normal 24-hour day on June 29, according to the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, an organization in charge of global timekeeping."
• Eiffel Tower: Man who spent years building Eiffel Tower with 700K matchsticks may be denied world record for using wrong matches - "Richard Plaud spent the last eight years painstakingly piecing together 706,900 matchsticks to make a 23.6-foot model of the world-famous monument."
• Electric Rimac Nevera Sets Road Car Record: 60 MPH In 1.74 Seconds - "Rimac has set 22 absolute world acceleration records for production road-legal cars. The Nevera’s 4-motor battery-electric powertrain generates 1914 electric-equivalent horsepower, and obviously the Boys of Zagreb continue to hone their Launch Control scripting."
• Eliud Kipchoge smashes world marathon record by 77 seconds in Berlin - The Guardian.
• Elon Musk breaks Guinness World Record for largest loss of personal fortune - "Elon Musk can add a new title to his resume: Guinness World Record holder. The 'Technoking' of Tesla made it into the record books thanks to an abysmal 2022 which saw his fortune shrink by $182 billion, the organization announced Friday in a release that cited data from Forbes."
• Elon Musk says he will pay more than $11bn in tax this year - "Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and the chief executive of the electric car company Tesla, has said he will pay more than $11bn in tax this year - which could be a record amount of annual tax paid by a single person."
• Fehmarnbelt Tunnel will be the world's longest immersed tunnel - "Work begins on world's longest immersed tunnel."
• Ferrari 250 GTO set to become world's most expensive car with £45 million price tag - The Telegraph.
• Ford GT40 1966 that won Le Mans to sell at auction for over £9million - Daily Express.
• First World Hotel & Plaza - three-star hotel in Resorts World Genting, Pahang, Malaysia. Featuring a total of 7,351 rooms, it has set the Guinness World Records for the largest hotel in the world (by number of rooms).
• Flying without wings: The world's fastest trains - "As the world faces up to climate change, short-haul flights look increasingly unattractive to many travelers. The flygskam (flight shame) phenomenon that started in Scandinavia is already inspiring many travelers to reduce their reliance on airlines. Until someone proves otherwise, high-speed rail is the most effective alternative to air travel for journeys of up to 1,100 kilometers (700 miles). Shuttling passengers between city centers at speeds of 290 kph (180 mph) or more, it offers a compelling combination of speed and convenience."
• Fugaku, world's fastest supercomputer, searches for coronavirus treatment - "Japanese machine can perform more than 415 quadrillion computations a second and has already worked out how breath droplets spread."
• Gold scales new peak at $2,030 per ounce - "Gold smashed through $2,000 per ounce for the first time ever last night, and is now changing hands at $2,030/oz this morning - comfortably over its previous record set in 2011."
• Guinness names Shanghai eatery as world's highest restaurant in a building - "It's official, there's a new 'world's highest restaurant in a building.' In February, officials from the Guinness World Records awarded the accolade to the Heavenly Jin restaurant inside the J Hotel Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, China."
• GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS - since 1955. "Home of the Longest, Fastest, Shortest, Fastest facts and feats."
• Gulfstream's new $75 million private jet is the world's largest - see inside - "Gulfstream has unveiled the world's largest private jet, the G700. The nearly 57-foot-long, six-foot-tall, and eight-foot-wide cabin is the tallest, widest, and longest in the industry."
• Hafthor Bjornsson: Game of Thrones actor breaks 501kg deadlift record - "Game of Thrones actor Hafthor Bjornsson has set a world deadlifting record by lifting 501kg (1,104lb)."
• Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones hat sold for world record $521,000 - Justcollecting News.
• Heathrow-JFK is the world's only billion-dollar airline route - CNN travel.
• HermÈs Kelly Bag Fetches Record Price at Sotheby’s Auction - "The pearl-coloured Himalaya Retourne Kelly 25 bag fetched $346,802 at an auction in Paris last week."
• Hong Kong sets $1.3m parking space price record - "It was one of several spots sold at an ultra-luxury development in the city's affluent The Peak residential area, local media reported."
• Hottest temperature on Earth recorded - "Death Valley just recorded the hottest temperature on Earth."
• How Andy Warhol overtook Picasso to become the most prized artist of the 20th century - "One of his portraits of Marilyn Monroe is expected to shatter records at auction next month. But was Andy Warhol just an ‘affectless hero’ of the media age? Or was he the greatest and most profound artist of his era?"
• How one country dominates world's 10 tallest buildings list - "10 tallest buildings in the world."
• I found the largest truffle in the world - "'I could have sold my 1.3kg truffle for a fortune. But I had something more special in mind.'"
• India prepares to inaugurate the world's tallest statue - "India is set to unveil the world's tallest statue next week, the towering figure of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a popular political and social leader, who was part of the freedom struggle that resulted in India's independence from British colonial rule in 1947."
• Inside the world's most expensive hotel rooms - The Telegraph.
• Inside the world's tallest tower - "Jeddah Tower: What does the world's next tallest skyscraper look like now?"
• Instagram Rich List 2020 - Hopper HQ.
• iPhone dubbed the ‘Holy Grail’ sold for $190,000 - "A first-edition 2007 Apple iPhone has sold for more than $190,000 at auction, far exceeding the estimate. Dubbed the 'Holy Grail' by auctioneer LCG Auctions, the 4GB model was expected to fetch in the region of $50,000-$100,000. But after attracting 28 bids online, the phone’s value quickly rose and Sunday’s final sale price was $190,372.80."
• Is this the world's most beloved car? - "Knight Rider’s ‘KITT’ has to be The Best Car In The World."
• Is this the world's most expensive resort? - "Luxurious private island resort opens for business - and a night's stay costs US$100,000."
• Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet sells for $2.9m - "Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet has been sold for the equivalent of $2.9m to a Malaysia-based businessman."
• James Edition - The Rich List - "The most Expensive listings from around the world."
• Japan's video gaming grandma, 90, plays her way into record books - "Still nimble-fingered pensioner Hamako Mori holds Guinness world record as oldest gaming YouTuber."
• Jeddah Tower: What does the world's next tallest skyscraper look like now? - "The tower will be the crown jewel of Jeddah Economic City, a commercial and residential project of 57 million square feet (5.3 million square meters), that will feature homes, hotels and offices, as well as tourist attractions. Height: 3,280ft Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture."
• Jeff Bezos is now worth a whopping $200 billion - "Jeff Bezos was already the world's richest man. Now his net worth has skyrocketed once again, setting another new record. On Wednesday, the Amazon CEO's wealth reached an estimated $202 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires index, as the company's shares soared. That's up about $87 billion since January."
• Jeff Bezos is the richest person in history - CNN.
• Jeff Bezos Just Added a Record $13 Billion to His Fortune in a Single Day - "Jeff Bezos added $13 billion to his net worth on Monday, the largest single-day jump for an individual since the Bloomberg Billionaires Index was created in 2012."
• Joker becomes first R-rated film to make $1bn at global box office - "Comic book film Joker passed the $1bn mark in global ticket sales this weekend, becoming the first R-rated movie to do so."
• 'Joker' shatters box office records despite its controversial depiction of violence - "The gritty Warner Bros. film about the origins of the crazed Batman nemesis brought in an estimated $93.5 million in North America this weekend. That makes 'Joker' the highest-grossing opening in the history of October. The film shattered the record held by Sony Pictures' 'Venom,' which made $80 million last October."
• Jonathan the tortoise, world’s oldest land animal, celebrates his 190th birthday - "The South Atlantic island of St. Helena is celebrating the birthday of the world’s oldest living land animal - a Seychelles giant tortoise called Jonathan, who is turning 190. While there’s no real record of his birth, Jonathan is thought to have been born around 1832. He was brought to St. Helena from the Seychelles in 1882 as a gift to Sir William Grey-Wilson - who later became governor."
• Kanye West's $1M Yeezys may be the world's most expensive sneakers - "Described in a press release as 'one of the most prized and sought-after sneakers in existence.' The first Yeezy sneakers ever worn in public by Kanye West are going on sale for over $1 million. The Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototypes, which the American rapper debuted at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in 2008, will be among the most expensive sneakers ever to appear on the market, according to Sotheby's auction house, which is organizing the sale."
• Largest Companies by Market Cap - companies: 4,755. Total market cap: $85.973 T.
• Largest diamond in 300 years unearthed in Angola - "The Australian site operator named the 170-carat stone The Lulo Rose."
• 'Largest ever auctioned' purple-pink diamond sells for $26.6m - "An extremely rare purple-pink Russian diamond has sold at auction in Switzerland for $26.6m. The 14.8-carat diamond, dubbed 'The Spirit of the Rose,' is the largest of its kind to be auctioned, as 99% of all pink diamonds are under 10 carats."
• Largest, highest, tallest: Record-setters in travel - "Carnival celebrations are taking place around the world ahead of Mardi Gras, and the world's largest cruise ship is poised to set sail. But travel is also being impacted by Covid restrictions and the Ukraine invasion. Here are the biggest stories from CNN Travel this week."
• Lego rolls out Colosseum, a model of the Roman amphitheater with over 9,000 pieces - "Lego has officially rolled out Colosseum -- the largest Lego brick set in history and a detailed reproduction of Rome's famous oval amphitheatre."
• List of most expensive paintings - Wikipedia.
• Lockdown spurs 11-year-old skateboarder to make history with first 1080-degree turn - "Gui Khury lands holy grail of skating while in lockdown. Brazilian surpasses previous record first set by Tony Hawk."
• longest living animals on Earth - "Tortoises don't even make the top 10 longest-living animals."
• Macallan 1926 breaks auction record at US$1.9m - "The 60-year-old Macallan from cask #263 was the headline sale of the Ultimate Whisky Collection auction, which was held by Sotheby’s in London today (24 October, 2019)."
• Majesty 175, the World’s Largest Fiberglass Superyacht - "Gulf Craft's new 175-footer claims the world title by just three feet."
• Making history's highest auction bid - "The man on the phone: What's it like making history's highest auction bid?"
• Man Ray's 'Le Violon d'Ingres' could become the most expensive photo ever sold - "The original print of the masterpiece, widely considered to be Man Ray's most famous work, is expected to fetch between $5-7 million when it goes under the hammer at Christie's in May - the highest estimate for a single photograph in auction history, according to the auction house."
• Mansa Musa: The richest man who ever lived - "Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world, according to the 2019 Forbes billionaires' list released this week. With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) he is the wealthiest man in modern history."
• Max Verstappen dominates Mexican GP to set record for wins in a season - "Verstappen has won 14 out of 20 races this season."
• 'Maybe the greatest golf shot you'll ever see' - "Jon Rahm skips ball across pond in amazing hole-in-one at the Masters."
• Melbourne to Dallas in 17 hours: Qantas announces latest ultra long-haul flight to US - "As global travel continues to reopen in 2022, there will soon be another addition to the 'world's longest flights' list - a direct route between Melbourne, Australia and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) operated by Qantas."
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• Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut CoupÉ 1955 - "The most valuable car of the world." A Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé from 1955 has been sold at auction for a record price of 135 million EUR (US$142) to a private collector. This icon of automotive history is an absolute rarity - one of just two prototypes built at the time. Named after its creator and chief engineer, Rudolf Uhlenhaut, it is considered to be one of the finest examples of automotive engineering and design by automotive experts and enthusiasts worldwide.
• Mercedes just sold the world's most expensive car for $142 million - "Mercedes-Benz confirmed on Thursday that it recently sold the world's most expensive car. A very rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz SLR coupe that had been kept in the German automaker's collection was sold to a private owner for €135 million, the equivalent of $142 million. That price makes it the most expensive car known to ever have been sold, according to Hagerty, a company that tracks collector car values."
• Michael Jordan: Rare trainers fetch $615,000 at auction - "The Nike Air Jordan 1 High sneakers, described as the 'rarest of the rare', were used by the Chicago Bulls star in an exhibition game in 1985. In total, Christies sold nine pairs of Jordan's shoes to celebrate his 14-year career with the team. There is a big market for rare trainers and collectors can pay high prices."
• Modigliani sets world record with estimate in excess of $150m - The Guardian.
• Monaco's inhabitants' average life expectancy is 89.52 years - the longest in the world - The World Factbook.
• Most Expensive Ford Mustang Ever Sells for $2.2 Million - "1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake Sets Record as Most Expensive Ford Mustang Ever."
• MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE for sale in the world 2016 - aerial photos - Billionaire Addresses.
• MOST EXPENSIVE THINGS IN THE WORLD - BornRich.
• most expensive work of literature ever to sell at auction - "Rare copy of Shakespeare's First Folio sells for record $10M."
• Mount Everest: China & Nepal agree on new, taller height - "Countries have decided it is 8,848.86m, which is higher than either’s previous measurements."
• Moyenne Island: The world's smallest national park - "Once a neglected wasteland, this paradisiacal eco-reserve stands as a reminder of what the Seychelles were like before tourism arrived."
• MrBeast: How the world's biggest YouTuber made his millions - "Jimmy Donaldson, the person the online world knows as MrBeast, is the biggest YouTuber on the planet - and with that popularity comes large sums of money. In November 2022, Forbes estimated he earned $54m in a year from the platform, combining advertising revenue from videos and sponsorship deals. Since then, he has gained 60 million more subscribers on his main channel, taking his total 172 million."
• New all-time coldest northern hemisphere temperature discovered - "Reading of -69.C in 1991 from Greenland is nearly 2C colder than previous known records."
• New mathematical record: what’s the point of calculating pi? - "The famous number has many practical uses, mathematicians say, but is it really worth the time and effort to work out its trillions of digits? Swiss researchers have spent 108 days calculating pi to a new record accuracy of 62.8tn digits."
• new world's longest flight - with a catch - "Last week it was the return of the world's longest flight - Singapore to New York JFK. This week comes another new aviation record: the world's longest flight in a single-aisle aircraft. Air Transat flight TS690 flew transatlantic from Montreal, Canada, to Athens, Greece, on Monday - a journey of 7,600 kilometers, or 4,754 miles. So far, so normal - except the eight-hour, 32-minute flight was performed in a narrowbody Airbus A321neoLR. It was the longest commercial flight that a single-aisle aircraft has been used for."
• New York City restaurant unveils $200 french fries - "The Crème de la Crème Pommes Frites start out as Chipperbec potatoes. They are blanched - or scalded - in vinegar and champagne. Then they fry in pure goose fat, not oil, and not once but twice, so they are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. Sprinkled with edible gold and seasoned with truffle salt and truffle oil, they are served on a crystal plate with an orchid, thin-sliced truffles, and a Mornay cheese dip. The sauce, too, is infused with truffles, a rare seasonal mushroom."
• Northeast Greenland National Park - established on 22 May 1974. "The world’s largest National Park with unspoiled, pristine wilderness and unique Arctic wildlife." Few places on Earth offer truly pristine wilderness untouched by humans! The Northeast Greenland National Park is one of the last remaining large, protected areas where wildlife, plants, and landscapes are left unspoiled. The National Park is uninhabited by humans apart from the personnel on a few meteorological, research and military stations, among them the headquarters of the elite naval unit Sirius Dog Sled Patrol. The scenery and vast landscapes of the National Park are unparalleled with enormous tundra areas, spectacular mountains and deep fjords filled with icebergs. Although the National Park may be difficult to reach, visitors are rewarded with the unique experience of almost one million square kilometres of the High-Arctic ecosystem. The size of the Northeast Greenland National Park is 972,000 km2 where about 80% is permanently covered by the mighty Greenland Ice Sheet. It is hard to get a sense of just how big the Northeast Greenland National Park is! It is the world’s largest National Park and the largest protected land area in the world. It is almost the same area as Spain and France combined and it is more than 100 times larger than one of the most famous National Parks in the world: Yellowstone National Park in the USA.
• Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer in Cincinnati to complete Masters sweep - "Serb becomes first player to win all nine Masters titles."
• Novak Djokovic set to surpass $160 Million in career prize money - "He already has the most career prize money in ATP or WTA history, and he’s about to hit another milestone."
• oldest known jeans fetch $114,000 at auction - "‘Like the first flag on the moon’: The pair of jeans, recovered from an 1857 shipwreck, has sparked debate over whether they are a predecessor of the modern Levi’s."
• oldest watches in the world - "The Pomander Watch, also known as the Watch 1505, is heralded as the world's first watch. Crafted by Peter Henlein, a German locksmith and watchmaker, this timepiece from the early German Renaissance period represents the dawn of portable timekeeping."
• Paul Allen: Largest art auction ever to sell Microsoft co-founder's $1bn collection - "An estimated $1bn worth of art belonging to the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will be sold at the largest art auction in history. The collection includes masterpieces by Botticelli, Renoir, David Hockney and Roy Lichtenstein. Christie's auction house said proceeds of the November sale would be given to charity, as Mr Allen wished."
• Pearl claimed as world's oldest is to be exhibited in Abu Dhabi - "Archaeologists say natural pearl was found on island off capital of United Arab Emirates."
• Phillips Sets World Record for $74.5 Million Watch Auction - "Led by Philippe Dufour, Phillips’s $74.5 Million Watch Auction Shattered Multiple World Records. Dufour's Grande et Petite Sonnerie was the headliner and set a record for the most expensive independent watch ever sold."
• Pilot makes first-ever plane landing on Burj Al Arab helipad - "Polish pilot Lukasz Czepiela made aviation history on Tuesday, becoming the first person to land a plane on the helipad of the iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah hotel in Dubai. Czepiela was able to bring his specially adapted light aircraft to a stop in just 21 meters (68 feet), landing on a platform only 27 meters (89 feet) wide, 212 meters (696 feet) above the ground on top of the 56-story building."
• Pocket watch from 1982 sells for record amount at auction - "Pocket watch inspired by the moon landing sells for record $4.5 million."
• Portugal to Singapore could be the longest train journey in the world. But how much does it cost? - "Travelling all the way from Lagos in Southern Portugal to Singapore, it takes you through Paris, Moscow and Beijing. And at 18,755 km, experts estimate completing the full journey would take 21 days. Booking tickets for the entire trip could cost around €1,200."
• Princess Diana’s ‘black sheep’ knit is the most valuable sweater ever sold at auction - "It was the star lot at Sotheby’s latest Fashion Icons auction in New York, where it fetched $1,143,000 in just 15 minutes of bidding."
• Pumpkin weighing 2,749lb squashes world record - "A massive pumpkin named Michael Jordan has squashed the world record for the heaviest gourd and earned its grower a neat $30,000 in prize money. Minnesota horticulture teacher Travis Gienger's 2,749lb (1,247kg) pumpkin beat the previous record by 47lb."
• Qantas Dreamliner completes longest ever commercial flight - "Airline hails achievement after 19-hour New York-to-Sydney flight carrying 50 passengers and crew."
• Rare $1000 bills could sell for millions - "Incredibly rare US bank bills set to sell for $8 million at auction."
• Record-setting ring weighs nearly a pound & contains 24,679 diamonds - "A ring has made its way into the Guinness World Records for the most diamonds set in one ring. The sparkler is encrusted with more than 24,000 diamonds and weighs nearly a pound. Each stone was hand-placed and took nearly 3 months to complete. The one-of-a-kind ring broke the previous record set two years ago."
• Rembrandt self-portrait breaks record at virtual auction - "A self-portrait by Rembrandt sold for $18.7 million at a Sotheby's virtual auction, breaking the record price for a self-portrait by the Dutch master."
• Renaissance painting found in kitchen in France sells for €24m - "Christ Mocked by Italian artist Cimabue had been valued at €4m-€6m before auction. An tiny early Renaissance masterpiece found in a French woman’s kitchen during a house clearance has fetched more than €24m at auction, making it the most expensive medieval painting ever sold."
• Richard Mille Sets A New Record For The World's Thinnest Watch With The RM UP-01 Ferrari - "Mere months after Bulgari claimed the title, there's a new record-holder in town."
• Rolls-Royce Boat Tail: the world's most expensive car has arrived - in pictures - "Bespoke vehicle, with only three in existence, is estimated to cost up to $28 million."
• Ronaldo 'buys world's most expensive car' - "A £9.5million one-off Bugatti La Voiture Noire."
• Scientists accidentally kill world's oldest animal, a 507-year-old clam - "In the 507 years that Ming the Clam was alive at the bottom of the Norwegian Sea, the world changed. Great empires rose and fell again into the dust, the Industrial Revolution transformed human society, and two world wars claimed millions of lives."
• Sea silk: the world's most exclusive textile is being auctioned this week - "The ultra-rare material made from fibers - byssus - harvested from giant mollusks was once the height of fashion, for items such as the hat going under the hammer in New York."
• Shibuya Crossing - or Shibuya Scramble Crossing, is a popular scramble crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It is located in front of the Shibuya Station Hachiko exit and stops vehicles in all directions to allow pedestrians to inundate the entire intersection. Shibuya Crossing is the world’s busiest pedestrian crossing, with as many as 2,500 people crossing at a time.
• Sir David Attenborough breaks Instagram record for fastest time to reach one million followers - Guinness World Records.
• Sneakers designed by Virgil Abloh fetch $25m, with one pair going for $350,000 - "Two hundred pairs of Louis Vuitton and Nike Air Force 1 shoes smashed expectations in Sotheby’s online auction."
• Sotheby’s unveils the world's 'largest, rarest & most valuable' D-Flawless round diamond - The Telegraph.
• SR-71 Blackbird: The Cold War spy plane that's still the world's fastest aircraft - "During the Cold War, this plane could fly higher and faster than any other -- and 55 years after its first flight, it still does."
• Sri Lanka shows off giant natural blue sapphire - "Sri Lankan authorities on Sunday put on show what they said was the world's largest natural corundum blue sapphire, weighing 310 kilograms (683 pounds), which was found in a gem pit about three months ago."
• SSC Tuatara - (2011–2014/2020-). "300, and Beyond." The SSC Tuatara has broken the world speed record for "Fastest Production Car," accelerating to a top speed of 331.15 mph, and averaging a speed of 316.11 mph. As the first production car to surpass the 300 mph barrier, this American beast is only getting started.
• Steve McQueen watch set to reach £600,000, that was nearly lost to a house fire - The Telegraph.
• STRATOLAUNCH, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRPLANE, TAKES FLIGHT - "Airplane with world's longest wingspan take flight, beating Spruce Goose record. Stratolaunch jet, brainchild of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, may be used to launch small satellites into space."
• Sweden's new car carrier is the world's largest wind-powered vessel - "Oceanbird might look like a ship of the future, but it harks back to ancient maritime history -- because it's powered by the wind. With capacity for 7,000 vehicles, the 650 foot-long vessel is a similar size to conventional car carriers, but it will look radically different. The ship's hull is topped by five telescopic 'wing sails,' each 260 feet tall. Capable of rotating 360 degrees without touching each other, the sails can be retracted to 195 feet in order to clear bridges or withstand rough weather."
• Swedish supercar just destroyed Bugatti's speed record - Business Insider.
• Switzerland's Controversial 1,000-Franc Note Is Getting a New Look - "Large denomination bills criticized for aiding crime."
• Teenager sets world records for longest legs - "A 17-year-old named Maci Currin has set two Guinness World Records for having the longest legs."
• Tesla becomes most valuable automaker as more workers contract COVID-19 - "Its factories are open again, which is boosting the stock price - and the COVID-19 risk."
• Tesla Is Now The World’s Most Valuable Carmaker - "Tesla Takes Over Top Spot From Toyota As World’s Most Valuable Carmaker."
• The fastest road car in the world revealed - and it's electric - "It's the most powerful street-legal car ever to come out of Italy. And when your competitors include Ferrari and Lamborghini, that's some badge of honour."
• The International 2018 - as with every International from 2013 onwards, the prize pool was crowdfunded by the Dota 2 community via its battle pass feature, with the total being over US$25 million, the largest in eSports history.
• the man who visited every country in the world - without boarding a plane - "At 34, Torbjørn Pedersen embarked on a seemingly impossible journey that would take 10 years - and involve cerebral malaria and being held up at gunpoint. He reflects on the highs, the lows and the joy of getting married en route."
• The Most Expensive Car Ever Sold - "How The $44 Million Sale Of A Ferrari 250 GTO Landed In A London Court."
• The most expensive house in the US: JFK & Jackie Kennedy’s honeymoon home on sale in Beverly Hills - "The palatial Beverly House has featured in 'The Bodyguard', 'The Godfather' and Beyonce's 'Black Is King' album. The most expensive residential property in the United States is now on the market. The stylish and storied Beverly House is priced at an eye-watering $119 million and is described as 'one of America’s finest mansions and estates.'"
• The most expensive house on Earth, in pictures
• THE MOST EXPENSIVE JOURNAL - resource dedicated to showcasing the costliest consumer items, autos, architecture, government projects, and more from around the globe.
• The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth - "How excessive staffing, little competition, generous contracts and archaic rules dramatically inflate capital costs for transit in New York."
• The most expensive numberplates sold in the UK - Autocar.
• The Most Expensive Yacht In The World - YouTube 10:58. "Join us while we take an inside look at the most expensive yacht ever built. The History Supreme is a $4.8 billion dollar masterpiece!"
• the scent that costs more than gold - "Orris: The world’s rarest perfume ingredient."
• The tiny airport that became the world's busiest - "This is now the world's busiest airport... on certain Saturdays."
• The World Now Has Three People Worth More Than $100 Billion Each - "Bernard Arnault joins Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in $100 billion club."
• The world's most expensive ham - "A tiny organic farm in Spain produces ham that sells for €4,100 a leg, and is recognised as the world’s most expensive."
• The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings - YouTube 58:26. Art critic Alastair Sooke delves into the murky world of art theft. Despite the high stakes - and often daring - involved, many cases are shrouded in mystery and go unnoticed by the media.
• The World’s Most Valuable Soccer Teams 2019 - "Real Madrid Is Back On Top, At $4.24 Billion."
• The Worst deal Ever - "Fifteen years after Eric Baker was fired from StubHub, the ticketing giant he cofounded, he bought it back for $4 billion—weeks before coronavirus utterly wrecked the business. Revenge isn’t always sweet."
• There are now four $1 trillion companies - "The club of $1 trillion companies just keeps growing. Now there are four."
• there's a new world's busiest airport - "Seven of the world's top 10 busiest airports in 2020 were in China while the former world's busiest airport -- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the United States -- fell to No. 2 in the rankings after 22 consecutive years in the top spot. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China was the world's busiest airport in 2020, rising to the No. 1 spot from its No. 11 ranking in 2019, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by airport trade organization Airports Council International (ACI)."
• These are the oldest living things on Earth - "Where to see the oldest living things on Earth."
• These May Be the Oldest Olive Trees in the World - "While the sentinel trees of Northern Lebanon may not be as old as some traditions hold, one tree might be more than 1,000 years old. Katherine Kornei has previously reported on the study of tree rings at Viking settlement sites and in Stradivarius violins."
• These shoes cost $17 million - "Called 'The Passion Diamond Shoes', these gold and diamond-encrusted stilettos are believed to be the world's most expensive shoes."
• This could become the most valuable Porsche ever sold - CNN Business.
• This Ferrari GTO is the most valuable car ever auctioned. It sold for US$48 million - "A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO sold for US$48.4 million at RM Sotheby's annual Monterey collector car sale - a world record for any car ever sold at auction."
• This superyacht could be world's biggest - "This floating entertainment hub could be biggest superyacht in the world."
• This was the most dangerous place in our planet's history - "The world feels like a scary place these days, but a recently published paleontology study helps put things in perspective."
• Top 5 most expensive cats in the world - "Here are the world's five most expensive felines: 1. Ashera Cat; 2. The Savannah; 3. The Bengal; 4. The Sphynx; 5. Persian Cat."
• Top 10 most expensive suits in the world - Be Global Fashion Network.
• Top 10 Most Luxurious Hotels in the World - Reader's Digest.
• Toyota No. 1; VW makes biggest gain in ranking of most valuable car brands 2019 - "Toyota has been No. 1 in 12 of the 14 years the study has been carried out. In the years it wasn’t No. 1, 2010 and 2012, it finished in second place."
• Uniqlo outstrips Zara as most valuable clothier at $103bn - "The value of Fast Retailing, the Japanese parent of casual clothing chain Uniqlo, reached 10.87 trillion yen ($103 billion) at the end of trading Tuesday, putting it at the top of the global apparel industry in terms of market capitalization."
• Vietnam's new glass bridge sets Guinness World Record - "A glass-bottomed walkway in Vietnam, which opened to much public fanfare in April, has been declared the world's longest bridge of its kind by Guinness World Records."
• Vietnamese collector revealed as buyer of world’s biggest bottle of whisky - "Viet Nguyen Dinh Tuan bought 311-litre bottle of 32-year-old Macallan single malt for £1.1m at auction. The previously anonymous buyer of the world’s largest bottle of whisky, which at 5ft 11in is taller than the average human, has been revealed as a Vietnamese businessman who already owns a spirits collection valued at more than £150m."
• Vintage HermÈs Birkin bag sells for record £162,500 in London - The Guardian.
• Virus creates world's longest passenger flight - "On March 14, French airline Air Tahiti Nui flew the longest ever scheduled passenger flight by distance -- transiting 9,765 miles across the world from Papeete, in Tahiti, French Polynesia, to Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport. This one off milestone was a direct consequence of the coronavirus-induced US travel restrictions."
• Watch a plane fly through a tunnel & set a Guinness World Record at the same time - "Some pilots focus on flying high, but Dario Costa's success at flying low has landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records."
• What America's most expensive motel room looked like in 1972 - "How Holiday Inn revolutionized 20th century travel".
• What it's like on the world's shortest flight - "The journey, made two to three times daily, connects Westray, an island on the edge of Scotland's northerly Orkney archipelago, to the smaller, even more remote island of Papa Westray. This, according to Guinness World Records, is the world's shortest scheduled airline service, a trip that covers just 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) in less time than it takes most passenger airplanes to reach cruising altitude. On a good day, with favorable winds and light luggage, it takes 53 seconds."
• Where is the world's most expensive painting? - "The $450 million question: Where is Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi'?"
• White bellbird: listen to the world's loudest bird call - "A bird found in the Amazon has shattered the record for the loudest call, reaching the same volume as a pneumatic drill. The white bellbird, which lives in the mountains of the north-eastern Amazon, was recorded at 125 decibels (dB), three times louder than the next bird in the pecking order, the screaming piha."
• 'White Christmas': The biggest selling single of all time - "American entertainer Bing Crosby made 'White Christmas' by Irving Berlin, one of the defining songs of World War Two."
• Who Wants to Buy the Most Expensive House in America? - The New York Times.
• Why are the Dutch so tall? - "The Dutch moved the sea to build their nation - and became the world’s tallest people in the process."
• World Reaches 100 Supertall Skyscrapers - Global Tall News.
• world record holder of the most liked picture on Instagram - "EGG GANG."
• World’s 10 Most Expensive Cities To Live In 2020 - "As regular as the movement in one of the country’s famous luxury watches, Switzerland is again home to the world’s most expensive cities."
• world's 20 tallest buildings - and the 1,000-metre monster that will soon break the record.
• World's 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%, says Oxfam - "Charity calls for 1% wealth tax, saying it would raise enough to educate every child not in school."
• world's 50 best foods - "'There is no love sincerer than the love of food,' George Bernard Shaw said. Judging by the number of amazing dishes out there, he was right."
• World’s 50 Most Beautiful Countries 2022 (You Won’t Believe Where The U.S. Ranked) - "Who doesn’t look at travel photos on Instagram and fantasize about visiting the most beautiful places in the world? But what defines beauty? A new study from the website money.co.uk aims to rank the 50 most beautiful countries on earth by analyzing the amount of natural wonders in each place, from coral reefs and tropical rainforests to volcanoes, glaciers and more."
• 'World's best' airport is about to get even better - "Singapore announces opening date for long-awaited Jewel Changi Airport."
• World’s Best (and Worst) Pension Systems - "The Netherlands and Denmark have the best pensions systems in the world, according to a global study that shines a light on how nations are preparing aging populations for retirement."
• world's best food delivery service - "The unsurpassed 125-year-old network that feeds Mumbai. Dabbawalas deliver hundreds of thousands of meals on foot and by bike in one of India's busiest cities every day. The new wave of food-delivery start-ups wants to know how they do it."
• 'World's best sushi restaurant' stripped of its three Michelin stars - "Guide will not rate Sukiyabashi Jiro in Tokyo as it is no longer open to the public."
• World’s Best Venture Capitalist Is Not Who You’d Guess - "In just two days last year, Alfred Lin enjoyed two of the 10 biggest-ever exits among U.S. tech firms. On December 9, food-delivery service DoorDash went public on the New York Stock Exchange; it ended the day with a market capitalization of $60 billion. The next day, home-rental leader Airbnb listed on the Nasdaq, scoring a $79 billion market cap. Those two outcomes alone generated profits - on paper, at least - of more than $21 billion for Lin and his VC firm, Sequoia."
• World’s Best Whisky 2021 - "According To The United Nations Of Fine Spirits."
• world's 'biggest & deepest' swimming pool is to be built in the UK. It will descend 164 feet - "The aptly named Blue Abyss pool will be built in Cornwall, south west England, and will hold 42 million liters of water -- equivalent to that of 17 Olympic size swimming pools, or 168 million cups of tea, the company said."
• World's biggest aircraft nears production - "World's biggest aircraft moves toward commercial model."
• world’s biggest carbon capture facility is being built in Texas. Will it work? - "The plant will inject 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the ground each year - but is it just greenwashing from big oil?"
• World's biggest freshwater fish, a 660-pound stingray, caught in Cambodia - "Cambodian villagers on the Mekong River have caught what researchers say is the world's biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, a stingray that weighed in at 661 pounds (about 300 kilograms), and took around a dozen men to haul to shore."
• World’s biggest heists - "Jewellery of 'immeasurable worth' stolen in dramatic Dresden museum heist. German police say thieves on the run after ‘cultural treasures’ stolen from Green Vault."
• World’s biggest machine capturing carbon from air turned on in Iceland - "Operators say the Orca plant can suck 4,000 tonnes of CO2 out of the air every year and inject it deep into the ground to be mineralised."
• world's coldest village - "Siberian outpost reaches near-record cold temperatures as thermometer BREAKS after recording minus 62C."
• World's deepest pool opens in Dubai, part of huge underwater city - "Already home to the world's tallest skyscraper and the world's largest mall, Dubai has just opened another record-breaking attraction - the deepest dive pool in the world."
• World's deepest shipwreck discovered - "The USS Samuel B Roberts went down during the Battle Off Samar in the Philippine Sea in October 1944. It lies in 6,895m (22,621ft) of water."
• 'World's deepest' swimming pool opens in Poland - "With a depth of over 45 meters (around 148 feet) Deepspot is claimed to be the world's deepest swimming pool, containing 8,000 cubic meters of water - more than 20 times the amount as a 25-meter pool. Scuba divers can plunge to brand new depths without setting foot in the ocean thanks to a multi-million dollar facility that's just opened in Poland."
• World's fastest bullet train begins tests - "Japan tests world's fastest bullet train."
• World's fastest passenger jet goes supersonic in tests - "The in-development Global 8000 will be 'the world's fastest and longest-range purpose-built business jet.'"
• World's fastest road car with a top speed of 300mph for sale - "The black and orange 2022 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ Coupe is one of just 30 examples made."
• world's fastest trains - "Until someone proves otherwise, high-speed rail is the most effective alternative to air travel for journeys of up to 1,100 kilometers (700 miles). Shuttling passengers between city centers at speeds of 290 kph (180 mph) or more, it offers a compelling combination of speed and convenience."
• world’s first smartwatch had the same issues we have today - "Seiko's Ruputer had terrible battery life and a limited UI."
• World’s First Underwater Hotel Villa Opens in the Maldives - "At $50,000 a night, this once-in-a-lifetime experience - literally sleeping with the fishes, stingrays, turtles, and sharks - doesn't come cheap."
• World's First-ever SMS Wishing ‘Merry Christmas' Up for Auction as an NFT - "The short message, consisting of just 15 letters, reads 'Merry Christmas' and was sent to Vodafone's director in December 1992."
• World's highest 5G network. Mount Everest is now 5G enabled - "5G network will support re-measurement of world's highest peak."
• World’s Highest Apartment Is On Sale In New York For $250 Million - "Afraid of heights? This triplex residence probably isn’t for you. The Penthouse recently listed for $250 million and it’s located within Central Park Tower on 225 West 57, the highest residential building in the world on New York’s famed Billionaires’ Row."
• world's highest ATM: Pakistan's mountaintop bank machine - "It may be an unlikely spot for a cash machine, but the Khunjerab Pass ATM has been serving the small number of residents and border staff - and adventurous tourists - since 2016."
• world's highest infinity pool has opened in Dubai - "Named in March as the world's tallest infinity pool inside a building, the rooftop bathing spot at the newly opened Address Beach Resort is a vertiginous 293.906 meters high (964 feet and 3.1 inches)."
• world's largest 100m+ yachts - "As the global fleet of superyacht continues to expand, so does the number of superyachts above 100 metres in length. With more than 50 superyachts launched and currently in operation above 100 metres, we can expect projects from some of the biggest players in the industry to be newcomers to the list. Here, SuperYacht Times has rounds up the comprehensive list of the world's largest yachts."
• World's largest airplane destroyed in Ukraine - "The world's largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225, has been destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, generating alarm and sadness among the aviation world in which it occupies almost cult status."
• World's largest cruise ship suite revealed - "World's largest cruise ship suite to feature $200,000 bed."
• World’s Largest Cruise Ship Will Set Sail In 2024 - "That’s certainly been the mantra for Miami based cruise line Royal Caribbean, who just announced their largest ship Icon of the Seas will officially enter service in 2024. At maximum capacity, Icon will be capable of hosting 7,600 passengers on its inaugural sail on January 28, 2024."
• World's largest firework set off in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, breaking records - "A Colorado city has set off the world's largest firework. It weighed more than a ton. The firework shell weighed almost 2,800 pounds, about the weight of a Toyota Corolla, and was 62 inches - a little more than five feet - in diameter."
• World’s Largest Gigayacht Was Built to Help Save the Oceans - "From Climate Change to Plastic Pollution. As the biggest research vessel, she'll work on fixing overfishing, climate change and plastic pollution."
• world's largest musical instrument - "Hear the epic sound of a 33,112-pipe organ in Atlantic City."
• world's largest painting is being made in a Dubai hotel ballroom by this artist - "Artist behind world's largest painting hopes to raise $30M for charity. A British artist has taken over the ballroom of a luxury hotel in Dubai to produce the largest painting ever created on canvas."
• World's Largest Passenger Airliner Is in Danger of Being Canceled - TIME Magazine.
• World’s Largest Private Whiskey Collection Is Up For Auction - "Totaling 9,000 bottles and 2,000-plus miniatures, Pat’s Whiskey Collection is the single largest private collection of whiskeys ever brought to auction."
• 'World's largest' Scotch whisky collection could fetch $10.5 million at auction - "Dubbed 'the Perfect Collection,' the spirits were amassed by the late Richard Gooding - a private American collector from Colorado. The collection consists of more than 3,900 bottles - primarily single malt Scotch - and will be sold at auction next year, with some individually valued at more than $1.6 million."
• World's largest star sapphire cluster found in backyard - "Sri Lankan authorities say the world's largest star sapphire cluster has been found in a backyard - by accident. A gem trader said the stone was found by workmen digging a well in his home in the gem-rich Ratnapura area. Experts say the stone, which is pale blue in colour, has an estimated value of up to $100 million in the international market. The cluster weighs around 510 kilograms or 2.5 million carats and has been named the 'Serendipity Sapphire'."
• World’s largest superyacht: Everything you need to know about 183m REV - "The crown of world’s largest superyacht is due to be passed on next year - here’s what you need to know about the newcomer 183m REV..."
• World's largest superyacht with 41,000 sq ft of living space - Daily Mail.
• World's largest urban farm to open - on a Paris rooftop - "The 14,000 sq m farm is set to open in the south-west of Paris early next year."
• World’s Largest Whisky Bottle - 86 Gallons Of Macallan - Sells For $1.4 Million At Auction - "At nearly 6 feet tall and more than twice the width of the average man, the bottle - dubbed 'The Intrepid' - was certified by Guinness World Records as being the largest bottle of scotch, whisky or whiskey in the world when it was filled last year."
• World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On - "China Three Gorges Corporation announced that the 16-megawatt MySE 16-260 turbine had been successfully installed at the company's offshore wind farm near Fujian Province on July 19. The behemoth is 152 meters (500 feet) tall, and each single blade is 123 meters (403 feet) and weighs 54 tons."
• World's largest yacht unveiled: Somnio will be a floating condo for the super-rich - "Super-rich will be able to buy £8million apartments on the world's largest yacht: Stunning 728ft-long £430m 'floating condo' will have 39 ultra-luxury onboard homes."
• World's longest cruise sets sail from London - "Ultimate world cruise. Viking Cruises has just launched its "Ultimate World Cruise," a 245-day luxury journey aimed at setting the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous passenger cruise. The 930-guest Viking Sun set sail from London's Greenwich Pier on August 31, 2019."
• world's longest flight is back - and now it's even longer - "At a mammoth 18 hours, it was the world's longest scheduled passenger flight, seen as a feat of endurance for those who dared book it. But Singapore Airlines' Singapore-Newark flight, which covered a staggering 9,534 miles, was an early victim of the Covid-19 pandemic, being put on hold on March 23. Now, however, it's ready to take off again, with flights scheduled to re-start on November 9 between Singapore and New York. There's just one difference - the US airport will switch from Newark, NJ, to JFK. Which pushes the distance up to 9,536.5 miles."
• world's longest outdoor escalator system - "Exploring the bustling Central business district of Hong Kong on foot can be quite the challenge. The area's hilly landscape, combined with subtropical heat and smothering humidity, would test the stamina of a mountaineer. Luckily, there's the Central-Mid-Levels Escalator - an 800-meter-long chain of moving stairs and walkways that's been dubbed the world's longest outdoor escalator system."
• world’s longest river may be about to lose its title. Here’s why - "The title of 'world’s longest river' is officially bestowed upon Africa’s Nile by authoritative sources like Encyclopedia Britannica and Guinness World Records. But an upcoming Amazon River expedition by a team of international explorers and researchers - traveling via rafts, horseback and solar-paneled boats - is readying to contest that designation."
• World's longest sea-crossing bridge opens between Hong Kong & China "A $20-billion bridge connecting Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai is set to finally open this week, marking the completion of the longest sea-crossing bridge ever built, nine years after construction began."
• World's Longest suspension footbridge ever opens - 721-meter/2,365 feet-long-span - "Spectacular world's longest suspension footbridge opens in Czech Republic."
• World's most complained about tourist attraction - "A very famous tourist attraction has landed the unfortunate title of having the most negative reviews in the world."
• world’s most complicated watch - "With 63 different complications, 2,877 parts, and 31 hands, it took the watchmaker a year just to assemble the multi million dollar timepiece."
• World's most expensive & luxurious cruise ship - "First look at $1bn Celebrity Edge, the world's most luxurious ship."
• world's most expensive aircraft - "B-2 Spirit: The $2 billion flying wing."
• world's most expensive animals - "Which living creatures are the most financially valuable? The answers can be surprising, and also reveal striking insights about the quirks and priorities of human nature."
• world's most expensive bottle of whisky has been sold for £848,000 at auction in Edinburgh. - "The Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 60-year-old went under the hammer at Bonhams Whisky Sale."
• World's most expensive cities 2020 to live in revealed - "The global economic landscape could be very different this time next year, but 2020's most expensive cities have been revealed - and the number one spot belongs not to one single city, but to three destinations."
• World's most expensive cities for expats in 2020 revealed - "Spot the odd one out in this list of global cities: Hong Kong, Zurich, Singapore and ... Ashgabat?"
• World’s Most Expensive Cities To Live, If You’re Rich - "First world problems don't come much more niche: 'In which city is it going to be cheaper to buy a piano?' But this is exactly the question Swiss bank Julius Baer has answered for its clients in a new ranking of luxury goods and services in 28 cities around the world, published on Thursday."
• world's most expensive election - "The 2020 US election campaigns smashed all records - with presidential and congressional candidates spending a total of almost $14bn - more than double the price tag for 2016."
• World’s Most Expensive Face Mask Costs $1.5 Million & Keeps Jewelry Artisans Employed - Forbes.
• world's most expensive film props & costumes - in pictures - The Telegraph.
• world's most expensive food & drink revealed - The Telegraph.
• ‘World’s most expensive home’ with only Caravaggio mural on sale for $547M - "Known as the Villa Aurora in Rome, it is the last existing building of a 16th-century country retreat built by Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte and spans over 30,000 square feet, according to the listing handled by the Italian government. If the villa sells for what it is asking for, it would be considered the “world’s most expensive” home ever sold. The date of the auction has been set for Jan. 18, 2022."
• World’s most expensive ice cream costs $6,400 - "The frozen dessert, called byakuya - 'white night' in Japanese - is currently fetching 880,000 yen ($6,380) for a serving, officially making it the most expensive ice cream in the world, according to Guinness World Records. Sourced exclusively from Alba - home to what many consider the best white truffles in Italy - that ingredient alone could rake in as much as two million yen ($14,500) per kilogram, said an article published on the Guinness World Records website last week. The ice cream is topped off by an edible gold leaf, two types of cheese and 'Sakekasu,' a paste-like ingredient derived from the process of sake-making."
• World's most expensive license plate sells for $15 million - "A license plate has sold for an eye-watering 55 million dirhams ($15 million) at a charity auction in Dubai, fetching what organizers Emirates Auction say is a world record price."
• world’s most expensive motorbike - "£1.4m motor comes with a diamond ring & a watch in the petrol tank."
• 'World's most expensive' perfume costs $1.3 million - "$1.3M perfume enters race for world's most expensive fragrance."
• World's Most Expensive Rolex Resurfaces Four Years After Breaking Records - "The most expensive Rolex ever sold has resurfaced in Los Angeles after disappearing from public view since being auctioned off for US$17 million in 2017. The Rolex Cosmograph 'Paul Newman Daytona' Ref 6239 that once belonged to actor Paul Newman and started one of the biggest trends in watch collecting has gone on show at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which opened in Los Angeles this week."
• World’s Most Expensive Scotch Whiskies - "Here Is A List Of The World’s Most Expensive Scotch Whisky."
• World's Most Expensive Shoes & Shoe Brands - TIM.
• World's most expensive watch sells for 31m Swiss francs (£24.2m) in charity auction - "A Patek Philippe watch has sold for a record 31m Swiss francs (£24.2m) at a charity auction hosted by Christie’s in Switzerland. It is by far the highest price ever paid for a wristwatch, and all of the proceeds will be donated to research into muscular dystrophy."
• World's most expensive wine tastes like this - "How Hungary produced the 'world's most expensive wine'."
• World's most luxurious cruise? - "Japan's 38-guest luxury floating hotel."
• world's most polluted capital city - "Twenty-one of the world's 30 cities with the worst levels of air pollution are in India, according to data compiled in the 2021 World Air Quality Report. Six Indian cities are in the top 10. New Delhi has the highest exposure to toxic air in the country. People in India had the fifth highest annual recordings of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), a particularly harmful form of air pollution. The year-round average for PM2.5 pollution in New Delhi was the worst of any capital city in the world by a large margin."
• World’s Most Popular Car Model Is Sold Once Every 28 Seconds - "We’re talking about the iconic Toyota Corolla, with the Japanese carmaker now boasting of its success of selling its 50th million Corolla worldwide."
• World's most powerful passport revealed - "Henley Index: Japanese passport now world's most powerful."
• World's most profitable company to go public - "Saudi Aramco has confirmed it is planning to list on the Riyadh stock exchange, in what could be the world's biggest initial public offering (IPO)."
• World’s ‘most sought-after’ whisky sells for $2.7 million - "Jonny Fowle, Sotheby's global head of whisky, unveils a bottle of The Macallan 1926, the world's most expensive whisky on October 19, 2023 in London, England. The Macallan 1926 is one of just 40 bottles drawn after ageing in sherry casks for 60 years, making it the oldest Macallan vintage ever produced, according to the auction house."
