Biggest things in the World

1. An unemployed plumber made news headlines when he stole an M60 tank on May 17,1995. The man in question stole the tank from the California Army National Guard Armory and went on a rampage, destroying everything in his path. The 23 minute chase by San Diego police (which wasn t exactly the next installment ofSpeedsince the tank could only go 30 mph at top speed) ended tragically, as the thief, who had been suffering several setbacks in his life, w .....

A Church

2. A 200 year old church was stolen in Russia. Brick by brick, the villagers of the nearby village stole the church to sell them to a local businessman who would use the material. The church, which has stood near the village of Komarovo since 1809, wasn t noticed missing because it was not currently in use. However, when church officials started to consider resuming services there, they were met with some surprise as only the foundation and a few se .....

A Fully Loaded Oil Tanker

3. In 2008, Somali pirates stole a fully loaded oil tanker from an oil field in Ghana. The oil tanker contained 4.1 million barrels of oil worth $100 each. This has happened not once, not twice, butthreetimes in eighteen months, leading many to suspect that the Nigerian navy guarding the ships are in on the game. One tanker was recovered, but painted another color! .....

Fighter Plane

4. In 1992 a Major from the Israeli Air Force stole a WWII Mustang Fighter Plane. After spotting the plane in a reserve airfield where it was waiting to be moved to a museum, the major spent some time restoring it before he flew it the almost priceless vintage plane to Sweden where he sold it for $331,000! The plane is still being used by the Swedish companies and was only located when Interpol became involved! .....

3000 Pound Bell

5. In 2005 in Tacoma, Washington a 3,000 pound bell was stolen from a Buddhist temple. The bell, which was cast in Vietnam, was used very rarely and only for special occasions. According to the monks, the bell was priceless but I guess the thieves missed that memo because one year later they were caught trying to sell it for $500. .....

A Bridge

6. In 2007 a 200 tonne metal bridge was stolen. The bridge that was originally located in Khabarovsk in eastern Russia vanished overnight. The bridge was part of the only road that accessed a local heating plant. The company, who relies on the bridge to get their employees to work, says it will cost them $37,000 to replace the bridge. Interestingly, this isn t the only bridge to go missing. Bridges in India, the Czech Republic and Turkey have all be .....

A Beach

7. The year is 2008. The month is July. The country? Beautiful Jamaica. You re there to relax under the palm trees and sun and you are just so excited to go to your favourite beach! Except .....

The Empire State Building

8. In 2008, theNew York Dailynewspaper stole the $2 million Empire State Building. According to the paper, the stunt was launched in order to highlight the gigantic loophole in the city s system for recording deeds, that is, the clerks didn t have to verify the information! The papers contained hilarious details such as King Kong star, Fay Wray being a witness and the notary shared the same name as infamous bank robber Willie Sutton. 90 minutes afte .....

The Peak of a Mountain

9. In eastern India, locals from Mahatma village stole the peak of a nearby mountain called Humta Pahad. The story is a little more complicated than that however, as the unusually flat mountain peak has been chipped away by locals who then sell it to property developers so that they can feed their families. Villagers work eleven hours a day cutting at the rock. One third of the mountain has already disappeared, but with no other industries in sight, .....

Gigantic Dreaming Girl St Helens England

10. Halfway between Liverpool and Manchester, the 20 metre high face of a sleeping girl towers above the busy M62 highway. With her eyes closed and serene expression, Dream appears to be lost in a deep reverie. Built on the former site of the Sutton Manor Colliery, Jaume Plensa s artwork symbolizes the future and all that is possible. .....

Oversized Silver Dog Denver Colorado

11. Sitting attentively outside Denver s Animal Shelter, a 6 metre high dog glistens in the Colorado sunshine. Created by Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan for the city of Denver, Sun Spot consists of a steel skeleton adorned with over 90,000 shiny dog tags that shimmer and dance in the breeze. This friendly pup welcomes visitors to the animal shelter as well as curious tourists passing by on Interstate 25. In the evenings, Sun Spot is set a glow with LED .....

Large Flying Bowling Pins Eindhoven Netherlands

12. The city of Eindhoven found a playful way to turn the commute to its downtown core into a more enchanting journey. Along the park like median at the crossroads of Kennedylaan and Fellenoord Avenues, drivers and pedestrians discover the unexpected delight of a giant game of bowling in full swing. Bright yellow bowling pins take flight in the midst of a successful strike. By converting an otherwise stale, grassy boulevard into a fanciful sculpture .....

Giant Marilyn Palm Springs California

13. If you prefer your movie stars larger than life, take a trip to Palm Springs to gaze upon this 7.9 metre high statue of Hollywood legend, Marilyn Monroe. The 15.4 tonne sculpture designed by Seward Johnson depicts the famous wind swept dress scene from Marilyn s 1955 film, The Seven Year Itch. After mesmerizing admirers along Chicago s Magnificent Mile in 2011, the Windy City said goodbye to Norma Jean as she headed westward to Palm Springs. Sh .....

Towering Thumb Paris France

14. Celebrated as France s answer to Andy Warhol, C .....

Big Cherry and Spoon

15. Come to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and fulfill your appetite for an extra large serving of whimsy. Here you ll find a king sized spoon .....

Enormous Lobster

16. Like Canada and the United States, Australia holds a certain fondness for big things. One of their most photographed roadside attractions is Larry the Lobster. This 17 metre tall crustacean designed in 1979 by Paul Kelly greets visitors to a local restaurant and tourism information booth. Over the years, Larry has accumulated some impressive fans: travel author Bill Bryson mentioned the big lobster in his book Down Under and in 2007 Australia P .....

Giant Pineapple

17. What better way to celebrate the juicy wonder of the pineapple than with a giant version of the fruit? On the outskirts of Bathurst, South Africa, a 16.7 metre high pineapple dominates the skyline. This land is pineapple country and inside the massive 3 floor structure, fruit fans can learn about the industry, purchase locally produced pineapple paraphernalia (jams, chutneys, pottery and clothing), and climb to the top for a 360 degree view that .....

Monster Saw

18. It s no surprise that the spectacular buildings that comprise the Tokyo International Exhibition Centre .....

Airplane

19. What you see in the image above is the AN 225 Mriya, a Ukrainian airliner, giving a piggyback ride to a Russian space shuttle. Yes, the world s largest aircraft is capable not only of delivering hundreds of tons of cargo and complete, arena sized concert stages, it s the aircraft you will need if you re transporting other aircraft a Boeing 737 can fit inside its cargo hold.Built in 1988, it was easily (by 50 percent) the largest plane in the wo .....

Outdoor Swimming Pool

20. Most hotel swimming pools are nothing special they re known for being small, crowded, and shallow. In an attempt to keep those adjectives out of their pool, designers of the outdoor swimming pool at San Alfonso Del Mar Resort in Chile seem to have overcompensated a bit.In photos, it looks like some kind of weird, clear lagoon running the length of the resort s main beach. Upon further inspection, yes, it is actually a swimming pool, and the sheer .....

Cave

21. In 2009, a local farmer brought a group of British explorers to the entrance of a cave he had found years earlier in Vietnam s Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park. They were excited at the prospect of finding a new cave system, but what they found was an underground river running along the floor of the single largest cave passage that has yet been found.Take another look at the above image; in case you missed it, there s a caver standing on the rock .....

Vacuum Chamber

22. Vacuum chambers are used to recreate the conditions of space: to see, for instance, how matter clumps together in the absence of gravity or to test components of space suits. There are some very large ones out there, but only one so large that it s capable of performing environmental testing on acompletely assembled spacecraft: the Plum Brook chamber in Sandusky, Ohio. .....

Waterfall

23. Inga Falls, along the Congo in Kinshasa, Zaire, is certainly not the tallest waterfall in the world. Heck, it s not even close its longest drop is a measly21 meters(70 ft). (There are three waterfalls in the world with drops over 3,000 feet, to put that in perspective.) At four kilometers (2.5 mi) wide, it may not be the widest of falls, either but it moves more water than any other waterfall on the planet. A lot more, as it turns out. .....

Salt Flats

24. The Salar de Uyuni ( Uyuni Salt Flat ) lies atop an extremely high plateau in southwestern Bolivia at almost 3,600 meters (12,000 ft), the elevation is twice as high as mile high Denver, Colorado. The salt is as thick as the air is thin (several meters thick, in most places), and the sheer surface area is astonishing over10,000 square kilometers(4,000 square miles). .....

Zoo

25. When it comes to naming the world s largest zoo, there s more than one way to skin a...to calculate such a thing: by area, by the number of species on display, or a matrix involving both. The latter actually makes the most sense at 12,000 acres, Red McCombs Wildlife in Texas could be considered the largest zoo by acreage, but only hosts about 20 species. .....

Power Station

26. For almost 20 years, the Chinese government forged ahead with the Three Gorges Dam project, despite concerns both at home and abroad about its potential ramifications. The threats to the surrounding environment and historical areas, to say nothing of the tens of thousands of locals displaced by the project, were all downplayed by officials throughout the dam s construction. Only after its completion, at an estimated cost of $23 billion, did China .....

Video Screen

27. Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, Brazil is a big building. Nearing completion at the time of this writing, it seats nearly 50,000 and will be the 11th largest stadium in Brazil, when it plays host to several FIFA World Cup football matches in 2014. It s a sharp, modern structure, but its facade is what landed it on this list the entire front of the building isone giant video screen. .....

Freestanding Structure

28. Finally, we go back to China, where the New Century Global Center opened for business in July 2013. In terms of its footprint, it is the largest man made freestanding structure on the planet almost1.8 million square meters(19 million square feet) of space. .....

World s Largest Book

29. The award forlargest published bookgoes to an author and scientist at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Michael Hawley. The 133 pound book is five by seven feet, 112 pages, needs a gallon of ink for printing, and costs $2,000 to produce. Its title? Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Kingdom. .....

World s Largest Motorcycle

30. Officially recognized by theGuinness Book of World Records, Gregory Dunham, from California s Stockton, built theworld s largest motorcycle. Greg spent three years in his workshop crafting this 11 feet tall, 20 feet longmonsterbike which is powered by a 8.2 litre (V8 engine and has tyres that are 1.88 m tall. The 6,500 pound motorcycle with a pricetag of $300,000 is totally rideable. .....

Largest Bottle of Wine

31. It s a 490 liter Grande Cuvee TBA NV No.7 2005 of Austrianwinemaker Kracher, presented in Rehetobel Switzerland. Thebottleitself has been certified by Guinness World Records as theworld s largest bottle of wine, holding the equivalent to 640 regularbottles of wine. .....

Largest Revolver

32. You re looking at what probably is thelargest revolver in the world: a replica of Remington model 1859, by Mr. Ryszard Tobys. It s 1.26 meter (4.13 ft.) long. .....

Largest Pencil

33. This mother of all writing utensils weighs in at 21,500 lbs andstretchesto 76 feet long and it s a version of the classic No. 2. Thehuge pencilwas built in New York by Ashrita Furman and many talented craftsmen. .....

Largest Pinata

34. Breaking the Guinness Record for theworld s largest pinata, according to an onsite Guinness adjudicator, this giant mock donkey measured 28.5 meters long; 7.2 meters wide and 18 meters tall and was filled with 8,000 pounds (3,628 kilograms) of candy. A wrecking ball was used to help smash the pinata during a public event, where CarnivalCruise Lineswas producing a television commercial. .....

Largest Crossword

35. The Ukrainian city of Lvov has recentlyinstalledwhat might just be theworld s largest crossword(in physical size). The puzzle covers the entire side of a residential tower block that s approximately 30 meters tall. During the day the crossword appears empty with the answers lighting up at night. The questions for the puzzle are located in different point of interests of the city: monuments, theatres, fountains etc. so people walking around the .....

Largest Easter Egg

36. In 2005, a Belgian city entered the Guinness Book of Records creating theLargest Easter Eggever. The Belgian chocolate producer Guylian made the chocolate egg with at least 50,000 bars. The egg measured 8.32 metres high, beating the previous record made in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa in 1996. Twenty six craftsman worked altogether 525 hours to build the egg. They used 1950 kg (4300 lb) of chocolates. .....

Largest Burger

37. Weighing in at 123 pounds, thisgiant burgerfeatures an 80 pound beef patty, a 30 pound bun, 12 tomatoes and 160 slices of cheese. Made at Denny s Beer Barrel Pub, Pennsylvania restaurant, they also throw on a pound each of lettuce, ketchup, mustard and mayo and up to five onions. The menu price for the Beer Barrel Main Event Charity Burger comes at $379. .....

Largest Swimming Pool

38. This swimming pool is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water. Acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world s largest swimming pool, it took five years to build, cost nearly .....

Largest Chair

39. This is not Photoshopped it s an actual photograph of theworld s largest chair, in the piazza of Manzano, Italy, a city of chair makers where it was created. .....

Largest Birthday Cake

40. Made in 1962 for the Seattle World s Fair, theworld s largest birthday cakeweighted 25,000 pounds and stood 23 feet tall. The ingredients list includes the 10,500 pounds of flour needed for the cake. .....

Largest Cheese

41. Dutch gourmet cheese maker Beemster made arecord breaking cheese wheel. The giant cheese measures 6 feet wide and weighs 1,323 pounds. .....

Largest Beer Can

42. Not much information on what could very well be theWorld s Largest Beer Can. .....

Largest Football Table

43. Here s thelargest table football gamein the world. In fact, Table Football XXL is so huge, two entire soccer teams 22 players could face off with it, settling their challenges without ever setting foos on a real field. Thismonsterwas built by Amsterdam brewer Amstel, a stunt that coincided with the European Champions League Finals. If this wanted to buythis one, you d need six flight cases just to ship it to you. .....

Largest Fork

44. A plaque at its base brags that it s The World sLargest Fork, which may be true. But it s not a Springfield boast. Here behind the ad agency, not immediately. .....

Largest Crayola Crayon

45. Crayola manufactures 120 differentCrayola Crayoncolors, not including ... or for your convenience. .....

Largest Slip N Slide

46. It s the world swidest slipandslide, in a man made reservoir in Hawaii. Holy moly, this looks like the best way. .....

Largest Underwear

47. The World sLargest Underweardisplayed at the City Museum s Museum of Mirth, Mystery and Mayhem in St. Louis, Missouri. .....

Largest Aquarium

48. Public aquariums can be dramatically larger than any home aquarium. But only a few are big enough to make it to our list oflargest aquariums. .....

Largest TV

49. London based manufacturerTitanhas launched the world s largest television to view all the goals inhigh definition. Named Zeus, the television is eight metres by five metres, or 370 inches, which is around the size of a football goal and it could be yours for .....

Largest Stadium

50. Stadiums that are defunct or closed, or those that no longer serve as competitive sports venues (such asStrahov Stadium, which was the largest in the world and seats around 250,000 spectators), are not included. They are listed under List of closed stadiums by capacity. .....

Largest Particle Collider

51. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world slargestand most powerfulparticle accelerator. It first started up on 10 September 2008, and remains the latest. .....

Largest Building

52. This article is about thelargest buildings in the worldby volume, footprint, and floor area. For a list of the tallest buildings, see List of tallest buildings in the world. .....

Largest Prarie Dog

53. WorldsLargestCollection of the Worlds Smallest Versions of the WorldsLargestThings,Prairie Dog. .....

Largest T Rex

54. Scientists have discovered the bones of theworld s biggestdinosaur as heavy as 14 African elephants .....

Largest Flamingo

55. This is thelargestspecies offlamingo, averaging 110 .....

Largest Thermometer

57. TheWorld s Tallest Thermometeris a landmark located in Baker, California, USA. It is an electric sign that commemorates the record 134 degrees Fahrenheit .....

Largest Mango

58. Thebiggest mangoin the world is currently found in the Philippines. Particularly in Tubod, Iligan City which is in Northern Mindanao, the southern .....

Largest Doc Martin Boot

59. World s Largest Doc Martin Boot.World s Largest Doc Martin Boot. .....

Largest Cruise Ship

60. Theworld s largest cruise shipsover 100,000 gross tonnes, including ships that are in service, under construction, and out of service. .....

