What was the largest amount of gold ever found in history?

Without a doubt, nothing represents wealth better than gold, especially when we're talking about a 27-kilogram nugget.

Kevin Hillier, a fellow from Australia, had a stroke of great luck. When he found a solid piece of pure gold weighing just over 27 kilograms, he did so using a rudimentary metal detector.

The piece was sold for close to one million dollars and is currently on display in Las Vegas, specifically at the Golden Nuggets casino.

It is estimated that its value has increased; they now estimate it to be worth around 40 million dollars.

What is the largest animal that can exist?

 Science has so far determined that the blue whale has reached the highest life form possible on this planet. It's already a miracle that it exists at all.

Here are some curiosities about this animal:

They are the largest carnivores ever, forgotten even by T. rex. An adult blue whale can eat up to 40 million krill in a day. Whales always feed in areas with the highest concentrations of krill, sometimes eating up to 3,600 kilograms (7,900 lb) of krill in a single day.

Image: Watch the world's largest animal lunge for its dinner.

Not only the largest carnivore, it is also the largest living animal ever.

They can control their heartbeat like never before. Their heart rate is about 13 beats per minute. During a deep dive, they can reduce it to 4 to 8 beats per minute, and if necessary, even to 2 beats per minute. This allows them to perform better with lower oxygen consumption and cope with extreme pressure. When they surface, to replenish their energy, their heart can beat up to 37 beats per minute! A huge variation.

They likely reached the largest size possible for any living creature on Earth. Based on the above findings, scientists have performed calculations indicating that the blue whale is the most optimized form for a large animal. It is highly unlikely that there will ever be a larger animal on Earth, considering its heart is at the limit of what is needed to support a 200-ton animal.

What was the largest city in ancient times?

Cities originated as small villages along riverbanks, and with population growth and increased activity, they evolved into more complex cities. The earliest records of social organization were found along the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia; the Nile in Egypt; the Indus River in India; the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers in China; and the San Juan River in Mesoamerica.

Given the complexity of activities, it became necessary to create states for military defense and the construction of large-scale works (irrigation systems, temples, canals, etc.), in a process of civilization formation.

In Europe, the first prominent civilization was the Greek, whose records of city-states date back to the 8th to 6th centuries BC. The best-known Greek cities were Athens and Sparta, which for centuries dominated trade in the Aegean Sea and part of the Mediterranean, also leaving as an important legacy philosophical, political (democracy), legal, military, and artistic aspects that are still perceptible today. However, the most notable case of an ancient city is Rome.

from twin brothers nursed by a she-wolf, the greatest empire of the period was formed, with Rome as its capital. From the Republic onwards, the Romans expanded throughout Europe and much of Asia, dominating these regions economically, militarily, and culturally for centuries.

An archaeologist named Italo Gismondi spent over 35 years of his life building a scale model of ancient Rome, which gives us an idea of ​​the colossal size of this city. This incredible plaster model of Ancient Rome, known as Plastico di Roma Imperiale, was intricately designed by the archaeologist throughout his life to depict what the ancient city was like in the 4th century AD.

Gismondi worked on this model between 1935 and 1971.

Italo Gismondi: Mussolini commissioned the model that Gismondi continued making for most of his life.

The model is actually based on Rodolfo Lanciani's 1901 map, but was enlarged by Gismondi into this 1:250 scale model between the 1950s and 1970s. It is housed in the Museum of Roman Civilization and has even been used in films such as Gladiator. The entire model is approximately 16.5 m wide by 16.5 m long.

Gismondi's precision has earned this model a distinct reputation for being an important reference for monuments throughout Rome, such as the Colosseum and the Pantheon. The scale model was actually commissioned by Mussolini in 1933 and resides in a small neighborhood in Rome.

Some believe the model's purpose was for city planning and propaganda purposes by a fascist regime. It measures 55 feet wide and 55 feet long and now serves as an educational reference for students and tourists living and traveling throughout the old city.

The entire project consists of approximately one hundred and fifty window frames, mounted, in almost all cases, along the road axes.

Which is the largest specimen of squid and octopus? Which is the larger of the two?

 The largest squid, in terms of length, is the giant squid . These enormous cephalopods can measure over 13 meters long and weigh nearly 270 kg .

However, in terms of weight, the largest squid (and, incidentally, the largest invertebrate) is the colossal squid . Colossal squid are nowhere near as long as giant squid, rarely exceeding 9 meters in length, but they are much heavier – some females can weigh up to 500 kg !

The largest octopus is smaller than the largest squid, but it is still enormous. The giant Pacific octopus can measure (including its tentacles) nearly 6 meters long and weigh around 50 kg .

I'm aware that there are legends of giant squid exceeding 20 meters in length, but since these sightings aren't scientifically documented, I've ignored them. The internet is rife with misinformation, sometimes unintentional, often due to exaggeration.

Is the blue whale the largest animal that ever existed?

 Based on our current understanding, probably yes. The largest recorded blue whales weighed around 190,000 kilograms and were 29.9 meters long. Don't forget that. There are two animals that at least some scientists believe may have reached or even exceeded the weight of the blue whale.

The first of these animals is the Lilstock ichthyosaur , whose scientific name has not yet been published. Its length is estimated at 20 to 26 meters, but it was probably significantly thicker than a blue ichthyosaur, so a similar weight is possible.

As far as we know, it wasn't a plankton feeder, but probably not a fish or squid feeder either, since it was toothless. Instead, it likely sucked crustaceans from the seabed, like a gray whale, using benthic suction.

The second "candidate" is the Triassic octopus . The existence of this organism is claimed by one paleontologist, Mark McMenamin, and only by him. The hypothesis is based on rather weak evidence, but it is at least somewhat plausible.

The idea was based on the discovery of 205-million-year-old ichthyosaur bones arranged in a strange pattern and bearing suction cup-like imprints. McMenamin believes they were deliberately arranged that way by some kind of gigantic, intelligent cephalopod. Like I said, flimsy evidence.

Based on the size of the alleged sucker marks, this thing – if it existed – would have been 30 meters long and weighed 200 tons, making it the largest animal of all time. That is, assuming it had the proportions of a modern giant squid.

The Lilstock ichthyosaur is therefore – so far – too poorly understood for us to make an accurate mass estimate, and there is only scant evidence for the existence of the Triassic octopus. Until new evidence emerges, we can say with certainty that the blue whale is the largest animal ever known to science.

What are the most interesting "world's largest ___" that are around the world?

 Apparently as far as Iran is considered, bigger is better.

Iraq may have the largest cemetery in the world, but Iran has the largest shopping mall in the world.

The Iran Mall is located in Tehran, Iran, and is currently 15 million square feet.

To put that in simpler terms, this behemoth is the size of 260 football fields, all put together. It is over double the size of the previous biggest mall, which is the South China Mall.

What exactly will you find in this massive shopping complex? Nothing much, just…

• Three food courts with over 200 restaurants.
• 700 shops.
• A book garden with 67,000 volumes of books.
• A 215,000 square foot hypermarket.
• A 129,000 square foot ice rink and swimming pools.
• 12 IMAX theaters.
• A 5-star luxury hotel with 450 rooms.
• A roofed amusement park.
• 15 sports fields.

And many more miscellaneous features, from things as mundane as a museum to things as interesting as a permanent car showroom; this place has it all.

Oh, and by the way, this shopping mall was introduced in 2018, so it’s still pretty new. In fact, all those shops and restaurants and car showrooms? Those are just the first phase. The second phase will add another 6 million square feet and who knows how many more facilities.

My question is, how long until this “shopping mall” has to be classified as a city…

What are the most interesting "world's largest ___" that are around the world?

 This is the world’s largest restaurant.

Most people don’t know about it as it’s in the most unexpected place; Damascus, Syria.

It’s called Bawabet Dimashq which translates to Damascus gate.

It served different types of cuisines including Indian, Chinese, Iranian, and, of course, Syrian and Middle Eastern cuisines. It had 6 themed sections and many decorative features such as waterfalls, fountains, replicas of famous archaeological ruins in Syria, and a big children’s playground

It had the potential to serve 6014 guests all at once. It occupies 54000 square meters. The kitchen itself is 2500 square meters. During the peak times in the summer there would be around 1500 employees to serve the customers that could reach up to more than 4000 at once.

The restaurant’s kitchen was said to resemble a mini production factory. The equipment and the preparations’ dynamics made it possible for each chef to serve up to 30 of the popular dishes such as hummus in one minute which means a plate was filled every 2 seconds.

Even though it was quite successful back in the day, it has been closed since 2012 as the area was affected by the armed conflict and was occupied first by the opposition fighters and later by the military forces who used the abandoned restaurant as a base for their operations.

I went there once with my family in 2005 as it was famous for being the biggest restaurant in Damascus. I had no idea at the time it was the biggest in the world. We only heard about that in 2008 after the owners had contacted the Guinness world records. I was shocked to know that. I knew we loved food and gatherings, but I didn’t expect it to be to that extent.

What I found even more interesting when I was reading about the restaurant is the fact that it had a unique piece of a meteorite on display that supposedly fell down in Siberia in 1947. It had been in the possession of the Soviet Union before it was purchased by the restaurant’s owner, Shaker Al Samman, in exchange for 15 million dollars.