• world's most sustainable 'nation'? - "Insular and isolated, the autonomous republic of Nakhchivan is emerging as one of the world’s most sustainable places."
• World's Most Valuable Company - "A much-watched step in the country’s goals to modernize and privatize parts of its economy, its state-owned oil business, Saudi Aramco, raised $25.6 billion in the world's largest IPO ever after pricing 3 billion shares at 32 riyals ($8.53) apiece. The raise beats the largest yet - that of Alibaba’s in 2014 - by about $600 million. It also crowns the company as the most valuable among publicly-traded companies right now."
• world's oldest dessert? - "Although chickpeas and beans don't usually belong in a pudding, they are core ingredients in one of the oldest - and, some say, one of the most delicious - desserts in the world."
• world's oldest hamburger? - "Roujiamo: China's 2,200-year-old 'burger'. The Chinese pork-and-flatbread sandwich known as roujiamo has been called 'the world's oldest hamburger'. Like much in China, its precise origins are shrouded in the mists of time."
• world’s oldest hotel: This hotel has been in operation since 750. CNN took a look inside - "What it’s like to stay at the world’s oldest hotel. ucked deep in the mountains of Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan has tatami floors, kimono-sporting staff and signs in handwritten calligraphy. It feels like time has stood still here – and that’s not a coincidence. Legend has it, it was the year 705 when the oldest son of Fujiwara no Kamatari, the most powerful aristocratic family during that period, was wandering from the capital when he discovered hot springs in the area."
• world’s oldest land animal, celebrates his 190th birthday - "The South Atlantic island of St. Helena is celebrating the birthday of the world’s oldest living land animal - a Seychelles giant tortoise called Jonathan, who is turning 190. While there’s no real record of his birth, Jonathan is thought to have been born around 1832. He was brought to St. Helena from the Seychelles in 1882 as a gift to Sir William Grey-Wilson - who later became governor."
• World's oldest male giant panda in captivity dies in Hong Kong zoo - "The panda, called An An, was euthanized at the age of 35 - the equivalent of a human living till 105."
• World’s oldest recorded tortoise prepares for 190th birthday party - "Jonathan, Seychelles giant tortoise given to Saint Helena in 1882, is also oldest known living land animal."
• world's oldest sourdough? - "The search for the oldest sourdough starter spans continents and countries, science labs and libraries, and involves everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to Jesus Christ."
• world's oldest vegetarian restaurant - "For more than a century, one family has helped transform the way Europe eats."
• World’s Priciest Camera: Oskar Barnack’s Leica Sells for $15M - "The 40th Leitz Photographica Auction has concluded with the sale of the most expensive camera ever. Oskar Barnak’s Leica 0-Series No. 105 sold for nearly five times the highest estimation: over $15 million."
• world's priciest dram: Whisky bottle sells for over $1.5 million - "The vintage spirit, which came in a unique bottle painted by Irish artist Michael Dillon, smashed a record set last month when a bottle of the same 1926 vintage sold at Bonhams in Edinburgh for more than £848,000 ($1.1 million)."
• World's priciest whisky bought by Chinese millionaire revealed to be fake - The Telegraph.
• world's rarest passport - "The world's rarest passport is issued by a nation without any land. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta - also known as the Knights of Malta - isn’t just a religious Catholic order with nearly 1,000 years of history. Nor is it just a multi-million-dollar-budget humanitarian aid organization, with operations including refugee camps and disaster relief programs in some 120 countries around the world."
• world's shortest commercial airport runway - "A rare Caribbean island where beaches aren't the draw."
• world's shortest international commercial flight - "There's no in-flight service. No business class cabin. No sipping Champagne, choosing beef or chicken, or watching a movie. At just eight minutes from takeoff to landing, there's no time for any of that. There are shorter flights - the hop from Westray to Papa Westray in Scotland's Orkney Islands clocks in at just 90 seconds - but the flight between the Caribbean islands of Anguilla and Sint Maarten is currently the world's shortest international commercial flight."
• world's shortest scheduled airline service - "The journey, made two to three times daily, connects Westray, an island on the edge of Scotland's northerly Orkney archipelago, to the smaller, even more remote island of Papa Westray. This, according to Guinness World Records, is the world's shortest scheduled airline service, a trip that covers just 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) in less time than it takes most passenger airplanes to reach cruising altitude. On a good day, with favorable winds and light luggage, it takes 53 seconds."
• ‘world’s smallest restaurant’ for just two guests - "Solo Per Due - Just for Two in Italian - is no ordinary restaurant, and not just because of its tiny size."
• world's smallest restaurant is opening in Sweden - "Table for one? Sweden pop-up restaurant to serve solo diners only."
• 'world's smallest vineyard' is selling bottles for $5,000 apiece - but doesn't want you to drink them.
• world's tallest hotel to open in Dubai ... again - "In 2018, the 356-meter (1,168 feet) Gevora Hotel in Dubai became the tallest hotel in the world, complete with certification as a Guinness World Record. But the Gevora's reign will be short-lived. The 75-story tower is to be eclipsed by a slender glass skyscraper under construction just a short drive away in Dubai's Marina district. The Ciel Tower will reach 360.4 meters upon completion, developer The First Group has confirmed, featuring 1,042 rooms and suites spread across 82 floors."
• World's tallest outdoor elevator offers views over 'Avatar' landscape - "The Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan, China is famed for its towering, pillar-like karst formations, and bears a remarkable resemblance to the floating landscape of alien-world Pandora, which plays a starring role in the movie. The 326-meter-tall glass Bailong Elevator was built onto the side of a cliff in the national park and offers stunning views of the karst formations."
• World's tallest sandcastle built in Denmark - "Standing at just over 21m, the world's tallest sandcastle has been built in the town of Blokhus in Denmark. The structure, reinforced with glue and clay, took 4,860 tonnes of sand to make."
• World’s Tallest Skyscraper Resumes Construction After Half a Decade of Pause - "When finished, the tower will stand at 3,281 feet tall - nearly eleven times the height of the Statue of Liberty."
• world's tallest vertical garden - "Imagine a 5.5 kilometer garden path (3.51 miles), about twice the length of New York's High Line, sprawling up the twisted façades of two towers, one of which rises more than 300 meters into the sky. That's what will greet visitors to STH BNK by Beulah - a new dual-tower 'greenscraper' complex planned for Melbourne that's set to include the tallest building in Australia when complete in 2028."
• World’s Thinnest Mechanical Watch, the New 1.70mm Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra COSC (incl. video) - "Bulgari reclaims its title with the world’s thinnest mechanical watch just 1.70mm thick."
• world's top liquor brand is now also mainland China's biggest public company - "The world's most valuable liquor company has just claimed another first. Kweichow Moutai, the Chinese company known for making the popular national spirit, baijiu, is now the biggest public company in mainland China by market cap after its shares gained 23% so far this year, according to data from Refinitiv. It's currently valued at more than 1.8 trillion yuan ($259 billion), surpassing one of the country's top banks, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (IDCBF), which is worth just under 1.8 trillion yuan ($253 billion)."
• world’s ugliest dog - Scooter, a Chinese crested, is crowned - "The annual contest celebrates pets’ imperfections, such as Scooter’s backwards-facing hind legs and sparse hair."
• World's Wealthiest Family Makes $4 Million Every Hour - "The 25 wealthiest dynasties on the planet control $1.4 trillion. The numbers are mind-boggling: $70,000 per minute, $4 million per hour, $100 million per day. That’s how quickly the fortune of the Waltons, the clan behind Walmart Inc., has been growing since last year’s Bloomberg ranking of the world’s richest families."
• World's richest horse races: The top six prize pots in racing - CNN Sport.
• Yvel to present the world’s most valuable COVID19 protective face mask - "Yvel is currently working on a COVID19 protective mask, ordered by one of its inveterate customers: a Chinese billionaire from Shanghai. The mask provides the highest level of filtration (N-99) and meets the most stringent standards, and is slightly different from the other masks available on the market: it is the most expensive mask in the world, valued at $ 1,500,000."
• Zimbabwe’s trillion-dollar note: from worthless paper to hot investment - The Guardian.

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• $7.8 Million Patek Philippe Silk Road Watch Claims World Record - "Watch fans will recognise the watch as 'The Silk Road,' so dubbed for its depiction of the Eurasian landmass. It’s also the first of 11 Ref. 2523 models, and it’s one of only three with the Eurasian design. The watch has a cloisonné enamel dial. Two crowns are used on the watch - one to wind it and the other to control the city ring. The city ring allows the wearer to calculate the current time in 40 cities, all of which are listed on the watch’s circumference. Powering the watch is a Swiss 'time only' 12-ligne movement (cal. 12-400), which was personally modified by Louis Cottier, who invented the world time system."
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• 35 Most Expensive Watches in the World - Slideshow.
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• 200 TALLEST SKYSCRAPERS
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• 300 LARGEST YACHTS- TheYachtPhoto.com.
• Africa's most expensive house - Daily Mail.
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• America's Most Expensive Home - 924 Bel Air Road, Los Angeles, CA 90077, U.S.A. lists for record US$250m." 38,000-square-foot property developed by Makowsky's BAM Luxury Development team. It includes 21 bathrooms and three gourmet kitchens along with two master suites and 10 guest suites. The property also includes a 17,000 square-foot entertainment deck, fitness center, and glass tile infinity swimming pool.

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• WORLD'S BEST BEACH - Bondi Beach: voted world's best beach by World Travel Awards 2009.
• WORLD'S BEST INFLIGHT CUISINE - Qantas.
• WORLD'S BEST KNOWN PERFUME - Chanel No. 5.
• WORLD'S BEST RESTAURANT - Noma (Copenhagen, Denmark).
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• WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRPLANE - Boing C-17 Globemaster III.
• WORLD'S BIGGEST ART SALES - Christie’s has art world’s first US$1 billion week: May, 2015.
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• World's Biggest Bookstore - Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Indigo Books and Music. The three storey store covered 64,000 square feet and is noted for its bright lights and over 20 kilometres of bookshelves. At the time of its opening in 1980, in a converted bowling alley, it was unchallenged in its claim as the biggest bookstore in the world. Although it retains the name today, the Guinness Book of World Records lists a Barnes and Noble outlet in New York City as the world's largest bookstore based on floor space, although Powell's Books of Portland, USA is usually considered the largest based on shelf-space. Nevertheless, World's Biggest Bookstore still claims the title on the basis that it depends on how "biggest" is defined: while Barnes and Noble has more floor space, World's Biggest Bookstore carries more titles.
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• WORLD'S BIGGEST RESTAURANT - West Lake Restaurant | Xihulou (Changsha, Hunan Province, China). 5,000 seats.
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• WORLD'S BIGGEST SAILBOAT - Sedov.
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• WORLD'S BIGGEST SAILING YACHT - Sailing Yacht A is a sail-assisted motor yacht built in Kiel by Nobiskrug for Andrey Melnichenko: 469 ft / 143 m / height: ~100 m (330 ft) / US$300 mio. (owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko).
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• WORLD'S BIGGEST STANDALONE BUILDING - New Century City World Center, Chengdu, China: 1.5 million square meters.
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• WORLD'S BIGGEST SWISS ARMY KNIFE - Wenger 16999 Swiss Army Knife Giant: 87 implements, 141 functions, weight: 7 pounds. Perfect for the collector.
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• World's Biggest Wine Collection - MileŞtii Mici Golden Collection, Republic of Moldova: in August, 2005, it was registered in the Guinness World Records for being the biggest Wine Collection in the world. It contains over two millions bottles of wine highly appreciated by the winemakers from all over the world.
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• WORLD'S (SECOND-)BIGGEST YACHT - 538 ft / 164 m / £300 mio. (owned by Roman Abramovich).
• WORLD'S BUSIEST AIRPORT - Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Int'l Airport. IATA: ATL (Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.).

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• WORLD'S DEEPEST HOTEL ROOM - Sala, Västmanland County, Sweden. The Mine Suite: 155 m under ground.Price: US$660 per night.
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• WORLD'S DEEPEST INDOOR SWIMMING POOL - Nemo 33 (Brussels): 33 meters, 115 feet deep.

