Archive for the ‘What is the Biggest’ Category
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest river in the world by volume is, by far, the Amazon River in South America. It is responsible for draining 20% of the world’s supply of fresh water into the ocean at a rate of 300,000 meters cubed per second! If you were thirsty and out of site …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest spider in the world is the Goliath Birdeater Tarantula; native to South America. This monster has a leg span of up to 28 centimeters and can weigh well over 100 grams. It is roughly the size of a dinner plate when all legs are extended. It is …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest cell by diameter in the human body is the oocyte; the human egg cell (also known as an ovum). The reason why I mention diameter is because there are some neurons in our body that can be up to a meter long – the ones that go from …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest snake in the world can be measured by length or by girth and mass. Green anacondas are the biggest snake in mass and girth, having diameters of up to 30 centimeters and lengths up to 9 meters. Most weigh around 250 kilograms. This is a little frightening considering …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest state in the United States is Alaska at 1.7 million square kilometers. Texas could fit into Alaska’s borders almost 3 times. Alaska holds the record for being the largest continental state, but not the largest contiguous state; that honor belongs to Texas. In 1959, Alaska was the 49th …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest airport in the world is defined by three criteria set by the Airports Council International: passenger traffic, cargo traffic and traffic movement. The biggest airport can also be defined by square kilometerage.
Taking into account the first 3 criterion, the biggest airports in the world are Atlantic International Airport; …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest building in the world by height is the Taipei 101 at 508 meters high and 101 stories. If there are any acrophobics out there looking for exposure therapy, this would be the building to ride the elevator in; only 37 seconds to the 87th or 91st floor at …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest volcano in the world is Mauna Loa, a volcano on the big island of Hawaii. Mauna Loa is next to the biggest mountain in the world, Mauna Kea and both of these mountains along with other land masses form the actual island. This volcano is about 1,000,000 years …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest airplane in the world is the An-225, constructed in the Ukraine in 1988.It was designed as a cargo ship to carry the Russian Buran Space Shuttle. There were only 2 of its kind built and they are still available to carry oversize cargo and chartered by Air Foyle. …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest company in the world is Wal-Mart. I am sure this comes as no surprise to many of you. Its profits in 2007 were 11 billion USD! Wal-Mart has been making an effort to clean up its sullied image as an unfair and sexist employer, sweatshop promoter and small …
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