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Tallest Mammal:
The tallest mammal is the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), found on the African savanna. The tallest specimen ever recorded was a 5.8-m (19-ft) male named George, who was received at Chester Zoo, UK, in 1959. George was orginally from Kenya. On average, mature giraffe males grow to a height of around 5.5 m (18 ft). Their long necks possess no more than the usual seven vertebrae found in most mammals, but each one is greatly elongated.

Tallest Tree:
According to the researches of Dr A.C. Carder, the tallest tree ever measured was an Australian Eucalyptus regnans at Watts River, Victoria, Australia, reported in 1872 by forester William Ferguson. It was 132.6 m (435 ft) tall and almost certainly measured over 150 m (500 ft) originally.

Tallest Mountain:
Although Mt Everest is officially the highest mountain on Earth, the sneaky peaks of Mauna Kea have their own height record. Mauna Kea is a volcanic island rising from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The mountain’s combined height is 10,205 m (33,480 ft), of which 4,205 m (13,796 ft) are above sea level. Mt Everest has a complete height above sea level of 8,848 m. (29,028.8 ft). Mauna Kea began erupting on the sea floor about 800,000 years ago.

Tallest Sandcastle:
The world’s tallest sandcastle measures 8.91 m (29.25 ft) high and was completed on June 30, 2003, by the Parkfest Sandcastle Committee at Falmouth, Maine, USA. Hundreds of volunteers worked on the castle for nearly a month and used 450 tonnes (900,000 lb) of sand. The castle was built in a whimsical style with two sand lions guarding the door.

Tallest Building:
The world’s tallest free-standing tower is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, which rises to a mighty 553.34 m (1,815 ft 5 in). The 185-storey, reinforced concrete building was designed by the Australian architect John Andrews. Work began on the 130,000-tonne building on February 12, 1973 and was finished on April 2, 1975. The tower includes a 416-seat restaurant, which revolves in a “Sky Pod” at 351 m (1,150 ft). Two million people visit the CN Tower every year.

Tallest Dinosaur:
The remains of the tallest dinosaur, named Sauroposeidon, reveal this beast stood at a height of 18 m (60 ft) and weighed some 60 tonnes (59 tons). Certain vertebra measured up to 1.2 m (4 ft) long. Amazingly, this powerful creature’s bones have survived the 110 million years since it last walked the Earth during the Cretaceous period. The bones were discovered in Oaklahoma in 1994. The length of its neck is about a third larger than the Brachiosaurus, its nearest competitor, whose height reached 12 m (39.4 ft).

Tallest Buddha:
A bronze statue of Buddha measuring 120 m (394 ft) high, was completed in Tokyo, Japan, in January 1993. The joint Japanese and Taiwanese project, which took seven years to make, is 35 m (115 ft) wide and weighs 1,000 tonnes (984 tons). The Buddha is three times as tall as the Statue of Liberty.

Tallest Sunflower:
In 1986, Martien Heijms of Oirschot, The Netherlands, grew a sunflower with a total height of 7.76 m (25 ft 5 in). Martien Heijms has portioned off a section of his garden for the exclusive cultivation of sunflowers, and devotes a portion of each day to nurturing his record-breaking plants.