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• WORLD'S FASTED CAR - Tesla Model S P100D. Can go from zero to 60 faster than any other street-legal car around. The Tesla Model S P100D, with 760 horsepower and all-wheel-drive, jumped from a dead stop to 60 miles an hour in 2.28 seconds.
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• WORLD'S FASTED COMMERCIAL TRAIN SERVICE - Wuhan to Guangzhou (China) in 2 hours, 57 minutes, at an average speed of 312.5 km/h.
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• WORLD'S FASTED HELICOPTER - Sikorsky X2. Experimental high-speed compound helicopter with coaxial rotors developed by the American aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft.
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• World's Fastest Production Car - Hennessey Venom GT: American sports car manufactured by Texas-based Hennessey Performance Engineering. On February 14th, 2014, on the Kennedy Space Center’s 3.22-mile shuttle landing strip in Florida, the Hennessey team recorded a top speed of 270.49 mph with Director of Miller Motorsport Park, Brian Smith, at the wheel. As the run was in a single direction and only 11 cars have been produced to date, and is not a series production car, but registered as a modified Lotus Exige, it does not qualify as the worlds fastest production car in the Guiness Book of Records.
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• WORLD'S FASTEST STREET CAR - Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport.
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• WORLD'S FIRST MASS PRODUCED PERFUME - Jicky by Guerlain since 1889.
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• World's First Porsche - the 1898 PORSCHE 'P1'.
• WORLD'S FIRST WEB SERVER - http://info.cern.ch.

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• WORLD'S HIGHEST HOTEL SUITE - The Ritz-Carlton Suite (4,460 sq. ft. / 415 sq. m) at The Ritz-Carlton (International Commerce Centre, Kowloon, Hong Kong). Breathtaking Victoria Harbour and Island views: located on floor 117 at the world's tallest hotel.
• WORLD'S HIGHEST PAID POLITICIANS - Top 10.
• WORLD'S HIGHEST PLACED HOTEL - Hotel Everest View (Sagamatha National Park, Nepal) at 3964 metres.
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• world's highest restaurant - At.Mosphere located on the 122nd floor at the height of 442 m (1,450 ft) of the world's tallest skycraper Burj Khalifa.
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• World’s Highest Swimming Pool - the Swimming Pool at Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong. On the 118th floor.
• WORLD'S HIGHEST WINE CELLAR - at 360 The Restaurant at the CN Tower (Toronto, Canada).

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• Largest ranch in the U.S. within a single fence - Waggoner Ranch, 1700 Deaf Smith St, Vernon, Texas, U.S.A.
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• WORLD'S LARGEST AIRPLANE - Antonov AN-225. Strategic airlift cargo aircraft that was designed by the Soviet Union's Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s.
• WORLD'S LARGEST AIRPORT - King Fahd International Airport. IATA: DMM (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).
• WORLD'S LARGEST BANKNOTE - in terms of real value: Singapore $10,000.
• The World's Largest Bottle Of Whisky - 5'11" & 86 Gallons Of Macallan - Could Break An Auction Record This Month - "The world’s largest bottle of scotch - which contains the equivalent of 444 standard bottles - could also break the record for the most expensive bottle ever sold when it goes to auction this month, auctioneers said."
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• World's largest building - New Century Global Center, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. 500 metres long, 400 metres wide and 100 metres high, a 1.76-million-square-metre-mega-building. The building is so large it is capable housing 20 Sydney Opera Houses and is almost three times the size of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
• WORLD'S LARGEST CASINO - Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel (Macao, China).
• WORLD'S LARGEST COMMERCIAL AIRLINER - Airbus A380.
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• WORLD'S LARGEST CRUISE SHIP - MS Harmony of the Seas, surpassing her older sisters Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas, carrying 5,479 passengers. An Oasis-class cruise ship built by STX France at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France for Royal Caribbean International. With a gross tonnage of 226,963 GT.
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• WORLD'S LARGEST DENOMINATION BANKNOTE - Zimbabwean banknote (100 trillion dollars).
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• World's largest diamond - Cullinan Diamond - largest gem-quality diamond ever found, at 3106.75 carat (621.35 g, 1.37 lb) rough weight.
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• World's largest heart shaped diamond - Graff Venus type IIa, 118.78ct diamond. The largest D Flawless heart shaped diamond in the world.
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• WORLD's largest diamond ever sold at auction - 118.28-carat D-Flawless diamond sold for of HK$238.68 million / US$30.06 million on October 7, 2015 at Sotheby's Hong Kong.
• WORLD'S LARGEST EMERALD - called "Fura". Estimated to have 15,000 carats - a one carat emerald can fetch up £60,000.
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• WORLD'S LARGEST FULL HD 3D PLASMA TV - Panasonic 4K2K HD 3D, 152-inch display.
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• WORLD'S LARGEST GROSSING STORE PER SQUARE FOOT - Apple's flagship store: 767 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY 10153, U.S.A. The store grosses more per square foot than any store in the world - also more in total, in absolute dollars.
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• WORLD'S LARGEST HOME - Antilia: 400,000 square feet (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India).
• WORLD'S LARGEST HOSTEL - Danhostel (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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• world's largest hotel - Abraj Kudai, Mecca, Saudi Arabia: scheduled to open in 2017: Twelve towers, 10,000 rooms and 70 restaurants, plus helipads and a full-size convention center. Designed by architectural firm Dar Al-Handasah, the US$3.5 billion site is currently under construction and will stretch across 1.4 million square meters.
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• WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL MADE OF ICE - Icehotel (Jukkasjärvi, Sweden): about 5500 square meters.
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• WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL SUITE - the Royal Residence at Grand Hills Hotel & Spa (Broumana, Lebanon). The Royal Residence measures an impressive 4,131 sq. m., and is recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest hotel suite in the world. The Royal Residence offers a fully appointed and richly decorated independent mansion, fit for Royalty. Following the Mouawad tradition for savoir vivre and elegance, the Royal Residence with its own private 2-swimming areas and 3 separate Pavilions offers a haven of luxury and personalized service which is unmatched by any hotel, anywhere in the world.
• WORLD'S LARGEST LED TV - SHARP AQUOS 90" Class LED Smart 3D TV.
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• WORLD'S LARGEST MARATHON - New York Marathon.
• WORLD'S LARGEST MUSEUM ATTRACTION - Titanic-Branson Museum (Branson, MO, U.S.A.).
• WORLD'S LARGEST FOUNDATION - Folketrygdfondet (Government Pension Fund Norway). Manages Norway's oil wealth.
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• WORLD'S LARGEST NOTE - Singapore $10,000 note - world's largest single banknote in terms of real value.
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• world's largest outdoor tv - C SEED 201: 201-inch, 16:9 LED TV, designed by Porsche Design Studio.
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• World's largest over-water villa - 1,700 sq m. The Private Reserve, Gili Lankanfushi, Lankanfushi Island, North Malé Atoll, Republic of Maldives. "You have never seen anything quite like the rustic über luxury of our Private Reserve, reputed to be the largest over-water villa in the world (1,700 sq m)! A decadent private palace sitting atop a sapphire lagoon, the most vivid dreams unable to conjure its grandeur. A flawless jewel of the Maldives, presented to you. Experience the exquisite."
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• WORLD'S LARGEST PASSENGER SHIP - MS Allure of the Seas is an Oasis-class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. Together with her sister ship, Oasis of the Seas, she holds the record for the largest passenger ship ever constructed.
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• world’s largest photograph - an international team led by photographer Filippo Blengin publishes an enormous 365 gigapixel panoramic photograph of Europe’s highest mountain setting a new record for the world's largest photo.
• WORLD'S LARGEST PRIVATE FOUNDATION - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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• World's largest round flawless diamond - "Sotheby's Diamonds: 100 Carats Flawless Perfection." Unveiling a stone of exception – an extraordinarily rare 102.34 carat white diamond. The stone is the only known round brilliant-cut diamond over 100 carats perfect according to every critical criterion: in addition to the high number of carats, the stone is also perfect in colour, clarity and cut ever graded by the G.I.A.
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• World's Largest Ship - 400-meter long Triple-E vessel: Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller.
• WORLD'S LARGEST SHOPPING MALL - South China Mall (Dongguan, Hong Kong).
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• World's largest superyacht - Dilbar: 512 ft / 157 m / US$600 mio. (owned by Alisher Usmanov). Dilbar is the world’s biggest yacht measured by volume. (Azzam is longer, but with less volume).
• World’s largest superyacht: Everything you need to know about 183m REV - "The crown of world’s largest superyacht is due to be passed on next year - here’s what you need to know about the newcomer 183m REV..."
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• WORLD'S LARGEST SWIMMING POOL - San Alfonso del Mar Resort (Algarrobo, Chile). Measures 1,013 meters (3,323 ft) in length, covers an area of eight hectares (20 acres), contains 250,000 cubic meters of water.
• WORLD'S LARGEST WEALTH MANAGER - Bank of America.
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• World’s Largest White Truffle - the truffle was found last week in the Umbrian region of Italy weighing 4.16 pounds or 1.89 kilos. A white truffle is the rarest and most coveted food ingredient in the world. They are found only by using specially trained dogs in specific areas of Italy during the months of October, November, and December. Sold on December 6, 2014 at Sotheby's New York for US$61,250.
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• WORLD'S LARGEST YACHT - M/Y Azzam, 590 ft / 180 m / £400 mio. Launched on 5 April 2013. At 180 m (590 ft) in length she is the largest private yacht in the world. She has a beam of 20.8 m (68'4") and an unusually shallow draught of 4.3 m (14'1"). Exterior design by Nauta Yachts and interior design by Christophe Leoni. The yacht has a main saloon with a length of 29 m and a beam of 18 m with an open plan and no pillars. She will travel in excess of 30 knots, powered by a combination of two gas turbines and two diesel engines with a total power output of 70 MW (94,000 hp) through four pump-jets, 2 with non moveable round water outlets in the middle of the stern and 2 with thrust vectoring capabilities using moveable duct water outlets positioned on either side of the non moveable ones. Azzam was built for Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates and emir of Abu Dhabi.
• WORLD'S LARGEST YACHTS - world's 300 largest yachts: TheYachtPhoto.com.
• World's longest and highest glass-bottom bridge to open in China - CNN.
• WORLD'S LONGEST BEACH - Praia do Cassino (Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). 245 km / 152 miles.
• WORLD'S LONGEST BUILDING - hostel / hotel Jugendherberge Prora: 4.5 km. Binz (Rügen), Germany.
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• world's longest high-speed rail route - Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway: With a total journey distance of 2,298 kilometers, it is the world's longest high-speed train route.
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• WORLD'S LONGEST RUNNING SHOW - as of 13 October 2011 it has clocked up a record-breaking 24,537 performances, with the play still running at St. Martin's Theatre (London, U.K.).
• WORLD'S LONGEST TRAIN - Amtrak Auto Train (Florida, U.S.A.).

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• World's Most Accurate Wristwatch - Bathys Hawaii Cesium-133 Atomic Clock.
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• WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED HIGH TECH SAILING YACHT - The Maltese Falcon (289 ft / 88 m).
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• WORLD'S MOST 'COMPLICATED' WATCH - Blancpain 1735 Grande Complication: the most complicated mechanical watches ever made: 740 pieces of handmade parts and components. It is a true grand complication: Tourbillon, minute repeater, perpetual calendar, split chrono. A limited edition of 30 pieces only. Production of just one piece per year. Price: US$800,000.
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• World’s most (new) complicated watch - "To pay tribute to its 175th anniversary, Patek Philippe created a collection of limited-edition commemorative timepieces, and one of them stands out in particular: Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 5175. Price: US$2.6 million."
• WORLD'S MOST EXCLUSIVE CREDIT CARD - The Centurion Card (The Black American Express Card).
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• world's most expensive Afghan Emerald sold at auction - approx. 10 carats (38.3 grams) & approx. 17.30 × 10.95 × 7.70 mm. Sold at Christie's Hong Kong auction on December 1, 2015 fetching HK$17.6 million / US$2.2 million, establishing a world record price for an Afghan emerald at auction.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE ANTIQUE CAR - Ferrari 250 GTO - Gran Turismo Omologato (£15,7 mio.).
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE ANTIQUE WATCH - Patek Philippe Trossi Leggenda (£1,14 mio.).
