Longest Sea Bridge in The World, Qingdao Haiwan Bridge, China

China has unveiled the world’s longest sea bridge, which stretches a massive 26.4 miles five miles further than the distance between Dover and Calais and longer than a marathon.

The Qingdao Haiwan Bridge, completed earlier this week, links the main urban area of Qingdao city, East China’s Shandong province, with Huangdao district, straddling the Jiaozhou Bay sea areas.

The road bridge, which took four years and cost a cool £5.5billion to build, will be open for use in the New Year and is almost three miles longer than the previous record-holder, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana.

That structure features two bridges running side by side and is 23.87 miles (38.42km) long.

The three-way Qingdao Haiwan Bridge is a staggering 174 times longer than London’s Tower Bridge, over the Thames River – and shaves 19 miles off the drive from Qingdao to Huangdao.

Two separate groups of workers have been building the different ends of the structure since 2006.

One engineer commented: ‘The computer models and calculations are all very well but you can't really relax until the two sides are bolted together.

‘Even a few centimetres out would have been a disaster,’ With an overall length of 42.58km, the route between Qingdao and Huangdao will be shortened by 30km, cutting the travel time by about 20 minutes.

However, the colossal construction is set to hold the record as the longest sea bridge only for a few years and it will be bettered by another Chinese bridge in the next decade.

Last December officials announced workers had begun constructing a bridge to link southern Guangdong province with Hong Kong and Macau.

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Jyoti Amge, Shortest Living Teenager in The World, Limca Book of Records 2011

World's shortest living teenager set Limca Book of Records 2011 by Indian teen Jyoti Amge. At age 17, Jyoti Amge stands just 2 feet tall, but she could have some big shoes to fill.

Amge, who is already recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's shortest living teenager and in the Limca Book of Records as the "Shortest Girl" is poised to become the world's shortest living woman, so long as she doesn't grow more than 4.3 inches in the next 360 days.

The Indian teen dreams of finding fame as an actress in movies, but she'll likely first find fame when she's measured shortly after her 18th birthday on Dec. 15, 2011.

Amge was last measured by Guinness officials at a height of about 24.3 inches -- significantly shorter than current world record holder Elif Kocaman of Turkey, who stands about 28.6 inches.

Despite her short stature, Amge says she's an ordinary teenager.

"I am proud of being small. I love the attention I get," she told the Sunday Mirror. "I'm just the same as other people. I eat like you, I dream like you. I don't feel different."

So far, her height hasn't stood in her way. Like normal teenagers in the city of Nagpur, Amge goes to school and likes spending her time listening to music and shopping.

"When I first went to school, everyone was so big I used to get scared but I'm OK now, I like it," she told the Daily Mail. "I have a different desk and chair that were made for me. I'm a normal student."

Amge has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, which researchers believe occurs in just one out of every 25,000 births, according to Fox News.

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Longest Dance Marathon of 123 hours, Guinness World Record by Kalamandalam Hemalatha

With her 123-hour performance staged in Thrissur in the last September, Hemalatha has snatched the Guinness world record of longest dance marathon from Hyderabad-based Vettikotta Yadagiri.

"The longest marathon by an individual was 123 hours and 15 minutes achieved by Kalamandalam Hemalatha," said Hemalatha

Hemalatha said PTI, "More than a personal achievement, I consider this as a recognition of Mohiniyattam, the unique dance form of Kerala."

Hemalatha stated that When I embarked on the mission, there was criticism from certain quarters that this was a cheap stunt which marred the beauty and elegance of Mohiniyattam. But I was convinced that mine is a humble attempt to know the world about this performing tradition unique to Kerala.

Hemalalatha smashed Guinness World Record of longest dance marathon in her second attempt after she had to call off her first bid after 64 hours of dancing as she fell ill on stage.

Hemalatha, who is running a dance school in Thrissur, said, “the Guinness honor is an inspiration to launch programmes to encourage interest in Kerala dance forms among youngsters.

In order to spread awareness towards health and physical fitness among women and children, she is planning to embark on a one-month-old all-Kerala relay from January 26.