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Biggest Vehicle in the World: Bagger 293
Exactly how big does a land-based vehicle need to be to qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records as largest in the world?...
The Coldest Inhabited Place on Earth: Oymyakon, Russia
Oymyakon, a small village of about 500 people in the Sakha region of Russia, holds the claim to fame as being the coldest continually...
Electronic Waste Dump of the World: Guiyu, China
Ever wonder where those old used computers end up? How about all those old CRT monitors, cell phones, keyboards, and PDAs? We’re told when...
The Most Contaminated Place on Earth: Chelyabinsk-40
Outside of the Chernobyl incident, we seldom hear about the nuclear laboratories and test facilities of the former U.S.S.R. One particular installation – Chelyabinsk-40...
The U.S.’s Most Secure Prison: ADX Florence
ADX Florence, built south of Florence Colorado in 1994, is the most secure prison in the United States prison system. Commonly referred to as...
Sealand: Smallest Country in the World
Considered more of a principality, the micronation of Sealand is located on an old British World War II radar platform. It was a Maunsell...
