WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) La Marquise: World's oldest running automobile
21-06-2022
(WorldKings.org) The car was manufactured in 1884, about a year before Germans Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz assembled their first gasoline-powered experimental cars. And Henry Ford, who many Americans still mistakenly believe as the inventor of the car, only produced his first car 12 years after the birth of this La Marquise.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Sevmorput: World’s only working nuclear-powered cargo vessel
21-06-2022
(WorldKings.org) Sevmorput is the only nuclear-powered cargo vessel to remain in service as of 2022.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Royal National Lifeboat Institution: Oldest lifesaving organization in the world
20-06-2022
(WorldKings.org) The first lifesaving organization, the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, was established in England in 1824 by Sir William Hillary.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Paris Opera Ballet: Oldest ballet company in the world
18-06-2022
(WorldKings.org) The Paris Opera Ballet was founded in 1669, making it the oldest company in the world, and has origins in the court of Louis XIV.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Commandaria: World’s oldest wine still being manufactured
17-06-2022
(WorldKings.org) Commandaria is widely recognized as the oldest wine still being manufactured, with records of its production dating as far back as 800 B.C.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Balmoral Castle: World’s largest castle grounds
16-06-2022
(WorldKings.org) Balmoral Castle’s grounds cover an area of approximately 50,000 acres (20,000 hectares). It is a working estate; including grouse moors, forestry and farmland, as well as managed herds of deer, Highland cattle, and ponies.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Post-och Inrikes Tidningar: World's oldest existing weekly newspaper
15-06-2022
(WorldKings.org) The newspaper was founded as the Ordinari Post Tijdender in 1645 by Queen Christina and Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Racecourse Ground: World's oldest international football stadium
15-06-2022
(WorldKings.org) Racecourse Ground isn't the oldest football stadium, though, as Wrexham only stared playing there in 1864, however, it does hold the title of the oldest stadium in the world that hosts international matches, with Wales having played their on and off since 1877.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Philae: First robotic lander to land on a comet nucleus
14-06-2022
(WorldKings.org) Philae is a robotic European Space Agency lander that accompanied the Rosetta spacecraft until it separated to land on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, ten years and eight months after departing Earth.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Ebenezer Place: World’s shortest street
13-06-2022
(WorldKings.org) Ebenezer Place, a street in Wick, Scotland, is occupied by one sole building - the thin end of Mackays Hotel.
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