3 h. ago World's tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster opens at new $1 billion theme park

Six Flags Qiddiya City, a new $1 billion theme park located 40 kilometres outside of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is now home to five record-breaking rides - including the world's tallest and longest rollercoaster.

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3 d. ago World's most terrifying bridges from dizzying heights to glass bottom floors

From the world's tallest to the most dangerous, there is a list of bridges that are sure to leave you shaking like a leaf, whether that's walking along wooden planks or over a glass floor

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4 d. ago World's tallest building costing £23tn would have housed 30m people and dwarfed Everest

The world's biggest skyscraper ever imagined was the Tokyo Tower of Babel that was the brainchild of Professor Toshio Ojima who envisaged 30 million people living there

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6 d. ago World's tallest rollercoaster hits 155mph and is twice the height of Big Ben

Falcons Flight at Six Flags Qiddiya in Saudi Arabia is the tallest, fastest, and longest roller coaster in the world - standing more than twice the height of Big Ben at 195m

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9 d. ago World's tallest man who stands at 8ft 2in needs three beds and travels in vans

Sultan Kosen, 43, from Ankara, Turkey, is the Guinness World Record holder for the tallest living man at 8ft 2in and has towered over people who have attempted to take his crown

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9 d. ago World's tallest man who stands at 8ft 2ins sleeps in three beds and can only travel in vans

Sultan Kosen was confirmed as the world's tallest man in 2009 when he became the first person in more than two decades to be measured at more than 8ft tall

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1 week ago World's tallest skyscraper would reach 2.5 miles into sky and house 1million people

The world's tallest skyscraper would be five times bigger than the unparalleled Burj Khalifa in Dubai if the 'dream' proposal created in 1995 ever becomes a reality

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2 w. ago Horror final moments of boy, 10, who was decapitated on world's tallest water slide

Caleb Schwab, 10, died when he struck a metal support beam after the raft became airborne on the Verruckt water slide at Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City

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2 w. ago How boy, 10, died on world's tallest water slide in horror accident

Caleb Schwab, 10, was decapitated when he struck a metal support beam after the raft became airborne on the Verruckt water slide at Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City in 2016

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3 w. ago World record for tallest bedded Christmas tree broken by UK country house

The world record for the tallest bedded Christmas tree has been broken by a UK country house.

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3 w. ago ‘I lost my legs in horror bomb but now I’m facing biggest challenge’

Pride of Britain winner Hari Budha Magar MBE is nothing short of extraordinary. Born in a cowshed, he lost his legs to a bomb in Afghanistan... then was the first double below the knee amputee to climb the tallest peak in the world. And his next challenge is about to begin...

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3 w. ago Tourist says she suffered concussion and neck injuries on same Epic theme park coaster that killed a rider

Debbie Reinelt has said that Stardust Racers left her with a ‘loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life in the past and future’

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3 w. ago Olivier Rioux, 7ft 9in, scores first points with Florida basketball team on a dunk

Rioux, 19, is the world’s tallest teenagerRedshirt freshman has only appeared in blowouts so farOlivier Rioux lumbered through the lane, caught a bounce pass from teammate CJ Ingram and dunked, sending Florida’s bench and the home crowd into a frenzy.Rioux barely left his feet to make it happen. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The world’s tallest teenager achieves new career feat in Florida college game

The world’s tallest teenager, Olivier Rioux, starred for his college team on Wednesday night

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