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 4 months ago

The find, along the construction site of a new highway route to Dublin, Ireland in the area of the "Hill of Tara" may have been part of the ceremonial nature of the Hill of Tara, which has been described as Ireland's equivalent of Stonehenge or Egypt's Pyramids. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Dave Tosh, from the School of Biological Sciences at Queens University, found the greater white-toothed shrew in Tipperary and Limerick while working with University College Cork and BirdWatch Ireland. Its natural range is in parts of Africa, France and Germany and before now the closest it has been spotted to Ireland is in the Channel Islands. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A boutique brewery in New Zealand was reported Thursday to be offering a lifetime supply of beer in return for a stolen laptop. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A Japanese brewery is planning to produce the world's first "space beer" using barley once stored at the International Space Station. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

U.S. beer drinkers are becoming more sophisticated in their suds consumption, matching beer with food and experimenting with different varieties than those endlessly promoted on football Sunday TV commercials. picked by punthe 1 year ago

Iranian artist Ali Khaliqi has designed the world's largest, hand-woven carpet. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The discovery of a major prehistoric site where experts believe an open-air royal temple once stood has stalled construction of a controversial four-lane highway in Ireland.

(Pic not related) picked by AutumnLotus 1 year 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 9 months ago

A Brazilian brewery has been ordered to pay $49,000 (£24,570) to an alcoholic beer taster who claims the company failed to prevent his condition. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year 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 12 months ago

Researchers working in Ethiopia have unearthed the fossils of a 10-million-year-old ape, a discovery they say suggests that humans and African great apes may have split much earlier than thought. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The Royal Canadian Mint created a 100-kg (220lb) bullion coin, made of 99.999 percent pure gold, which was registered in the Guinness Book of Records as world's biggest gold coin. picked by maxriter 12 months ago

Scientists have devised a way for to generate electricity from brewery waste water - by using sugar-consuming bacteria. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The skull of a 130-million-year-old crocodile has been unearthed by a fossil-hunter along the UK coastline. It was discovered on the coast of Swanage in Dorset by Mr Richard Edmonds after he who spotted the prehistoric predator's 60cm skull poking out of a rock. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year 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 10 months ago

The massive adverts, which measure 20,000 square metres, or the size of three football pitches, are soon to appear in fields near Heathrow airport. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year 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 3 months 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 1 year ago

The sneaky thief drove a truck into the Guinness Brewery on Dublin's Victoria Quay on Wednesday and made off with a trailer full of booze picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago