World’s Strongest Man, Arild Haugen (Norway, b.30 December 1985) was aged just 20 years and 258 days old at the 2006 World’s Strongest Man event held in Sanya, China on 14-23 September.
The youngest wrestler to win the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championship is Brock Lesnar (USA) aged 25 years and 44 days on 25 August 2002.
At 19 years 245 days Sidney Crosby (Canada, b. 7 August 1987) of the Pittsburgh Penguins (USA) became the youngest player in NHL history ever to win a league scoring title, when the final game of the 2006-07 season was played on 9 April 2007.
The youngest individuals to sail across the Indian Ocean in tandem are James Thysse (b. 8 December 1986) and Jamie Facer Childs (b. 11 July 1987) (both UK), who commenced the journey on 19 April 2009, aboard the Southern Cross, aged 22 years 4 months 12 days, and 21 years 9 months 9 days respectively, and reaching land on 31 July 2009. James and Jamie rowed as team Oz to Africa.
The youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature is Rudyard Kipling (UK, b. 30 December 1865, d. 18 January 1936) who won the prize in 1907. Rudyard Kipling was also the first English language author to win the prize.
The youngest voting age is 16 and is shared between Austria, Brazil (voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70), Cuba, Ecuador (voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 65) and Nicaragua. People aged 16–18 can vote in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia if employed. The only known maximum voting age is in the Holy See, where the franchise for electing a new Pope is restricted to Cardinals under the age of 80. Dependencies are not considered for
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Willow (Smith), b. 31 October 2000, the daughter of actor and rap star Will Smith (both USA), became the youngest artist to have a single reach the US and UK Top 20 when, aged 10 years 1 month and 18 days, her “Whip My Hair” completed this feat on 18 December 2010.
The smallest possible size for anything in the universe is the Planck Length, which is 1.6 x10-35 m across. Equivalent to around a millionth of a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a cm across (a decimal point followed by thirty four zeroes and a one), this is the scale at which the quantum foam is believed to exist: the laws of quantum physics cause minute wormholes to open and close constantly, giving space a rapidly-changing, foam-like structure. If we were ever able
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The most kites flown simultaneously is 12,350 and was achieved by children of the Gaza Strip at an event organised by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency at Al-Waha beach, Gaza Strip, on 28 July 2011. In order to be counted all kites must be flown for a minimum of 30 seconds. In this attempt 2,231 kites were disqualified for not staying aloft for the required time.
Youngest world champion The youngest female winner of a world title is Tara Lipinski (USA) (b. 10 June 1982), aged 14 years 286 days, when she won the individual title on 22 March 1997.