The, US Navy Nimitz Class, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are the largest warships ever built. The Nimitz class includes: the USS Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl Vinson,Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, John C. Stennis, Harry S Truman and Ronald Reagan. The more recent Nimitz aircraft carriers (CVN72-CVN76) have a displacement of 102,000 tonnes (224.8 million lb) fully loaded, a length of 317 m (1,040 ft) and beam of 40.8 m (133 ft 10 in). The carrier reaches a maximum speed of over 30 knots (56 Continue reading →

The world’s largest wedding cake weighed 6.818 tonnes (15,032 lb) and was made by chefs at the Mohegan Sun Hotel and Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA and displayed at their New England bridal showcase on 8 February 2004.

The largest wind chime measured 12.80 m (42 ft) long and consisted of five metal tubes which were suspended 14.94 m (49 ft) from the ground. It was made by Jim Bolin (USA) In Casey, Illinois, USA, on 15 December 2012 The lengths and weights of all individual pipes were 12.8 m (42 ft) 220.61 kg (486.36 lbs) 11.89 m (39 ft) 204.85 kg (451.62 lbs) 11 m (36.13 ft) 189.09 kg (416.88 lbs) 10.13 m (33.25 ft) 173.34 kg (382.14 lbs) 9.14 m (30 Continue reading →

The largest Wii Sports Bowling tournament featured 436 participants and was organised by TexanPlus at the Reliant Center, Houston, Texas, USA, on 1 October 2009. The participants were all senior citizens, and the tournament was organised as part of a health fair where they were offered advice and free vaccinations.

The largest winekeeper is a custom built unit at the Ristorante Panorama (USA) and has 120 useable taps each of which is connected to a different bottle of wine. The item was examined and measured at the Ristorante Panorama in Philadelphia, USA, on 19 January 2010. The wines are kept pressurized with nitrogen and are kept in two fridges below the installation. The wine keeper measures 4.07 m (13 ft 4 in) long, 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) high and 55 cm (1 ft Continue reading →

The largest baseball bat measures 408.9 cm. (161 in. = 13 ft. 5 in.) with a circumference of 101.6 cm. (40 in.) and is owned by the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks baseball club (Fargo Baseball L.L.C) of Fargo, North Dakota, USA. The bat is known as ‘Big Bruce’ and made from white ash, the same material as major league baseball bats. It was named after Bruce Thom, President of the RedHawks’ Minor League Baseball team the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. A computer measured the specifications of an actual Louisville Continue reading →

The largest working rifle is 10.18 m (33 ft 4 in) long and belongs to James A. DeCaine (USA). It was measured in Ishpemimg, Michigan, USA, on 1 September 2008.

On 2 October 2000, Lightcraft Technologies (USA) successfully flew a 12.2 cm (4.8 inch) diameter craft to a height of 71 m (233 ft), powered only by light. They used a US Army 10 kilowatt pulsed carbon dioxide laser on the ground, fired upwards at the 51 g (1.8 oz) craft, which reflects the light backwards to a point just beneath it. The resulting expansion of the superheated the air provides the thrust. These test flights occurred at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Continue reading →

The largest Zumbatomic® class involved 1,121 participants and was achieved by Cheryl Lindsay and RED H.E.A.R.R.T.’S(Help Educate And Reduce Risk Today-USA) at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA, on 1 February 2013. All the 1,121 participants were children under the age of 16 from Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School who took part in the record attempt to promote the benefits of physical activity, with local Mayor Allen Joines also in attendance.

Geronimo, although not a formal Chief, was a leader of the Chiricahua Apache and the last Indian warrior to surrender to American Army troops. His final surrender to Brigadier General Nelson A .Miles (he had previously been in captivity but escaped) took place on September 4, 1886 in Skeleton Canyon in the Peloncillo Mountains on the Arizona-New Mexico border south of Rodeo, New Mexico. At the end, his band included only 16 warriors, 12 women, and 6 children. Born a Bedonkohe Apache and named “Goyathlay” Continue reading →