World Record Facts

A forest of 47,000 aspen trees in Utah is actually one single organism. Every trunk connects underground to the same root system. The colony is called Pando, and it covers 106 acres. It weighs an estimated 6,000 metric tons - one of the heaviest living things ever found. That root system may be up to 16,000 years old. One tree. 80 football fields.

A 61-year-old potato farmer named Cliff Young showed up at the inaugural 875km Sydney-to-Melbourne ultramarathon in work boots and overalls. The professional runners laughed - then slept the first night. Young had no idea runners were supposed to sleep, so he just kept going. He won by 10 hours. He gave $7,000 of his $10,000 prize to the other five finishers.

Antoni Gaudi died on June 10, 1926, struck by a tram on the way to his daily confession. On June 10, 2026 - exactly 100 years later - Pope Leo XIV blessed the Tower of Jesus Christ atop the Sagrada Familia, making it the world's tallest church at 172.5 meters. Construction had taken 144 years.