Largest Fountain

61. It is thelargestBaroquefountainin the city and one of the most famousfountainsin theworld. According to the famous legend .....

Largest Golden Nugget

62. See images of thebiggest gold nuggetsever found and learn about the lucky miners around theworldwho struck it rich with just a single find. .....

Largest Buffalo

63. The World s Largest Buffalo Monument is a sculpture of an American Bison located in Jamestown, North Dakota at the Frontier Village. It is visible from Interstate 94, overlooking the city from above the James River valley. .....

Largest Lobster

64. The World s Largest Lobster. One of the most photographed attractions in New Brunswick, Shediac sGiant Lobster, is ageing gracefully, even very gracefully, and we plan to celebrate its 25thAnniversary in style! Shediac is recognized the world over as The Lobster Capital of the World for its lobster fishing industry .....

Largest Eagle

65. Which is thelargest eaglein theworld? Different lifestyle needs among various eagles result in variable measurements from species to species .....

Largest Lily

66. Theworld s largest Lilyassortment will be on display in Holland which will be hosted by of the largest Lily breeders and producers. .....

Largest Walleye

67. The biggest orlargest walleyeever caught was a length of 34 inches and caught out of Manitoba, Canada . .....

Largest Wheelbarrow

68. The GuinnessWorldRecords Official site with ultimate record breaking facts & achievements. Do you want to set aworldrecord .....

Largest Sandhill Crane

69. The magnificentWorld s Largest Sandhill Cranesculpture stands 40 feet high in a park of native and non native plants and grasses. Check out the water pond .....

Largest Chocolate Fountain

70. we are pleased to be able to offer the largest chocolate fountain in the world, exclusive to us. TheWorlds largest chocolate fountainwas a new .....

Largest Whale Skeleton

71. The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived largest penis of any living organism and also set the Guinness World Record as the longest of any animal s.A blue whale skull measuring 5.8 metres (19 ft) .....

Largest Polar Bear

72. Standing 11 feet tall and weighing in at about 3,500 pounds, thebear, which lived in Argentina during the Pleistocene Ice Age, would have towered over theworld s largestindividualbearfrom an existing species. That distinction belongs to a malepolar bearthat weighed in at 2,200 pounds. .....

Largest Mailbox

73. The Guinness World Records Official site with ultimate The largest mailbox measures 68.484 m? (2,418.49 ft?) and was created by .....

Largest Electric Guitar

74. The North Side museum recently became home to theworld s largestplayableelectric guitar. It is 43.5 feet long, 16 feet wide and weighs 2,255 .....

Largest Teapot

75. Built 1938, restored 1987 1990. 14 high, 14 diameter. A reader recently sent me this additional information: ...it was an excellent marketing idea and one that has obviously endured for the community of Chester, WV. In any event, the teapot was once featured in the syndicated Ripley s Believe It or Not newspaper cartoons . Ripley s correctly identifies the principal builder as Mr. Babe Devon, a local potter. .....

Largest Grandfather Clock

76. World s Largest Grandfather Clock. Kewaunee, large grandfather clock, estimate 20 25 tall outside clock shop on route 42 in town .....

Largest Time Capsule

77. World s Largest Time Capsule. Field review by the editors. Seward, Nebraska. We ve been fans of time capsules ever since we learned about the one sunk into .....

Largest Bottle Of Catsup

78. The World s Largest Catsup Bottle stands proudly next to Route 159, just south of downtown Collinsville, Illinois. This unique 170 ft. tall water tower was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company for the G.S. Suppiger catsup bottling plant bottlers of Brooks old original rich & tangy catsup. .....

Largest Teepee

79. The storyboard on the left, The Blackfoot Confederacy, by Henry Standingalone, and the one of the right, Plains Cree Way of Life, by Nona Foster, depict the two major groups that populated .....

Largest Talking Paul Bunyan

80. An icon of the area for over 50 years, the talking Paul Bunyan is the largest Paul. As you enter Paul Bunyan Amusement Park .....

Largest Can Of Paint

81. With this paint we can paint a whole village. If it were red, we could most certainly paint the whole town red! World s Largest Paint Can, Shippensburg .....

