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< 5
m
Smal
lest
…SUPERLATIVES
You
coul
d fi
t th
e sm
alle
st c
ountr
y in
to t
he s
mal
lest
con
tin
ent
near
ly 1
7.5
mill
ion
tim
es. B
ut c
an t
he s
mal
lest
cat
th
at e
ver
exis
ted
real
ly h
ave
been
fou
r ti
mes
sm
alle
r th
an t
he s
mal
lest
pol
ice
dog
? A
nd w
hat
is t
he s
mal
lest
un
it
of l
eng
th in
the
uni
vers
e? G
WR
pre
sent
s a
whi
stle
stop
tou
r of
rel
ativ
e si
ze, f
rom
ste
llar
to s
ub-a
tom
ic.
< 5
0 c
m
Tin
ker
Toy,
a m
ale
blu
e p
oin
t H
imal
ayan
-Per
sian
, mea
sure
d 7
cm (2
.75
in) t
all a
nd
19 c
m
(7.5
in) l
ong
wh
en f
ully
g
row
n (a
ged
2.5
yea
rs).
H
is o
wn
ers
wer
e K
atri
na
and
Sco
tt
Forb
es o
f Ta
ylor
ville
, Ill
inoi
s, U
SA
.
Cat
7 cm
< 5
.5 c
m
< 1
mm
Dow
nlo
ad t
his
post
er: g
uinn
essw
orld
reco
rds.
com
/20
18
Arc
ade
mac
hin
e12
.4 x
5.2
x 6
cm
In 2
00
9, c
omp
ute
r en
gin
eer
Mar
k S
levi
nsk
y (C
AN
) bu
ilt
a fu
lly p
laya
ble
arc
ade
mac
hin
e m
easu
rin
g 12
.4
x 5
.2 x
6 c
m (4
.88
x 2.
05
x 2.
36
in).
He
wro
te h
is
own
oper
atin
g sy
stem
, Fu
nkO
S, t
o p
rog
ram
its
Tetr
is, S
pac
e In
vad
ers
and
Bre
akou
t cl
ones
.
Din
osau
r3
9 cm
The
feat
her
ed
Mic
rora
ptor
zh
aoia
nu
s m
easu
red
39 c
m (1
5.3
in)
lon
g, o
f w
hic
h 24
cm
(9
.4 in
) was
its
tail.
A
fos
sil s
pec
imen
fou
nd
in C
hin
a in
19
99
has
bee
n d
ated
to
110
–120
mill
ion
year
s ag
o.
By
usi
ng
field
ion
mic
rosc
opy,
th
e ti
ps
of p
rob
es o
f sc
ann
ing
tun
nel
ling
mic
rosc
opes
hav
e b
een
shap
ed t
o en
d in
a s
ing
le a
tom
. Th
e la
st t
hre
e la
yers
co
nst
itu
te t
he
wor
ld’s
sm
alle
st m
an-
mad
e py
ram
id, c
onsi
stin
g of
sev
en
atom
s, t
hre
e at
oms
and
one
atom
.
Man
-mad
e ob
ject
1 at
om
The
smal
lest
m
easu
rab
le le
ng
th in
th
e un
iver
se is
th
e P
lan
ck
len
gth
, wh
ich
is 1
.6 x
10
-35 m
ac
ross
. It
is e
qu
ival
ent
to
arou
nd
a m
illio
nth
of
a b
illio
nth
of
a b
illio
nth
of
a b
illio
nth
of
a ce
nti
met
re a
cros
s (a
dec
imal
p
oin
t fo
llow
ed b
y 3
4 ze
roes
an
d a
one)
. Thi
s is
th
e sc
ale
at w
hich
qu
antu
m f
oam
is b
elie
ved
to e
xist
. Q
uant
um t
heo
ry h
olds
th
at s
pace
-ti
me
is c
ompo
sed
of in
finit
esim
ally
ti
ny r
egio
ns
in w
hic
h n
ew d
imen
sion
s co
me
into
bei
ng
and
van
ish
at
incr
edib
le s
pee
d, r
ath
er li
ke f
oam
b
ub
ble
s. T
hes
e q
uan
tum
foa
m
bu
bb
les
are
tiny
com
pare
d ev
en
to a
tom
ic n
ucl
ei.
Un
it o
f le
ng
th1.
6 x
10
-35 m
< 15
0,0
00
km
Ou
r S
un
is 1
1.6
tim
es la
rger
th
an t
he
smal
lest
kn
own
star
(see
bel
ow).
Ch
eryl
Mos
s (Z
AF
) han
d-cr
afte
d a
ted
dy
bea
r th
at
mea
sure
s ju
st 9
mm
(0.3
5 in
) ta
ll. S
he
has
bee
n m
akin
g “M
icro
bea
rs”
for
seve
ral
year
s an
d se
llin
g th
em
in s
pec
ialis
t te
dd
y-b
ear
stor
es.
Com
mer
cial
ly a
vaila
ble
st
itch
ed t
edd
y b
ear
9 m
m
The
smal
lest
cor
dle
ss
dri
ll m
easu
res
17 x
7 x
13
.5 m
m (0
.66
x 0
.27
x 0
.53
in) a
nd
hol
ds
a tw
ist
dri
ll th
at is
11
.75
mm
(0.4
6 in
) lon
g.
The
3D
-pri
nte
d to
ol w
as
des
ign
ed a
nd
pro
du
ced
by L
ance
Ab
ern
ethy
(NZ
) on
21
Mar
20
15.
Wor
kin
g d
rill
17 x
7 x
13
.5 m
m
The
Mer
cury
sp
acec
raft
was
u
sed
for
six
NA
SA
man
ned
m
issi
ons
bet
wee
n 19
61 a
nd
196
3. I
t ca
rrie
d a
sin
gle
as
tron
aut
insi
de
a co
nic
al
cap
sule
th
at w
as 3
.34
m
(10
ft
11.5
in) h
igh
and
1.8
9 m
(6
ft
2 in
) in
dia
met
er.
Pre
ssu
rise
d m
ann
ed
spac
ecra
ft3
.34
x 1
.89
m
Ch
and
ra B
ahad
ur
Dan
gi (
NP
L)
was
54
.6 c
m (2
1.5
in) t
all w
hen
m
easu
red
at C
IWEC
Clin
ic T
rave
l M
edic
ine
Cen
ter
in L
ain
chau
r, K
ath
man
du
, Nep
al, o
n 26
Feb
20
12.
Man
(eve
r)5
4.6
cm
Wom
an (e
ver)
61
cm
Pau
line
Mu
ster
s, k
now
n as
Pri
nce
ss P
aulin
e, w
as
bor
n in
Oss
end
rech
t,
Net
her
lan
ds,
on
26 F
eb
1876
an
d m
easu
red
1 ft
(3
0 c
m) a
t b
irth
. Sh
e d
ied
of p
neu
mon
ia w
ith
men
ing
itis
on
1 M
ar 1
895
in
New
Yor
k C
ity,
US
A, a
t th
e ag
e of
19.
A p
ost-
mor
tem
exa
min
atio
n re
veal
ed h
er h
eig
ht
to
be
2 ft
(61
cm).
Ch
ihu
ahu
a/ra
t te
rrie
r cr
oss
Mid
ge
is 2
8 cm
(11
in)
tall
and
58
cm (2
2.8
in)
lon
g. S
he
wor
ked
as a
n offi
cial
Law
En
forc
emen
t W
ork
Dog
(or
“Pol
ice
K9”)
w
ith
her
ow
ner
, Sh
eriff
Dan
M
cCle
llan
d (U
SA
), a
t G
eau
ga
Cou
nty
Sh
eriff
’s O
ffice
in
Ch
ardo
n, O
hio,
US
A. M
idge
pa
ssed
her
Ohi
o C
erti
ficat
ion
as a
Nar
coti
cs D
og o
n 7
Nov
20
06
and
reti
red
, alo
ng
wit
h S
her
iff M
cCle
llan
d,
on 1
Jan
20
17.
