In July 6, 2007, the Guinness Book of Records recorded the nose of Mehmet Ozyurekas the biggest nose in the world. It measured 8.8 centimeters or 3.5 inches. He currently resides in the City of Artvin in Turkey. However, an individual named Faizan Agha recently broke this record.
Tweet. It actually takes the Earth 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.06 seconds to make one rotation on its axis, not 24 hours. This is called a sidereal day, and is the amount of time that it takes the Earth to make a full rotation on its axis and end up in the same position relative to the stars.
The Earth rotates once every 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds. This is called the sidereal day (as compared to the fixed stars). However, the solar day takes 24 hours, because the Earth is also revolving in orbit around the Sun, and takes another 4 minutes to completely turn back to facing the Sun.