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE APARTMENT - La Belle Époque duplex penthouse apartment, 15-17 Avenue d'Ostende, Monte-Carlo, 98000 Monaco. World's (new) most expensive apartment / duplex penthouse: 17,500 square feet sold for €240 / £199 / US$308 million by British developers Christian and Nick Candy on September 13, 2010, is thought to have been purchased by a member of Dubai's royal family, the Al-Mahktoums, headed by the immensely wealthy Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. In 2014 acquired for a reported $300 million by Dmitry Rybolovlev.
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• WORLD'S (SECOND) MOST EXPENSIVE APARTMENT - OPUS HONG KONG: Frank Gehry designed building on 53 Stubbs Road on Hong Kong Island. An apartment in a luxury building in Hong Kong was sold for HK$470-million (US$61-million) - square-feet unit is US$9,773/sq. ft., making it the most expensive apartment in Asia (August 27, 2012).
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE APARTMENTS - One Hyde Park, London SW1, U.K.: £20-£100 mio.
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• World's most expensive app - 'I Am Rich' iOS application which was formerly distributed using the App Store, and developed by Armin Heinrich. When launched, the screen only contains a glowing red gem and an icon that, when pressed, displays the following mantra in large text: 'I am rich I deserv it I am good, healthy & successful'. The application is described as "a work of art with no hidden function at all", with its only purpose being to show other people that they were able to afford it, making it a Veblen good. I Am Rich was sold on the App Store for US$999.99, €799.99, and £599.99, the highest price Apple allows for App Store content. The application was removed from the App Store by Apple Inc. without explanation the day following its release, on August 6, 2008.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE BABY PHOTO - Brad Pitt's & Angelina Jolie's twins: US$14 mio.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE BATH - retail price start at US$50,000.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE BED - Baldacchino Supreme by Stuart Hughes: £4,000,000.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE BEER - Jacobsen Vintage No. 1.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE BIKE - Aurumania Gold Bike Crystal Edition: £80,000.
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• WORLD'S (SECOND) MOST EXPENSIVE BOOK - The Birds of America by John John Audubon: £7,321,250.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE BOTTLED WATER - Acqua di Cristallo Tributo a Modigliani: US$60,000 for a 1.25 ml bottle.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE BUILDING - Yongsan Landmark Tower (2016), Seoul, South Korea: US$3.45 billion.
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• world's most expensive burger - Fleurburger 5000: US$5,000 at Mandalay Bay's Fleur by Hubert Keller restaurant in Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A. Made of hand-massaged Kobe beef, served with duck foie gras and black sautéed truffles all on a toasted brioche bun, and fat gourmet potato chips on the side.
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• world's most expensive business cards - Black Astrum: US$1,500 - world's most expensive business cards featuring Swiss metal, diamonds: "Black Astrum Signature Cards (encrusted in diamonds of the highest quality) are produced in limited numbers and are offered to new members by invitation only." The cards are custom-made and sold in packs of 25, 50 or 100.
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• WORLD'S (NEW) MOST EXPENSIVE CAR - Ferrari 250 GTO (1962-1964). In October 2013 the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO made for Stirling Moss became the world's most expensive car, selling in a private transaction for $52 million. The red competition car, formerly owned by the Greenwich, Connecticut-based collector Paul Pappalardo, was acquired by an unidentified buyer in a private transaction.
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• World's most expensive car sold at auction - Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta (1962-1963). Sold for US$38,115,000 inc. premium on August 14, 2014 at Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction, Pebble Beach Concours d'Élégance, Carmel, California, U.S.A.
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• WORLD'S (Third) MOST EXPENSIVE CAR - Mercedes-Benz W196 (1954). Mercedes-Benz Formula One entry in the 1954 and 1955 Formula One seasons, winning 9 of 12 races entered in the hands of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss. The most valuable motor vehicle ever sold at auction (by Bonhams 1793 in conjunction with the Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 12, 2013): £19.6 million.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CARPET - Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet sells for US$33.7 million at Sotheby's Auction in New York on June 5, 2013.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CAT BREED - the Ashera: US$42,000.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CELL PHONE - Apple iPhone Princess Plus: £120,000.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CELL PHONE BRAND - Vertu. "Pioneering Luxury Mobile Phones."
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CHAMPAGNE - Goût de Diamants - "A Trbute To Luxury." Goût de Diamants is a handmade luxury champagne from a family run estate in the beautiful village of Oger, France, made with 100% rated Grand Cru grapes. "Taste of Diamonds" - the world’s most expensive champagne - houses a real diamond right on the face of the bottle. Price tag: US$1.8 million.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CHOCOLATE - To'ak Chocolate Cognac cask, Aged for 18 months in a 50-year-old French oak: US$345. Ecuadorian Dark Chocolate. "To'ak is transforming the way that the world experiences dark chocolate, elevating its making and tasting onto the level of vintage wine and aged whisky."
• WORLD'S (SECOND) MOST EXPENSIVE CHOCOLATE - "La Madeline Au Truffle" for 1,000 dirhams (US$272) served at Chocopologie Dubai.
• world's most expensive cities in 2021 - "Supply-chain blockages and changing consumer demand have pushed up the cost of living in many of our biggest cities, according to new research published Wednesday, and inflation is the fastest recorded over the past five years. One city has been experiencing more rapid change than most, jumping from fifth place to first in this year's Worldwide Cost of Living index released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The Israeli city of Tel Aviv topped the rankings for the first time, overtaking last year's leader Paris, which is now tied in second place with Singapore."
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CLASSIC CAR - Bugatti 57SC Atlantic: US$30-40 mio.
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• world's most expensive cocktail - Salvatore's Legacy: £5,500.
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• world's most expensive coffee - Bespoke Beverages KL Diamond 100% peaberry Kopi Luwak coffee: US$50.000 per kilo.
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• WORLD'S (SECOND) MOST EXPENSIVE COFFEE - Kopi Luwak Coffee: costing up to US$700 per kilo.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE COGNAC - Henri IV Dudognon Heritage. "The DNA of Cognac..." World most expensive cognac: US$3,4 million.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CUFFLINKS - US$32,700.
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• World's Most Expensive Custom Desk - by Parnian. It retails for about US$200,000 and makes use of 6 different types of exotic wood as well as a custom cast piece of glass. "Live Like You Mean It."
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• World's most expensive custom tailored suit - Diamond Armor by SuitArt: CHF2.8 million/US$3.2 million. This individual item is the result of the synergy of luxury, technology and art. Characterized by technical refinements the suit will be custom tailored for the customer. The suit is waterproof due to nano-technological sealing, bulletproof (certified by NATO standards) and equipped with an active cooling system. The lining shows an artwork, which was prominently featured in the Hollywood blockbuster “This Means War”. Additionally, the Diamond Armor is graced with 880 black diamonds decorating the buttons and the lapel.
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• WORLD'S (SECOND) MOST EXPENSIVE DIAMOND - Oppenheimer Blue Diamond: the largest Vivid Blue diamond ever to appear at auction is the latest in a line of historic blue diamonds that have been auctioned at Christie’s on May 18, 2016 selling for history-making CHF56,837,000 / US$58,246,847 earning 'World's Most Expensive' title for a record-setting amount for any jewel sold at auction.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE DIAMOND - "Pink Star - A True Masterpiece of Nature." The largest Internally Flawless, Fancy Vivid Pink diamond that the GIA has ever graded, this 59.60 carat diamond is a true masterpiece of nature. Sold for 553,037,500 HKD (US$71.2 million), including the buyer's premium, or auction house charge at Sotheby's in Hong Kong on April 4, 2017.
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• world’s most expensive diamond necklace - 'A Heritage of Bloom' called the world’s most expensive diamond necklace, at an estimated cost of US$200 million. Its 11,551 diamonds, with jade pieces to create the butterflies and bats, total 383 carats; the centerpiece diamond alone weighs 104 carats.
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• World's most expensive divorce in history - Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev to pay 4,020,555,987 Swiss francs and 20 centimes to his ex-wife Elena (May, 2014).
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE DRINK - Martini on the Rock: US$10,000 in the Blue Bar at The Algonquin Hotel (New York City, U.S.A.).
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE FERRARI - 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype sold for US$16,390,000 on August 20, 2011 at the Gooding & Company / Pebble Beach Auctions.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE FLAT - At St James's Square (London, England): £115 mio.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE FLAWLESS DIAMOND - Harry Legacy. The world's largest pear-shaped, D color, type IIA, flawless diamond: 101.73 carats. Sold at Christie's Geneva on May 15, 2013 for US$26,737,913 (US$254,400 per carat) to American New York 5th Avenue Jewelers Harry Winston (since January 2013 owned by Swatch Group), setting a new world record at auction for a colorless diamond.
• World's most expensive food - blog.
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• World's most expensive French fries - New York City restaurant unveils $200 french fries: The Crème de la Crème Pommes Frites start out as Chipperbec potatoes. They are blanched -- or scalded -- in vinegar and champagne. Then they fry in pure goose fat, not oil, and not once but twice, so they are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. Sprinkled with edible gold and seasoned with truffle salt and truffle oil, they are served on a crystal plate with an orchid, thin-sliced truffles, and a Mornay cheese dip. The sauce, too, is infused with truffles, a rare seasonal mushroom.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE FUTURE HOME - Residence Antilla: two billion dollar home being built in Mumbai, India.
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• World's Most Expensive Hamburger - in May of 2012, New York's restaurant Serendipity 3 was recognized as the Guinness World Record holder for serving the world’s most expensive hamburger, the US$295 Le Burger Extravagant.
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• world's most expensive handbag - Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse: US$3.8 mio.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE HOLIDAY - Luxury trip visits 962 sites, takes two years... and costs a cool £1,000,000.
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• world's most expensive home - Villa Leopolda: €500 million / US$736 million / £397 million. Present owner: Lily Safra. Villefranche-sur-Mer, Côte d'Azur, France.
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• World's (Second?) Most Expensive Home - ChÂteau Louis XIV. Located about 15 minutes outside the Parisian neighborhood of Triangle d’Or, fetched a world record price of more than 275 million euros (US$301 million) in December, 2015. Constructed between 2008 and 2011 in the commune of Louveciennes in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region. Although it is a new construction, the Château Louis XIV meets the exact standards and rules of proportions and ornamentation established from Antiquity as they were regularly applied during the 17th century. In 2015, the chateau was sold to a Middle Eastern buyer, identified by The New York Times as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. The price of USD 301,000,000 was a world record for a residential property.
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• World's Most Expensive House - Villa Les Cèdres. Private property built around 1870 on the spot called Petit Cap Ferrat, on the Cap Ferrat in the administrative division of Alpes-Maritimes of France. It was once the property of the Belgian king Leopold II, who bought the property from the heirs of David-Désiré Pollonais. The villa was at the time inhabited by king Leopold II's mistress Blanche Zélie Joséphine Delacroix. In 1924 it was acquired by Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle, the producer of the Grand Marnier liqueur. From 1976 onwards, it is owned by Société des Produits Marnier-Lapostolle, which cultivates plants used for the famous drink on the estate. There are 20,000 species of plants around the property's gardens. Price: US$1.1 billion.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE HOTEL SUITE - the Royal Penthouse Suite at Hôtel Président Wilson (Geneva, Switzerland): US$85,000 per night. Known throughout the world as the most expensive, largest and most luxurious of hotel suites, the Royal Penthouse Suite covers the hotel's highest floor. It is unique in terms of luxury and comfort and guarantees a maximum security level: 12 rooms | 12 bathrooms | One of the first suites in Europe to feature a Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 4-103 flat screen and audio installation | Billiards | Steinway grand piano | Fitness center | Private elevator | Private terrace Surface area: 1680 m². Located on the eighth floor.
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• World's Most Expensive House - 18 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1, England, U.K. World's most expensive house: £250 million. Situated less than a mile from Buckingham Palace the six-storey Grade I Regency mansion is described as "the finest residence in London". 50,000 sq. ft. of living space.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE IPHONE - Amosu Call of Diamond iPhone 6: £1.7 million by Alexander Amosu.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE JEANS - lowrise, boot cut ultra-premium denim pant in the Okeanos wash with subtle fading and distressing, hand spray painting, Swarovski cyrstals, metallic studs, and hand stitching throughout. 2 carat diamond buttons on back flap pockets (1 carat each pocket): US$10,000.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE JEWEL - Oppenheimer Blue Diamond: the largest Vivid Blue diamond ever to appear at auction is the latest in a line of historic blue diamonds that have been auctioned at Christie’s on May 18, 2016 selling for history-making CHF56,837,000 / US$58,246,847 earning 'World's Most Expensive' title for a record-setting amount for any jewel sold at auction.
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• WORLD'S (SECOND) MOST EXPENSIVE JEWEL - "The 12.03-carat Fancy Vivid Internally Flawles Blue Moon of Josephine Diamond sold for 48.634.000 CHF / US$48.468.158 million at Sotherby's in Geneva on November 11, 2015. The gem also set a world record for any jewel at more than US$4 million per carat.
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• WORLD'S (THIRD) MOST EXPENSIVE JEWEL - the Graff Pink: 24.78 carats, Fancy Intense Pink, Natural Colour, VVS2 Clarity, CHF45,442,500 / US$46,158,674.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE OFFICE BUILDING - the Lehman Art House, 7 West 54th Street, New York City, NY, U.S.A. Built by architect John H. Duncan for Philip Lehman, an art collector and former head of Lehman Brothers, in 1899-1900. Constructed in the French beaux-arts style. The asking price of US$65,000,000 makes the art house New York’s most expensive office property on a price-per-square-foot basis to just over US$3,000 per square foot.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTING - Salvator Mundi (c. 1500) by Leonardo da Vinci sold at auction by Christie's in New York, on November 15, 2017, for $450.3 million, setting a new mark for most expensive painting ever sold.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTING SOLD in private sale - Paul Gauguin's painting When will you marry? (Tahitian: Nafea faa ipoipo?) Sells for Record $300 Million to Qatar Museums in Private Sale.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTING SOLD AT AUCTION - Les femmes d’Alger, Version O (1955) by Pablo Picasso sold for US$179,365,000 at Christie's in New York on May 11, 2015.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTING (PRIVATE SALE) - The Card Players (1892) by Paul Cézanne sold for £160 million (over US$250 million) to the ruling family of Qatar in 2011, making it the most expensive piece of artwork ever sold.
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• WORLD'S Second MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTING SOLD AT AUCTION - Three Studies of Lucian Freud (1969) by Francis Bacon sold for US$142.4 million at Christie's in New York on November 12, 2013.
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• WORLD'S Third MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTING SOLD AT AUCTION - The Scream (4th version) (1895) by Edvard Munch sold for US$119,922,500 at Sotheby's on Wednesday, May 2, 2012.
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• world's most expensive perfume - Clive Christian No. 1 Imperial Majesty: US$215,000.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PHOTOGRAPH - Rhein II by Andreas Gursky: US$4,338,500 at Christie's New York on November 8, 2011.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PINK DIAMOND - The Pink Star: weighing 59.60 carats, this oval-cut diamond is the largest flawless or internally flawless, fancy vivid pink diamond that the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has ever graded. The most valuable diamond to ever be offered at auction sold for US$83.2 million at Sotheby's in Geneva on November 13, 2013.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE POCKETWATCH - Patek Philippe Henry Graves Super Complication Pocket Watch sold for US$24 million at Sotheby’s in Geneva on November 11, 2014, setting a new record price for any timepiece sold at auction
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• World's Most Expensive Printed Work - Bay Psalm Book: sold at auction at Sotheby's in New York on November 26, 2013 for US$14.165.000 million.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE RESTAURANT - Restaurant Aragawa (Tokyo, Japan).
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• WORLD'S (NEW) MOST EXPENSIVE RESTAURANT - SubliMotion, Playa d'en Bossa, Ibiza. Chef: Paco Roncero - awarded with two Michelin Stars, three Repsol Suns and the 2006 National Gastronomy Award. Opens on May 18, 2014. Will seat 12 guests at a time for a 20-course gastro-sensory meal that will cost €1,500 per person, or more than US$2,000 a head. World's Most Expensive Restaurant.
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• World's most expensive ruby - The Crimson Flame 15.04 carats ruby sells for HK$ 142 million / US$ 18 million at Christie’s Hong Kong on December 1, 2015 setting a new world record price per carat for a ruby of US$1.2 million.
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• World's Most Expensive Rum - Legacy by Angostura: to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the independence of Trinidad, only 20 decanters of this precious liquid will ever be released. Each carries with it a price tag of US$25,000, making Legacy by Angostura the world’s most expensive rum.
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• World's Most Expensive Sandwich - in June of 2015, New York's restaurant Serendipity 3 has create world’s most expensive grilled cheese sandwich for US$214. Edged in 24-carat gold, the upmarket take on a classic grilled cheese is made with the finest ingredients such as champagne, lobster and truffle oil. The extravagant snack must be ordered at least 48 hours in advance to give chefs at the exclusive Serendipity 3, based in New York, plenty of time to prepare the masterpiece.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SCULPTURE - (1901-1966). Most famous work: L'Homme Qui Marche 1 (1961). Sold for £65,001,250 / US$104,327,006 at Sotheby's London to Lily Safra on February 03, 2010. His Pointing Man sold for US$141,285,000 at Christie's, New York on May 11, 2015 - new record for most valuable work of sculpture ever sold at auction.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SHIRT - by Eton: £23,000.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SHOPPING LOCATION - Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY, U.S.A. Rent: €11,983 per square meter per year (US$1,500/sq.ft/year).
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE STREET - avenue Pricesse Grace, Monte-Carlo, Monaco: US$17,750 per square foot. Survey by Wealth Bulletin.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE STREET CAR - Bugatti Veyron 16.4: US$2 mio.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SUIT - by Alexander Amosu: £70,000.
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• World's Most Expensive Sundae - in 2007, New York's restaurant Serendipity 3 was recognized as the Guinness World Record holder for serving the world’s most expensive sundae, the US$1,000 Golden Opulence Sundae.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SUPERCAR - Bertone Mantide: US$2 mio.
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• world's most expensive terraced house - 1 Cornwall Terrace, London, NW1 4QP, England, U.K.: £100 million. Built in the 1820s, and spans 21,500 square feet. The house has seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, and 11 reception rooms.
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• World's most expensive train station in the world - World Trade Center (PATH station): Oculus, New York City, NY, U.S.A.: US$3.85 billion.
• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE TV - Schaub Lorenz 40-inch LCD TV: US$130,000.
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• world's most expensive vodka - "Billionaire Vodka from Leon Verres costs a cool $3.7 Million."
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• WORLD'S (Second) MOST EXPENSIVE VODKA - Russo-Baltique Vodka: US$1.3 mio. per bottle.
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• 15 Most Expensive Watches Ever [2021 Edition] - "From the best in bling to the rarest limited edition luxury watches, we’ll take a look at the 15 most expensive watches ever sold, and only from the best watchmakers on the planet."
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• world's most expensive whisky - the Macallan 6-litre “M” Decanter by Lalique sold for HK$4.9 million / £393,109 / US$628,205 at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, January 18, 2014.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE WRISTWATCH - Patek Philippe, ref. 1527: sold for CHF6,259,000 / US$5,708,885 by Christie's (Geneva) on May 10, 2010.
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• WORLD'S (NEW) MOST EXPENSIVE WRISTWATCH - Patek Philippe, ref. 5016A-010: sold for CHF7.300.000 by Phillips (Geneva) on November 7, 2015. Created specially for Only Watch 2015 and is the first and only version of this watch to be produced in steel.
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• world's most expensive writing instrument - Aurora Diamond fountain pen. The only over 30 carats of De Beers diamonds on a solid platinum barrel pen in the world, created by the oldest and most prestigious Italian fountain pen manufacturer, Aurora. The rhodium treated, 18 Kt Solid Gold nib signs this masterpiece.
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• WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE YACHT - M/Y Azzam: 590 ft / 180 m / £400 mio. Launched on April, 5, 2013. Azzam was built for Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates and emir of Abu Dhabi.
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• World's Most Famous Stamp - the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta is regarded by many philatelists as the world's most famous stamp. The superstar of the stamp world, the Mona Lisa of stamps. It was issued in limited numbers in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1856, and only one specimen is now known to exist. Sotheby's predicts the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta will sell for between US$10 million and US$20 million when it's offered in New York on June 17, 2014.
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• World's Most Luxurious Pencils - Blackwing pencils: "It's not just a pencil, it's an experience." Some of the world’s most legendary Grammy, Emmy, Pulitzer and Academy Award winners have created with Blackwing pencils.
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• world's most popular plane ever built - Cessna 172 Skyhawk.
• WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL SOUNDS - the buyology of sound by Martin Lindstrom.
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• WORLD'S MOST VALUABLE HANDBAG - "The Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse" with a value of US$3.8 million from the House of Mouawad.
• world's most valuable biscuit up for auction - Titanic survivor: Cracker that survived sinking of Titanic in 1912 estimated to sell for between £8,000 to £10,000.
• WORLD'S MOST VALUABLE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING - Antilia: between US$1 billion and US$2 billion, 400,000 square feet (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India).

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• world’s new largest office building is bigger than the Pentagon - "The Belgian city of Antwerp may be known as the world’s diamond trading hub, while most rough stones are mined in Russia or Africa. But some 150 miles north of Mumbai, India, lies a lesser-known gem capital: Surat, where around 90% of all the planet’s diamonds are cut. Now, the city in Gujarat state has a record-breaking building to house its mammoth industry. The newly-opened Surat Diamond Bourse is billed as a 'one-stop destination' for over 65,000 diamond professionals, including cutters, polishers and traders. Featuring a succession of nine rectangular structures spilling out from - and interconnected via - a central 'spine,' the sprawling 15-story complex has been built across more than 35 acres of land. The trading center’s architects say it comprises over 7.1 million square feet of floor space, which would mean it has surpassed the Pentagon as the world’s largest office building."

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• WORLD'S OLDEST ACTIVE TROPHY IN INTERNATIONAL SPORT - America's Cup.
• WORLD'S ONLY 7-STAR HOTEL - Burj Al Arab (Dubai, U.A.E.).

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• WORLD'S RAREST AND MOST EXOTIC DOMESTIC CAT - the Ashera: up to US$125,000.
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• World's richest person - Jeff Bezos & the richest person in history. Net worth: US$100.6 billion as of November 27, 2017. The only billionaire to have a 12-digit fortune.
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• WORLD'S Richest person of all time - inflation adjusted - Mansa Musa, Musa I of Mali (c. 1280 - c. 1337): US$400 billion.

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• world's skinniest skyscraper is ready for its first residents - "Steinway Tower, or 111 West 57th Street, has a height-to-width ratio of 24:1, making it 'the most slender skyscraper in the world,' according to the developers. At 1,428 feet, it is also one of the tallest buildings in the Western hemisphere, falling short of two others in New York City: One World Trade Center at 1,776 feet and Central Park Tower at 1,550 feet."
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• WORLD'S STRONGEST ANIMAL - Acartia tonsa.

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• World's 25 Tallest Buildings Currently Under Construction - "Responding to the global challenges of dense cities and the inability to cater to the world’s 7.8 billion population living and working in congested urban areas, architects have been exploring the skyscraper typology for decades now, integrating commercial spaces and public amenities within residential buildings to offer tenants an all-inclusive experience."
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• WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING - Burj Khalifa (formerly known as Burj Dubai): 2,717 ft / 828 m, 163 habitable floors, plus 46 maintenance levels in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement.
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• WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING - Sky City, Changsha, Hunan in south-central China. 838 m (2,749 ft) tall skyscraper. When completed, it would become the tallest building in the world.
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• WORLD'S TALLEST HOTEL - JW Marriott Marquis Dubai: 72-storey, 376 m (1,234 ft) twin-tower skyscraper complex. The tallest hotel in Dubai, surpassing the Rose Rayhaan by Rotana, and it was the WORLD'S TALLEST HOTEL when it opened on 11th November 2012.
• World's tallest hotels - top 125+.
• WORLD'S TALLEST SCYCRAPERS - top 200.
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• world's thinnest laptop - HP's Spectre 13.3 laptop is as thin as a AAA battery.
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• WORLD'S THINNEST WATCH - Central Standard Timing: CST-01.