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

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

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

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

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

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

Iranian artist Ali Khaliqi has designed the world's largest, hand-woven carpet. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years 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

A groundbreaking took place Monday at Nellis Air Force Base, just north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the desolate, arid, windswept Mojave Desert. The ceremony will initiate construction on what will be the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) array in the United States, capable of producing 15-18 megawatts of power. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Currently the world’s largest airplane, the An-225 Mriya (Dream) is an enlarged version of the An-124. The original purpose of the An-225 was to ferry large components used in the Soviet space program. These duties were formerly performed by a modified M-4 Molot bomber, but this aircraft did not have the payload capabilities required by the rocketry developments of the 1980s. picked by Betmenko 3 years ago

Wanna hear what it sounds like?
picked by glik 2 years ago

A 151-pound cupcake in Minneapolis has been certified as the world's largest. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

'I've Never Seen Anything Like It' picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

The 13in tall specimen was laid by a Great Elephant Bird in Madagascar almost 400 years ago and is now a rare antique.

It is bigger than a rugby ball and measures more than 3ft round its circumference. picked by iamamaniac 8 months ago

A Rhode Island grower hopes unusual diet will produce worlds largest pumpkin. picked by TheShizknitt725 1 year ago

Renee Williams became the largest person ever to have gastric bypass surgery earlier this year after ballooning to nearly seventy stone – but died 12 days later.

(british plimers, how heavy is a "stone" again?) picked by muppet 2 years ago

Each capsule is the size of a bus and can accommodate 28 people, available for parties too! Much more here.

Update to this post. picked by cb__ 2 years ago

at the Burlington Pez Museum

Can you imagine the size of the candy bricks? picked by suebe 2 years 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 2 years ago

This new guide for astronomers, known as the APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy (ATLASGAL) shows the Milky Way in submillimetre-wavelength light (between infrared light and radio waves). Images of the cosmos at these wavelengths are vital for studying the birthplaces of new stars and the structure of the crowded galactic core. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago