I really think this wouldn't be such a bad place to be stranded. "Over 170 passengers were trapped for hours on the 541-foot tall Singapore Flyer observation wheel last week."
created by kate | 47 wks ago 139 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun, has recently become the world's tallest father, but his normal-size son could have trouble filling his Dad's big shoes.I wonder if he is bigger on every part of his body?If so...
created by tonybeme | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 2867 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
" The world's tallest man, China's Bao Xishun, became the world's tallest father this week with the birth of his first child, a boy whose initial height seems a compromise between his gigantic dad and...
"The world’s tallest man, China’s Bao Xishun, became the world’s tallest father this week with the birth of his first child, a boy whose initial height seems a compromise between his gigantic father and...
created by stvalentine | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 252 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Hundreds of children will help build the tallest record tower in history this week which will eventually stand 30m tall and weigh 1.5 tonnes.The tower, behind the city hall in Vienna, will beat the previous...
created by stvalentine | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 174 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"The 7-foot-9-inch Bao Xishun and his 5-foot-5-inch wife are expecting a child. These have been good times for Bao. He had lost his title of the Guinness World Record as tallest living man in 2006 to Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk. However, Stadnyk refused to be measured early...
"This is the latest available in images from the Burj Dubai, already the tallest building in the world with just a year to go to completion. Nothing demonstrates the amazing ambition of this city better than this iconic building which is the centre piece of the new Downtown...
Kenny George, the tallest player in the history of NCAA Divison I college basketball, may miss the entire 2008-09 season. The 7'7" center for the University of North Carolina at Asheville will be sidelined due to...
created by Jon Azpiri | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 861 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
The desert city of Dubai is doing everything to attract tourist and maintain its position as the world's most modern & dynamic cities. The city has evolved from a fishing settlement to a modern city...
created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 683 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
"DEFINITIVE publication "Guinness World Records" has returned the title of world's tallest man to China's Bao Xishun after Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines. Bao, 2.36 meters, held the title for a year before losing it in 2006 to Stadnyk,...
"Completion is now scheduled for September next year but the Burj Dubai is almost fully clad and the next stage will be to add the final spire to the top, which is under construction in Jebel Ali. What a statement about the brash, bold self-confidence of this amazing city...
"If you listen to CNN, BBC World or even Al Jazeera International you could be forgiven for thinking the Middle East is a war zone with no hope of economic progress. But look at Dubai with the world’s tallest building under construction - indeed UAE infrastructure...
The race is on for Britain's tallest cow."A Somerset animal sanctuary is hoping one of its bullocks will be officially named as Britain's tallest cow.The 6ft 6in Friesian, called Chilli, towers over other cattle...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 165 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Noddy the Shire horse is a strapping lad. He weighs in at 1.3 tonnesand could one day tip the scales at 1.5 tonnes. He takes an eight-footcover and his Australian owner is getting him used to a ladder to...
created by robinm | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1090 views | 4 recommendations | 4 comments
"False-color satellite image of Chimborazo (center, left), Carihuairazo (10km northwest of Chimborazo), Tungurahua (center, right with ash plume) and El Altar (bottom, right), Ecuador. Pale blue indicates snow/ice...