World’s biggest tree
It may not be the tallest tree in the world, but it’s is definitely the largest by volume. General Sherman is a 2300-2700 year old sequoia tree located in the Giant Forest of the Sequoia National Park, near Visalia, California. In 2002 the volume of its trunk measured about 1487 cubic meters and it was […]
Children’s cement factory
While this particular factory is hardly a place for children to play in, you can easily get confused. This is one of the many amusement-park-looking cement factories belonging to Zapa Company, in the Czech Republic. Thanks to the unusual ornamentation of its equipment and transportation vehicles. Zapa has managed to become not only one of […]
Wacky World’s biggest things
What people wouldn’t do accomplish something remotely extraordinary… I mean who would go out of their way to build the world’s largest teapot or the world’s biggest boot? Probably someone who wants to get noticed and acknowledged as a person who made something remarkable, and because they can’t be the person who comes up with […]