Pol
ice
dog
28
cm
Mim
as, o
ne
of S
atu
rn’s
moo
ns,
is ju
st
396
.6 k
m (2
46
.4 m
i) a
cros
s. It
is t
he
smal
lest
kn
own
bod
y w
hos
e sh
ape
has
bee
n ro
un
ded
ow
ing
to it
s ow
n g
ravi
ty. M
imas
is a
lso
the
20th
larg
est
moo
n in
th
e S
olar
Sys
tem
.
Sp
her
ical
wor
ld3
96
.6 k
m
Roa
dwor
thy
car
63
.5 x
65
.4 x
12
6.3
cm
Cre
ated
by
Au
stin
Cou
lson
(U
SA
),
the
mos
t d
imin
uti
ve r
oad
wor
thy
car
mea
sure
s 6
3.5
cm
hig
h,
65
.4 c
m w
ide
and
126
.3 c
m lo
ng
(25
x 25
.75
x 49
.75
in).
It w
as
mea
sure
d in
Car
rollt
on,
Texa
s, U
SA
, on
7 S
ep 2
012
.
A g
uita
r bas
ed o
n a
Fen
der S
trat
ocas
ter a
nd
carv
ed
from
a b
lock
of s
ilico
n m
easu
red
10 m
icro
met
res
lon
g –
one-
twen
tiet
h of
th
e th
ickn
ess
of h
uman
h
air.
It w
as m
ade
in 1
997
in ju
st 2
0 m
in b
y sc
ien
tist
s at
Cor
nel
l Un
iver
sity
, New
Yor
k, U
SA
. Eac
h of
its
stri
ng
s w
as 0
.05
mic
rom
etre
s th
ick,
eq
uiv
alen
t to
a li
ne
of 1
00
ato
ms.
In 2
00
5, s
cien
tist
s at
Ric
e U
niv
ersi
ty, U
SA
, led
by
Jam
es T
our,
reve
aled
a “
car”
mad
e fr
om a
mol
ecu
le
of m
ostl
y ca
rbon
ato
ms
that
con
tain
s a
chas
sis,
axl
es
and
four
wh
eels
mad
e fr
om b
ucky
bal
l mol
ecul
es. T
he
enti
re a
ssem
bla
ge
mea
sure
s ju
st 3
-4 n
anom
etre
s ac
ross
– s
ligh
tly
wid
er t
han
a s
tran
d of
DN
A.
Nan
ocar
3
–4 n
anom
etre
s
Air
craf
t2
.69
m
Des
ign
ed a
nd
bu
ilt b
y R
ober
t H
Sta
rr (
US
A),
th
e b
ipla
ne
Bu
mb
le B
ee II
was
8 f
t 10
in
(2.6
9 m
) lon
g, w
ith
a w
ing-
span
of
5 ft
6 in
(1
.68
m),
an
d w
eig
hed
179
.6 k
g (3
96 lb
) em
pty
. It
cou
ld a
ccom
mod
ate
one
per
son
.
Sta
r11
9,6
60
km
The
smal
lest
kn
own
star
is 2
MA
SS
J
05
233
82
2-14
03
02
2, o
bse
rved
4
0 li
gh
t ye
ars
from
Ear
th. I
t h
as a
dia
met
er
of a
rou
nd
119,
66
0 k
m (
74,3
53
mi)
, aro
un
d 0
.08
6 ti
mes
th
at o
f th
e S
un
(top
).
The
stap
es o
r st
irru
p b
one,
on
e of
th
e th
ree
aud
itor
y os
sicl
es in
th
e m
idd
le
ear,
mea
sure
s 2.
6-
3.4
mm
(0.1
-0.1
3 in
) lon
g an
d w
eig
hs
2–4
.3 m
g (0
.03–
0.0
66
gra
ins)
.
Hu
man
bon
es2
.6–3
.4 m
m
Cou
ntr
y 0
.44
km
2
The
smal
lest
ind
epen
den
t co
un
try
is t
he
Sta
te o
f V
atic
an C
ity
or H
oly
See
(Sta
to d
ella
C
ittà
del
Vat
ican
o), a
n en
clav
e w
ith
in t
he
city
of
Rom
e in
Ital
y. It
has
an
area
of
0.4
4 km
2 (0
.17
sq m
i) a
nd
is s
mal
ler
than
th
e P
enta
gon
–
itse
lf t
he
wor
ld’s
larg
est
office
bu
ildin
g.
100
%10
0%Bir
d5
.7 c
m
Mal
e b
ee h
um
min
gb
ird
s (M
ellis
ug
a h
elen
ae) o
f C
ub
a an
d th
e Is
le o
f Yo
uth
mea
sure
5.7
cm
(2
.24
in) l
ong
, hal
f of
wh
ich
is
take
n u
p by
th
e b
ill a
nd
tail.
M
ales
wei
gh
1.6
g (0
.05
6 oz
),
bu
t fe
mal
es a
re s
ligh
tly
larg
er.
Rep
lica
gu
itar
10 m
icro
met
res
Ex
tras
olar
pla
net
1,9
30
km
An
extr
asol
ar p
lan
et (o
r exo
plan
et) i
s on
e th
at
orbi
ts a
sun
oth
er t
han
our
ow
n. K
eple
r 3
7b
orb
its
the
star
Kep
ler
37,
aro
un
d 2
10 li
gh
t ye
ars
from
Ear
th in
th
e co
nst
ella
tion
of
Lyra
. It
s d
isco
very
by
NA
SA
’s K
eple
r sp
acec
raft
w
as a
nn
oun
ced
on 2
0 F
eb 2
013
. Kep
ler
37b
is
on
ly a
rou
nd
1,20
0 m
i (1,
930
km
) acr
oss,
sm
alle
r th
an t
he
pla
net
Mer
cury
.
100
%
Som
e so
urce
s ar
gue
that
Oce
ania
, or O
cean
ia/
Aus
tral
asia
, is
the
smal
lest
con
tin
ent,
but
th
e d
efin
itio
ns
of w
hat
ter
rito
ries
th
is in
clu
des
va
ry w
idel
y. F
or m
ost
sour
ces,
incl
udin
g G
WR
, th
e re
cord
hol
der i
s A
ustr
alia
, wit
h a
wes
t-to
-ea
st w
idth
of s
ome
4,0
00
km
(2,4
85
mi)
and
an a
rea
of 7
.69
mill
ion
km2 (2
.96
mill
ion
sq m
i).
It is
als
o th
e si
xth
larg
est
cou
ntr
y.
Con
tin
ent
4,0
00
km
Wri
tten
by
Mar
tin
Lod
ewijk
(NLD
) an
d p
ub
lish
ed in
Ju
n 19
99,
a
spec
ial i
ssu
e of
A
gen
t 32
7 en
titl
ed
“Dos
sier
Min
imu
m
Bu
g”
mea
sure
d ju
st
2.5
8 x
3.7
cm
(1 x
1.
4 in
). A
tot
al o
f 2
,00
0 c
opie
s of
th
e 16
-pag
e, f
ull-
colo
ur
com
ic w
ere
pro
du
ced
and
sold
wit
h a
free
m
agn
ifyi
ng
gla
ss.
Com
ic b
ook
2.5
8 x
3.7
cm
Scu
lptu
re o
f a
hu
man
8
0 x
10
0 x
30
mic
rom
etre
s
The
smal
lest
scu
lptu
re m
odel
led
on a
re
al p
erso
n is
Tru
st b
y J
onty
Hu
rwit
z (U
K),
a 3
D-p
rin
ted
pie
ce d
epic
tin
g a
wom
an a
nd
mea
suri
ng
80
x 1
00
x
30
mic
rom
etre
s. T
he
stat
ue,
in
spir
ed b
y th
e ar
tist
’s fi
rst
love
27
yea
rs a
fter
th
ey m
et, w
as
veri
fied
on 1
3 Fe
b 20
15 a
t th
e K
arls
ruh
e N
ano
Mic
ro
Faci
lity
in G
erm
any.
The
C1S
T is
a w
orki
ng
revo
lver
5
.5 c
m lo
ng
, 3.5
cm
hig
h, 1
cm
w
ide
(2.1
x 1
.3 x
0.4
in) a
nd
wei
gh
ing
19.8
g (0
.7 o
z). I
t is
m
ade
by S
wis
sMin
iGu
n (C
HE
).
Rev
olve
r5
.5 c
m
100
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0%