World's Largest HDTV Debuts At CES 2008 Posted: 8 months ago by punthe
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.
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World's Largest Fish Tank Holds Four Whale Sharks Posted: 2 months ago by punthe
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.
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Iran weaves world's largest carpet Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Iranian artist Ali Khaliqi has designed the world's largest, hand-woven carpet.
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Why 2008 Will Be An Awesome Year For Movies Posted: 8 months ago by leopoldogolba
Quite a few movies are scheduled to be released in 2008. A number of them sound like they'll be great. There are even a few that are creative. Could 2008 be the year Hollywood regains its magic?
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World's largest prehistoric brewery unearthed in Ireland Posted: 1 year ago by misswinkle
Researchers found evidence of microbreweries across Ireland, which predates the 1759 foundation of the Guinness brewery by several thousand years.
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Japan Captures HDTV of Full Earth "Rise" from Lunar Orbit Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
The Japanese lunar orbiter "Kaguya" saw earth, moon and sun line up on April 6, 2008 and captured another "Earth-rise" and "Earth-set" HDTV video - this time when the Earth was full.
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World's Largest Ad Debuts in Dubai (PIC) Posted: 10 months ago by deepcleanfun
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.
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Virtual tour of the world's largest man-made excavation Posted: 1 month ago by chinook
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.
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World's Largest Protected Marine Area Created Posted: 6 months ago by MandolinOrange
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.
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World's Largest Shrew Discovered Posted: 7 months ago by MandolinOrange
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.
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Albanian makes world's largest toothpick mosaic Posted: 12 months ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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World's Largest Pez Dispenser Debuts in 2007 Posted: 8 months ago by suebe
at the Burlington Pez Museum
Can you imagine the size of the candy bricks?
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