Odd, I know. He must’ve been obsessed with standing out using his wealth. First with the restaurant and then by this.

Anyway, now since the conflict had cooled down, I’ve heard there are a few restaurants in that area getting refurbished and might re-open soon. So, who knows? The biggest restaurant in the world might be open to the public again soon.

It’s worth mentioning that Damascus used to receive a lot of tourists during the summer, especially from Arab Gulf countries since its weather is cooler and it’s a cheap tourist destination. So 4000 visitors were achievable for a restaurant of that size and fame.

Which is the largest aircraft in the world, and is it possible to land that in all airports?

 Not even close.

The largest aircraft in the world is the Antonov AN-225 “Mriya”.

Photo from Reddit

This behemoth has a landing distance of 2,400 meters when empty. That is around 1.5 miles, or about 2/3 the length of Central Park in New York.

Now that that’s covered, the world’s shortest commercial runway is Juancho E Yrausquin Airport, Saba coming in at a whopping 1,312 feet long, or about 400 meters.

Photo from Charismatic Planet

The 225 would touch down and promptly fall into the ocean on the other side of the runway. It would probably be safer to ditch in the ocean beside the airport.

Without using the runway above, there are many, many regional and municipal airports where the 225 simply could not land. For instance, Skyline Airport in Idaho has a runway length of only 400 feet. It is so small, I couldn’t find a picture of it. Either way, the AN225 is 275’ long, over half the length of the airport’s runway. No matter which way you cut it, the 225 isn’t going to be landing there anytime soon.

What is the largest object in the universe?

 A question of how big something can be.

When speaking about the biggest object in the universe, you must always remember galaxy IC-1101.

Why don’t we see how big it actually is?

Milky Way:

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is 100,000 light-years across, with an estimated 400 billion stars in it. 100,000 light-years would be 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilometers across. Now, let’s see how long it would take you, to cross it, with humanity’s fastest spacecraft. Let’s start with the math. As stated earlier, the Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light-years across, each light-year is approximately 6 trillion miles, and for us to cross just one light-year, it would take us nearly 20,000 years with humanity’s fastest spacecraft New Horizons. Unrealistically, It would take you a wopping 2 billion years to cross our own galaxy with the fastest thing we have.

Andromeda:

The Andromeda galaxy has more than twice the amount of stars than our galaxy has (one trillion to be exact), and is 2.5 million light-years away from Earth. Now, this galaxy is about 140,000 light-years across, compared to 100,000 light-years the Milky Way. Doing the same math, it would take you 2.8 billion years to cross it with the exact same spacecraft, without adding the time it would take you to get there.

Now here ‘s where things get big:

IC 1101:

This galaxy is approximately 1.2 billion light-years away from Earth. It has 100 trillion stars, making literally a dot of the Milky Way, and the Andromeda Galaxy. This galaxy is 50 times the size of the Milky Way, and 2,000 times as massive. Doing the math, it would take us a mind-boggling 100 billion years to cross that galaxy. I must confess I was getting pretty excited while making this answer.

We are as tiny as we can get.

How far did the largest known artillery gun fire?

 The Schwere Gustav is the best in the world of extreme engineering. This wasn’t just a big gun. It was an indication of what occurs when power is a more important factor than common sense. Gustav, a Krupp construction, was approximately 1,350 tons. That is no weapon--that is a factory upon wheels.

It was too big to be dealt with on ordinary ground. Gustav was not only forced to sit on two parallel railway tracks in order to function. It was 107 feet in length, its barrel 800mm in caliber, or broad enough to swallow a manhole cover. Sacking it was not that easy either. What it required was more than 1,400 soldiers and engineers to transport, guard and operate the monster.

And what it fired wasn’t ammo. It launched small trucks that had steel-wrapped covers. Shells that were loaded with high-explosives weighed 4.8 tons and were able to strike 29 miles. The concrete-piercing rounds weighed 7.1 tons and could be used to penetrate reinforced concrete 23 feet thick before they blew up. You were finished, had it been upon your side. No debate.

The thing is, however, that Gustav was a nightmare. The assembling required weeks, it could not be concealed, and shouted in the air bomb me. It was strength that lacked elasticity. Big. Loud. Slow. An ideal representative of an age that thought that bigger was better- until reality showed it to be false.

Who was the most disliked member of the Nazi regime among the German population during World War II?

World War 2 was a difficult time not knowing which of the leaders of the Nazi party Germans disliked most. The government was highly strict.(Read Full)

What was the largest river that has ever existed on Earth?

The largest river to have existed in the last half a billion years might have been the Mega Congo-Amazon.

