Movile Cave, Constanța County, Romania--The Movile Cave, a cave near Mangalia, Constanța County, Romania is notable for its unique groundwater ecosystem abundant in hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, but low in oxygen; the cave is known to contain 57 animal species, among them a water scorpion (Nepa anophthalma), which sets the world record for being the World's Only Known Cave-adapted Water Scorpion, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Cerro Pachon, Elqui Province, Chile--The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, formerly known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), located on the El Peñón peak of Cerro Pachón, in northern Chile, house the Simonyi Survey Telescope, a wide-field reflecting telescope with an 8.4-meter primary mirror that will photograph the entire available sky every few nights; images will be recorded by a 3.2-gigapixel charge-coupled device imaging (CCD) camera, which sets the world record for being the World’s Largest Digital Camera, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Orlando, Florida, United States--About 262 people help set a massive launch of paper rockets inside of the Dr. Phillips CineDom at The Orlando Science Center, setting the new world record for the Most people flying paper rockets simultaneously, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Memphis, Tennessee, United States--Jackson Oswalt, from Memphis, Tennessee, successfully made a nuclear fusion reactor in his family's spare room aged just 12 with parts he got online in his family playroom, setting the world record for being the World's youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States--The new world record for the Largest Gathering of People in Dinosaur Costumes consists of 468 people, and was achieved by The Cox Science Center and Aquarium and The City of West Palm Beach at Clematis Street in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Armonk, New York, United States--IBM Research is the research and development division for IBM, an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 170 countries; it has twelve labs on six continents, setting the world record for being the World's Largest Industrial Research Organization, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Los Angeles, California, United States--Independence Day (also promoted as ID4), a 1996 American science fiction action film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and the film's producer Dean Devlin, stars an ensemble cast of Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, and Vivica A. Fox; it emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office, grossing over $817.4 million worldwide on a production budget of $75 million and became the highest-grossing film of the year and the second-highest-grossing film ever at the time, setting the world record for the Highest grossing alien-invasion movie, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Key Largo, Florida, United States--Dr. Joseph Dituri, 55, also known as “Dr. Deep Sea,” a biomedical engineer who teaches at the University of South Florida, spent 100 days living underwater at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers; during his stay at Jules’ Undersea Lodge, submerged beneath 22 feet of water in a Key Largo lagoon, he set the new world record for the Longest time living underwater without depressurization, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Redmond, Washington, United States--The tech giant Microsoft constructed the world's quietest room; known as the anechoic chamber, it is located in the company's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, US; ultra-sensitive tests performed presented the average background noise reading of -20.35 decibels, which is the world record for the World's Quietest Room, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Green Bank, West Virginia, United States--The Green Bank Telescope (GBT), part of the national Radio Astronomy Observatory site at Green Bank, West Virginia, is 60% taller than the Statue of Liberty with 16 million pounds; the 110-by-100-metre (360-by-330-foot) off-axis radio telescope stes the world record for being the World’s Largest Fully Steerable Radio Telescope, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Richmond, Virginia, United States--The 29-ton Tarn granite globe Mary Morton Parsons Earth-Moon Sculpture (better known as the Grand Kugel) at the Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, USA, is a solid granite ball almost 9 feet in diameter which sets the world record for being the World’s Largest Floating-ball Sculpture (world’s largest kugel), according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Stansbury Park, Utah, United States--The Mike Clements 1.8 Meter (70 inch) telescope has a new home in Utah at the Stansbury Park Observatory Complex (SPOC) the Salt Lake Astronomical Society’s Observatory; using a 70-inch wide large military mirror from a spy satellite that he bought by chance online, Clements built the World's Largest Amateur Telescope, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States--Discovery Place Science in Charlotte unveiled a large ant farm, built by Terminix Service, for its annual Arthropod Day, which is 4 feet long, 3 feet tall and 3 inches wide, and sets the world record for being the World’s Largest Ant Farm, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States--The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) deadweight machine in Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States, is a three-story, million-pound stack of steel disks used to calibrate devices called load cells that are used for measuring large forces, such as a rocket’s thrust or an airplane wing’s deflection; it sets the world record for being the World's Largest Deadweight Machine, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Casey, Illinois, United States--The Big Yardstick in Casey, Illinois, United States is 36 feet long – that’s one foot for every inch of a normal sized ruler, and sets the world record for being the World's Largest Yardstick, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Chicago, Illinois, United States--On 2 December 1942, the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated in Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1) during an experiment developed by the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago, Illinois, United States, led by Enrico Fermi; the reactor, which contained 45,000 ultra-pure graphite blocks weighing 360 short tons (330 tonnes) and was fueled by 5.4 short tons (4.9 tonnes) of uranium metal and 45 short tons (41 tonnes) of uranium oxide, sets the world record for being the World's First Nuclear Reactor, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Wheaton, Illinois, United States--The Reber Radio Telescope is a historic radio telescope, built in 1937 in Illinois by astronomer Grote Reber, the first purpose-built parabolic radio telescope is now located at the Green Bank Observatory near Green Bank, West Virginia and sets the world record for being the World's First Radio Telescope, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Portland, Maine, United States--The International Cryptozoology Museum in downtown Portland, Maine, United States (owner Loren Coleman), has about 10,000 items on display: hair samples, models, footprint casts, replicas, artwork and film props from all over the world that are sure to pique the interest of believers and non-believers alike; the museum sets the world record for being the World's First Cryptozoology Museum, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Arco, Idaho, United States--Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I), a decommissioned research reactor and U.S. National Historic Landmark located in the desert about 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Arco, Idaho, United States was the world's first breeder reactor; on December 20, 1951, it became one of the world's first electricity-generating nuclear power plants when it produced sufficient electricity to illuminate four 200-watt light bulbs, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.