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World’s longest national road in Australia is 14,500 km long and forms a giant loop around the continent, crossing deserts, rainforests and major cities

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World’s longest national road in Australia is 14,500 km long and forms a giant loop around the continent, crossing deserts, rainforests and major cities

Highway 1, Australia. Image Credit: Tony Bowden/Wikipedia Australia has the world’s longest national highway, which is a marvelous engineering example known simply as ‘Highway 1.’ Spanning approximately 14,500 kilometres, this massive highway covers around the entire mainland continent like a belt, acting as an important transport base that connects every state capital city from Sydney … Read more

Meet the General Grant Tree: The worlds second-largest tree that became Americas only living National Shrine

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Meet the General Grant Tree: The world's second-largest tree that became America's only living National Shrine

Most people who have heard of giant sequoias can usually name one tree: the General Sherman Tree. Far fewer realise that another extraordinary giant stands only a short distance away in California’s Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The General Grant Tree does not hold the title of the world’s largest tree, yet its dimensions … Read more

Meet Nathan Thomas: 18-year-old Florida teen becomes the worlds youngest male professor after breaking a 306-year-old record

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Meet Nathan Thomas: 18-year-old Florida teen becomes the world's youngest male professor after breaking a 306-year-old record

At an age when many students are just beginning university, Nathan Thomas had already stepped into the classroom as a college professor. The Florida native earned a place in the Guinness World Records after becoming the world’s youngest male professor at just 18 years and 346 days old, breaking a record that had stood for … Read more