In the contemporary world, the largest river by discharge is the Amazon, but the Nile, by some measures, might be the longest, and over its length, there are some disputes. However, both of these rivers pale in comparison to the mega Congo-Amazon, which existed when South America was still connected to Africa in the Gondwana and Pangea supercontinents and might have been around 10,000 km in length, almost twice the length of the Amazon alone. It was home to huge dinosaurs and other fascinating Mesozoic creatures.

The drainage area of the Amazon today is about 7 million sq km, the Congo about 4 million, and the Nile about 3.4 million. The Mega Congo Amazon had a drainage area of around 12 million square kilometers.

The flow rate of the Amazon is about 210,000 m3/sec, and that of the Congo is about 40,000 m3/sec. However, for millions of years, the climate was much wetter during the existence of the Mega Amazon-Congo, and its discharge was likely much higher than the combined flow rate of the Amazon and Congo rivers in Africa and South America.

When these two continents split, both the Amazon and the Congo continued to flow from east to west—Congo towards the Atlantic and Amazon towards the Pacific Ocean, but 23 to 50 million years ago Andes started to grow rapidly, and 10 to 15 million years ago, they became large and tall enough to block the flow of the Amazon towards the west.

For millions of years, the water accumulated into a vast inland sea and swamp, the Pebas, in what is now Colombia, Ecuador, parts of Peru, and western Brazil. It discharged into the Caribbean in the north of modern-day Colombia. It existed for so long that indigenous and fascinating animals and plants evolved to live in it, only for their habitat to be destroyed when the Amazon found a way, via sandstone, to flow east towards the Atlantic 7 to 10 million years ago.

Some of the most fascinating animals of the Pebas were Purussaurus, a 10-ton, 10 to 12 meters-long crocodile with the strongest bite force of any known animal, stronger than that of T. rex. There were also filter-feeding crocodilians with duck-like bills. Stupendemys was a 3-meter-long, up to 1-ton turtle. Freshwater snails of the Pebas had thick shells of up to 40cm in diameter.

The mega Congo-Amazon River might have been the largest in the last half-billion years. Earth experienced many supercontinental cycles over its 4.5-billion-year history, and if larger rivers existed on older supercontinents like Columbia/Nuna, 1.8–1.4 billion years ago, or Rodinia, 1.2 to 0.75 billion years ago, we have no evidence of their drainage basins due to erosion. Older supercontinents were still too small to harbor such large drainage basins. Therefore, the Mega Congo-Amazon is the largest we have evidence of ever having existed in the history of our planet.

What is the weight of the largest buffalo that lived?

 Well, it depends what you mean by buffalo. In the most accurate sense, a “buffalo” is a member of the bovine subtribe Bubalina. Going by that definition, the largest-ever modern buffalo would be the wild water buffalo, which can weigh up to 1,200 kilograms.

However, if we consider extinct species, there were possibly larger buffalo. The identity of the Pleistocene bovine Pelorovis (left) is still poorly understood, but some suggest it was related to modern buffalo species. In any case, it weighed a massive 2,000 kilograms, partially due to its spectacular horns, each as long as a man is tall.

However, in North America, a “buffalo” is a species in the genus Bison, zoologically referred to as a bison. If that’s what you meant, then the American bison would be the largest of extant species, which can, on occasion, attain weights of 1,724 kilograms - albeit on farms where they are well-fed and cared for.

Again, when we include extinct species its crown is lost - this time to the so-called long-horned bison, Bison latifrons. With weight estimates of up to 2,000 kilograms, it competes with the aforementioned Pelorovis for the title of heaviest extinct bovid.

And… *sigh*… technically there’s a genus of fish called buffalo, Ictiobus. I almost know for a fact that you weren’t referring to them, but just to maintain accuracy, the largest buffalo fish are bigmouth buffalo, the largest of which reach lengths of 1.23 metres and 29 kilograms.

So there, WHATEVER you meant by buffalo, I can say that I’ve answered the question correctly. I might as well close with one of my favorite sentences of all; "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo". And yup, it is grammatically correct.

What is the largest thing in the solar system?

 

It's not Sun.

It's the magnetic field of Jupiter.

See, jupiter is a big planet, but looks puny against its magnetic field.

Charged particles in the solar winds stretch the field away from Sun, like a comet's tail.

It stretches 7 million km towards the Sun, and over a billion km in the opposite direction— Saturn orbits inside it sometimes.

If you could see the field from Earth, it would appear 5 times larger than a full moon.

Jupiter's magnetic field is roughly 20,000 times stronger than Earth's. What generates it?

Deep beneath the clouds, the pressure is so high that hydrogen is crushed to a metallic liquid, and conducts electricity.

This conductive ocean rotates around the core at high speeds. It generates electricity like a dynamo.

Jupiter's magnetosphere also creates stunning auroras. They're not larger than earth’s auroras, but larger than Earth.