Largest Strawberry

82. Strawberry Point is home to the world s largest strawberry and outdoor adventures .....

Largest Wooden Nickel

83. But our new Couchsurfer friend, Laura, was amenable to getting together for a drink in Iowa City and suggested we meet outside the old Nebraska capitol .....

Largest Baseball

84. Muscotah, Kansas was the birthplace of Hall of Fame baseball player, Joe Tinker, and will soon be the home of theWorld s Largest Baseball. .....

Largest Horseshoe Crab

85. One of the most famous attractions is theWorld s Largest Horseshoe Crabfound in the town of Blanchester. .....

Largest Wind Chime

86. Theworld s largest windchimewas made by Jim Bolin and is located at 109 East Main Street, Casey, Illinois. The windchime was entered into the Guinness .....

Largest Two Wheeled Caravan

87. Trailer Bedouin Caravan largest two wheeled trailer length 20 m, width 12 m, height 12 m, with 8 bedrooms and bathrooms and 4 garages. .....

Largest Weathervane

88. Built by the employees of Whitehall Products, the weathervane stands 48 feet tall, with a 26 foot long arrow that will point into the wind .....

Largest Tin Soldier

89. World s Largest Tin SoldierReason for Building: Centre piece of the New Westminster s Festival of Trees Celebration Additional Information: Fabricated at Austin .....

Largest Ball Of Twine

90. Largest ball of sisal twine built by a community[edit] InCawker City,Kansas, Frank Stoeber saw theDarwinball as a challenge and started his own. Stoeber had 1.6 million feet (490,000 m) of twine on his 11 foot diameter (3.4 m) ball when he died in 1974. .....

Largest Baseball Bat

91. World s Largest Baseball Bat; Louisville, KY. In Louisville, Kentucky, a carbon steel baseball bat leans against and towers over a five story building on West Main Street. The enlarged replica of a bat used byBabe Ruthin the 1920s marks the site of the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. .....

Largest Frying Pan w Bonus Corn

92. TheWorld sLargest (functional) Frying Pan has a capacity for 365 chickens. Ride a record breaking roller coaster, visit the WildWestor beat the heat in a wave If you want to see theWorld s Largest Frying Pan only Rose Hill can make .....

Largest Grill

93. Edmonds to host world s largest touring barbecue grill in benefit for food bank .....

Largest Spatula

94. It is an 8 inch widespatula. I snapped this photo with thespatulaon the top of my range so you could an idea of just how big it is. .....

Largest Fiberglass Pumpkin

95. he s built what could be theworld s biggest pumpkincarriagethe past, Caldwell decided to construct his big orange ride out offiberglass. .....

Largest Radio Flyer Wagon

96. Located in Spokane s Riverfront Park, this giant wagon is the work of artist Ken Spiering, commissioned by the Jr. League of Spokane. According to an article from Washington s Outer Limits, ... artist Ken Spiering s ideas for a bronze sculpture had dried up he knew it the instant he drew a sketch of a child urinating in a pond. So, after six weeks of struggling to devise the perfect piece of interactive public art, he gave in. He quit. But j .....

Largest Cyclist

97. Ben Bikin is the name given to this 32 foot tall sculpture of a Gay Nineties cyclist atop an old high wheel contraption. Because Victorian era bicycles were so tall anyway, this statue seems less impressive than it probably should. It was built by hometown fiberglass gurus F.A.S.T. Corp. to mark Sparta s claim as Bicycling Capital of America. .....

Largest Stucco Snowman

98. TheStucco Snowmanis 54 ft. tall, and was built out of concrete stucco in 1974. It sits at the southeast corner of MN highway .....

Largest Jolly Green Giant

99. World s Largest Jolly Green Giant55 feet tall ho ho ho! A creation of F.A.S.T Corp Blue Earth, Minnesota A giant GIANT! Giants Statues, .....

Largest Solo Cup

100. Be there as the BOB 106.9 crew salutes the holiday after the St. Patrick s Day Parade! No worries if you don t have a redsolo cup, BOB will hook you up .....

Largest Rose Bush

101. A sign in front says World s Largest Rosebush, but most people have no sense of its size until they walk through the building. .....