An amazing collection of music worth an estimated 50million!! The bidding has now ended and just look at what the new owner paid for his 3 million records, and 300,000 CDs. In one way I think "Bargain!". In another I think "WTF?? Who has that much money?!" picked by Marz 2 years ago

Pictures of a giant Krupps trenching machine with a chewed up bulldozer caught in its massive digging wheel. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

HAL9000, an Italian group that specializes in art restoration, preservation and high-resolution art photography, has posted an 8.6 gigapixel stitched image of an Italian fresco. The group claims it's the highest resolution digital photograph in the world. Link goes to page that talks about the image and the method used to create it. Has a link for the actual image for those with plenty of bandwid... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Admiral Abramovich, the 11th richest man in the world, has outdone the Prince of Dubai by buying himself a 557 foot yacht with 2 helipads, a missle defense system, and it's very own Submarine which doubles as an escape pod. Oh yeah, this is his 4th personal yacht! picked by bingo 6 months ago

Two of the world's largest radio telescopes face closure. If they are to be closed down the scientific community will lose a capability that will take decades to replace. picked by sparky 3 years ago

The Sen Toku I-400 class submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy were the largest submarines of World War II, the largest non-nuclear submarines ever constructed, and the largest in the world until the development of nuclear ballistic missile submarines in the 1960s. picked by cgmiki 3 years ago

Vegreville, Canada is the site of the largest Easter egg in the world. The Easter egg or Ukranian 'Pysanka,' was constructed in 1975 to commemorate early Ukranian settlements in an area east of Edmonton. picked by Mystic 3 years ago

As growing demand for clean water stretches even the resources of the world's largest industrialized nations, scientists and engineers are turning to new technology and novel ideas to find solutions. picked by Blankspace73 2 years ago

A Syrian-Polish archaeological team recently discovered the church in the ancient city of Palmyra. The church is the fourth and largest discovered so far in Palmyra — an ancient trade center that is now an archaeological treasure trove. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Two Komodo dragons mauled a fruit-picker to death in eastern Indonesia, police and witnesses said Tuesday, the latest in a string of attacks on humans by the world's largest lizard species. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Coca-Cola logo was made out of 70,000 bottles on a mountain in Chile to celebrate the Coca-Cola Company’s 100th anniversary

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Coca-Cola Enterprises will purchase 120 Eaton diesel-electric hybrid trucks this year – the largest single order placed to the Cleveland-based firm. picked by topofall 2 years ago

Such roofs and reflective pavement in the world's 100 largest cities would have a massive cooling effect, according to data released at California's annual Climate Change Research Conference. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Herschel opened its 'eyes' on 14 June and the Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer obtained images of M51, 'the whirlpool galaxy' for a first test observation. Scientists obtained images in three colours from the observation, which clearly demonstrate the superiority of Herschel, the largest infrared space telescope ever flown.
*Update to Autumn's post* picked by kakana 5 months ago

The largest quake is estimated to have been 8.0 in magnitude and was powerful enough to temporarily make the Mississippi River flow backwards. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

The meaning of the term "Big Oil" has changed overnight, as state-controlled PetroChina became the first company worth more than $1 trillion, tripling its value Monday in its debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and making it by far the largest company in the world. picked by wags273 2 years ago

Underneath Stockholm, deep in the bedrock exists a data center better than any high tech lair Hollywood could probably dream up. Bahnhof, one of Sweden's largest ISP's has created a bunker of high tech goodness that is surely to astound. picked by Doggylives 3 months ago

A new discovery in China could be the largest feathered dinosaur ever found. This is unusual as birdlike dinos were generally getting smaller as they evolved - Gigantoraptor might have weighed as much as a rhino. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

Recent observations from NASA and Japanese X-ray observatories have helped clarify one of the long-standing mysteries in astronomy — the origin of cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are not actually rays at all; they are subatomic particles and ions that zip through space in all directions at near-light speed, with energies tens of thousands of times greater than particles produced in Earth’s la... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The largest Stone Age graveyard found in the Sahara, which provides an unparalleled record of life when the region was green, has been discovered in Niger. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago