1. The largest cave chamber in the world is the Sarawak Chamber in Gunung Mulu National Park in Sarawak, which can easily accommodate a Boeing 747.
2. Malaysia shares with Qatar the world's lowest death rate of respiratory diseases, at 7.5 death per annum per 100 000 people.
3. Malaysia is home to the Rafflesia, the largest flower in the world.
4. The largest insect egg in Malaysia comes from the 15 cm Malaysian Stick Insect (Heteopteryx dilitata), which lays eggs that measure 1.3 cm, making them larger than a peanut.
5. The Bintagor trees, found only in Sarawak, is believed to contain properties that could help fight the virus that causes AIDS.
6. The largest undivided leaf in the world, Alocasia macrorrhiza, comes from Sabah. A specimen found in 1966 was 3.02 metres long and 1.92 metres wide.
7. Malaysia is home to 14,500 species of flowering plants and trees, more than 200 species of mammals, 600 species of bids, 140 species of snakes and 60 species of lizards.
8. Sipadan Island off Sabah is one of the worlds top diving spots.
9. At 421 metres high, the Kuala Lumpur Tower is the fourth tallest in the world and tallest in Southeast Asia.
10. The longest King Cobra in the world, measuring 5.54 metres, was captured alive in Port Dickson in April 1937 but later grew to 5.71 metres in captivity in London Zoo.
11. Kuala Lumpur is home to the Petronas Towers at 1,483ft, which was the tallest building in the world until October 2003, when Tapai 101 took over.
12. The Penang Bridge is the third longest Bridge in Asia at 13.7km
