(AMRI) Journey to promote Records in the Americas - P459 - Rubber Ducky World Museum (Canada): The first museum displays the collection of rubber duck toys
04-04-2026
(worldkings) Founded in July 2024, Rubber Ducky World Museum is the first museum to display the collection of rubber ducks.
(AMRI) Journey to promote Records in the Americas - P458 - Keedoozle (the United States): The first fully automated grocery store in Americas
02-04-2026
(uskings) Founded in 1937, Keedoozle is the first fully automated grocery store in Americas.
(AMRI) Journey to promote Records in the Americas - P457 - Bom Futuro (Brazil): The largest soybean farm in the Americas
31-03-2026
(worldkings) The Bom Futuro farm was founded in 1982 and has since grown to become the world's largest soybean farm, with 555,000 acres of soybeans! This does not even include what they grow for other crops or their pasture land. They also grow 170,000 acres of cotton and 260,000 acres of corn all around the Mato Grosso state, considering the first and the second crops.
(AMRI) Journey to promote Records in the Americas - P457 - Marine Mammal Center (California): The largest hospital in the United States for marine mammals
28-03-2026
(worldkings) The Marine Mammal Center is the world’s largest marine mammal hospital and rescue organization. Located in Sausalito, California, this nonprofit facility specializes in rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing injured or sick marine mammals - particularly seals and sea lions - while advancing scientific research and public education, having rescued over 27,000 animals since 1975.
(AMRI) Journey to promote Records in the Americas - P455 - Hydrostor Inc. (Canada): Technology company launches first underwater compressed air energy storage system in the Americas
26-03-2026
(worldkings) The world’s first utility-scale, grid-connected underwater Compressed Air Energy Storage (UCAES) system was developed by Hydrostor in partnership with Toronto Hydro and launched in 2015 near Toronto, Canada. Located in Lake Ontario, this pilot project utilizes balloons anchored to the lakebed to store energy, using hydrostatic pressure for efficient, zero-emission storage.
(AMRI) Journey to promote Records in the Americas - P454 - Los Diablos Danzantes (Venezuela): A unique "dancing devil" festival in the Americas
24-03-2026
(worldkings) Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi refers to a set of popular Venezuelan religious festivals held on Corpus Christi, celebrating the presence of Christ in the Eucharist. It generally refers to the practices of 11 brotherhoods in various regions, which include more than 5,000 people, among which the best-known is the Dancing Devils of Yare. UNESCO recognized these manifestations as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2012.
(AMRI) Journey to promote Records in the Americas - P453 - Chapultepec Castle (Mexico): The only royal castle in the Americas
21-03-2026
(worldkings) The Chapultepec Castle, located in Mexico City, was built during the colonial era by the Spanish Viceroy Bernardo de Gálvez in the late 18th century, and it's the only castle within the Americas to ever house actual sovereigns.
(AMRI) Journey to promote Records in the Americas - P451 - Catatumbo Lake region (Venezuela): The unique area with the most lightning strikes in the Americas
19-03-2026
(worldkings) Catatumbo lightning is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs over and around Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, typically over a bog area formed where the Catatumbo River flows into the lake. Catatumbo means "House of Thunder" in the language of the Barí people.
(AMRI) Journey to promote Records in the Americas - P451 - Suriname: The smallest independent country in the Americas
17-03-2026
(worldkings) Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is the smallest independent country in South America by both area (approx. 165,940 km²) and population (around 612,985 inhabitants in 2021)
(AMRI) Journey to promote Records in the Americas - P450 - Ceibal Plan (Uruguay): The first school project in the Americas to provide free laptops with internet access to every elementary school student
14-03-2026
(worldkings) In 2009, Uruguay became the first country in the world to provide a free laptop and internet connectivity to every primary school student and teacher through its "Plan Ceibal" initiative. The program aimed to reduce the digital divide, providing roughly 350,000 to 450,000 children with XO laptops.
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