Author: ABR Team

Furniture retailer IKEA of Sweden, set a record of making their biggest store in the world just outside of central Seoul, South Korea with a sales space nearly as big as the Louvre Museum at 59,000 square metres, as confirmed on May 19, 2023.

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Japan has set a record for having the highest percentage of elderly people in the world. The country also often tops the list of countries with the longest life expectancy in the world. While inside Japan, the Okinawans tend to live the longest on average. In the top 10 oldest people recorded ever, Japan has four entries, as confirmed on May 19, 2023.

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The Summer Palace in Beijing, China set a record of having the longest covered wooden corridor of the world. The corridor is 728 m long, snaking around the edge of Kunming Lake and was built by the Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799) as a birthday gift for his mother. Its most visible features are the palaces on the Longevity Hill, and a majestic 17-arch bridge, as confirmed on May 18, 2023.

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Hangzhou Bay Bridge in China set a record for being the longest bridge spanning open sea in the world. It connects the two coastal cities of Ningbo and Jiaxing, traversing 36 km of open sea, The £860 million bridge was built to shorten the overland journey from Ningbo to Shanghai by 120 km, as confirmed on May 18, 2023.

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Nanjing in China set a record for having the longest ancient city wall in the world. It had a wall over 35 km in circumference in the past, of which 25.091 km is still standing. Work on it began in 1366 AD, two years before the coronation of the Hongwu Emperor, and took 280,000 workers 21 years to complete, as confirmed on May 18, 2023.

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The Giant Buddha of Leshan in Sichuan, China, set a record of being the tallest stone Buddha statue. It was carved out from a sandstone cliff measuring 71 m and three stories high. It was created in the 8th century to appease an angry water spirit at the confluence of three rivers, as confirmed on May 18, 2023.

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The Space Post Office of Guangzhou, China, set a record for being the highest post office in a building.  The Post Office is on the 107th-floor observation deck of the Canton Tower, which also boasts of the highest outdoor observation deck, as confirmed on May 18, 2023.

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