The wealthiest families in the world have never been richer — and the Waltons lead the pack with a net worth of $513.4 ...

The world's longest walking route goes from Cape Town in South Africa to the port city of Magadan in eastern Russia. It is 22,387 km (13,910 miles) long. The route was put together by a Reddit user ...

The world’s longest and deepest undersea road tunnel is being built in Norway, intended to cut travel time between major cities and become part of a ferry-free highway along its western coast. The ...

Jakarta is now the world's largest city by population. The capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, is home to nearly 42 million, according to a new report from the United Nations, making it the most densely ...

The world has a new most populous city. Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, tops a ranking that is increasingly dominated by Asia. It edged out Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and Japan's Tokyo to earn the ...

With an Afro that is more than six feet in circumference, Jessica Martinez set a new Guinness record. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Jessica Martinez was about 12 years old when she stopped using relaxers ...

Trigger warning: If you suffer from gephyrophobia — a fear of bridges — you may want to stop reading right now. We're going to be talking about driving on some of the longest bridges in the world, and ...

What is thought to be the world's largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. After researchers published their ...

From hours-long symphonies to a track still playing for decades, here is a look at the world's longest song ever recorded. Most songs you hear today run between three and five minutes, with even the ...

The colony was located on the Greece-Albania border in Europe Cover Images via AP Images The world's largest spider web has been discovered in an underwater cave on the border of Greece and Albania in ...

The world’s largest wind turbine—currently being tested off the coast of China—has blades that are more than twice as long as a Boeing 777’s wingspan. It can generate 26 megawatts (MW) of energy, more ...