World’s tallest and shortest men meet

On November 13, the tallest man on record in the world and the shortest man on record in the world met for the first time in London for the 10th annual Guinness World Records Day.The event celebrates record-setting achievements from around the world and brought

Sultan Kosen from Turkey and Chandra Buhadur Dangi from Nepal to meet.Sultan is 31 and became the world’s tallest living man in 2009, measuring 8 feet, 3 inches. He can reach a basketball hoop without jumping and also holds the record for the largest hands on a living person – 11.2 inches from wrist to tip of his middle finger.

Chandra is 74 and became the world’s shortest living man in 2012 – measuring just 21.5 (54 cm! – that's not much taller than a standard ruler).Sultan says that meeting Chandra was amazing and claims that although Chandra is small and he is tall, they have both faced similar struggles in their lives.Thousands of people from all over the world took part in the Guinness World Records event, with new records in Australia, France, Dubai, China, Japan, Germany, the United States and the UK.

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World’s most common favourite colour

We’ve all been asked what our favourite colour is, but have you ever wondered what the most common favourite colour in the world is? Well here is your answer – BLUE!The popular colour has many different meanings, all depending on the shade.Dark blue – trust, dignity, intelligence and authority.

Bright blue – cleanliness, strength, dependability and coolness

Light blue – peace, serenity and infinity. Surprised that blue is the most common favourite colour? Here are some fun facts about blue:

- 53 percent of all the flags in the world have blue in them
- Blue jeans are worn all around the world – and loved by all!
- The most common colour used for company logos is blue
- Greeks believe that blue wards off “the evil eye”
- Dark blue is the colour of mourning in Korea
- The god Krishna has blue skin
- Blue is the colour of two great things in nature – the sky and sea
- Studies have shown that weight-lifters are able to lift heavier weights in blue gyms
- Blue is the least common colour in food we eat
- Blue is the favourite colour of toothbrushes.

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Vision Wish List

Nine-year-old Ben Pierce has created a ‘Vision Wish List’ – a list of things he wants to see before he goes blind.

The young boy from Texas will soon lose his sight forever through a condition known as retinopathy of prematurity. Ben was diagnosed with the condition after he was born prematurely at only 23 weeks.

For years Ben’s sight has been deteriorating and the nine-year-old was classified as legally blind last autumn. He still has some of his vision and wants to see all that he can before he loses the last of his sight.

Ben’s Vision Wish List includes the Redwood Forest in Northern California, Las Vegas, the Parthenon in Greece, The Great Wall of China, Death Valley, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Mount Rushmore, Japan, as well as snorkelling and skiing.Ben has ticked off around 40 of his wishes from his list so far, already making it to the Northern Lights in Alaska and the Statue of Liberty.Although Ben will soon be unable to see anything, completing this list will mean that Ben will have seen a lot more of the world in his short nine years than other people will experience in their whole lives.

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