Friday, June 3, 2011
Victoria amazornica is the world’s largest genus of water lilies. Its leaves reach up to 3m in diameter. It floats in the shallow waters of the Amazon River basin.
These water lilies support up to 70 pounds. This giant water lily was called Victoria regia after Queen Victoria of the UK when it was discovered by explorer Robert Schomburgk in 1836.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
The Yellow Driver of Team Hot Wheels breaks the world record for distance jump in a four-wheeled vehicle at the Indianapolis 500 on May 29th 2011.
Watch as the Yellow Driver, Tanner Foust, drops 10 stories down 90 feet of orange track and soars 332 feet through the air.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The Metropol Parasol in Seville, Spain is the largest wooden structure in the world. Designed by J. Mayer H. Architects, the monumental structure provides shade for Roman ruins, a museum, and businesses below its canopy, while pedestrians can walk along rooftop promenades. Its size is 150 x 70 meters. Photos don’t do it justice–this aerial video of the Metropol Parasol at the end of the page by giraldatv gives a sense of its scale.
Source: yatzer
Friday, May 6, 2011
The world's largest model airport called Knuffingen Airport, has opened at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany. It features 40 aircraft that take off and land and 90vehicles that trundle around the runways automatically. This model airport goes into operation following six years of development and construction and an investment of 3.5 million euros.
Source: telegraph
Monday, April 25, 2011
Weighing 6-pounds and standing just 14-inches tall, Einstein is touted as the world's smallest horse, who was born April 22, 2010 in Barnstead, New Hampshire.
Einstein's physical proportions are similar to those of a normal-sized foal, and as Rachel Wagner, one of Einstein’s co-owners, who features in the YouTube video at the end of the page, remarks: "He is very perfect looking little boy and not dwarfy looking at all." 
