If you wanted to visit the world's largest fish tank, you'd have to go to Okinawa, Japan, home of the "Kuroshio Sea," otherwise known as the Churaumi Aquarium. picked by punthe 1 year ago

An international team of scientists has identified a nesting population of leatherback sea turtles in Gabon, West Africa as the world's largest. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Scientists claim to have uncovered the world's largest haul of dinosaur fossils in China.

They recovered some 7,600 fossils from a 980ft-long pit near Zhucheng city in the eastern province of Shandong in a dig lasting seven months. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Built on the shores of Iran. The carpet covering an area of 1200 square meters is made of 70 different colors of soil. Stunning! picked by suebe 12 months ago

Those fun loving people in Sac City are at it again. Forty-four volunteers and five staff members of Noble Popcorn Farms built a popcorn ball that weighed 3,100 pounds. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Without a doubt, this is the world's largest baseball bat, which can be found at the Louisville Slugger Museum, 800 West Main Street, Louisville, KY. It's 120 feet tall and said to be modeled after Babe Ruth's bat. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Researchers found evidence of microbreweries across Ireland, which predates the 1759 foundation of the Guinness brewery by several thousand years. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

With a viewing area that measures 11 feet by 6 1/4 feet and 8.84 million pixels of resolution, the TV (which has no model number and no date for being commercialized) is regularly thronged by crowds of slack-jawed onlookers, unable to comprehend the thing. picked by punthe 2 years ago

The United States may oust Iran as the world's largest producer of pistachio nuts this year because of one of the worst harvests ever in the Islamic Republic. picked by Wingnut 1 year ago

An international team of researchers led by a UC Riverside astronomer has completed the largest ever survey designed to find very distant clusters of galaxies. Named the Spitzer Adaptation of the Red-sequence Cluster Survey, "SpARCS" detects galaxy clusters using deep ground-based optical observations from the CTIO 4m and CFHT 3.6m telescopes, combined with Spitzer Space Telescope infrar... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A 151-pound cupcake in Minneapolis has been certified as the world's largest. picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago

Researchers have found in Vietnam what they believe to be the world’s largest cave.
At 262-by-262 feet (80-by-80 meters) in most places, the Son Doong cave beats out the previous world-record holder, Deer Cave in the Malaysian section of the island of Borneo.
(disappointed there are so few pictures - but click on link on the right to see them) picked by Bingo 4 months ago

Perhaps you own a pair of bird watching binoculars to study all types of winged friends and get a better understanding of how they function everyday. Or maybe you have a telescope set up in your bedroom or on your back porch to get up close and personal with stars in galaxies far away. While these tools provide amazing views to what’s happening around us, imagine having the power of some of ... read full post picked by kakana 5 months ago

By analyzing images from NASA's Cassini Radar instrument, a Brigham Young University professor helped discover and analyze mountains on Saturn's largest moon, additional evidence that it has some of the most earthlike processes of any celestial body in the solar system. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

An image of a horse created with more than half a million toothpicks in homage to Antoni Gaudi earned Albanian artist Saimir Strati a second entry in the Guinness Book of Records on Tuesday. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

From pebbles, to biro, to carpet. Each material is yet another way for Levi van Veluw to use on his skull which acts as a canvas.

The Dutch artist, posing in the same position, has managed to turn his head into a mini forest and a snowscape.

Other eye-catching pieces see him covering his face and shoulders in ink patterns, tree bark and hair. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The small Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has become a global conservation leader by establishing the world's largest marine protected area – a California-sized ocean wilderness of pristine coral reefs and rich fish populations threatened by over-fishing and climate change. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

The previously unknown, squirrel-size species is the world's largest known elephant shrew and the only new species from the group to be discovered in more than a century. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

The world's largest advertisement debuted in Dubai today.

The advertisement has been certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest "banner" in the world. picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago

The Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah is the world's largest man-made excavation, and is big enough to be seen by from space.
Plimates, be sure to check out the "amazing facts" link as well, eh. picked by chinook 1 year ago