WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) – Museum of Woodcarving: House world's largest collection of wood cravings
10-04-2021
(Worldkings.org) There’s the usual characters at the Nativity and the Last Supper, while the Crucifixion includes a jeering midget and the Devil at Jesus’ feet.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) – Tanco Mine: World's largest producer of caesium
09-04-2021
(Worldkings.org) With an estimated average global use of 30,000 kg/year the reserves of the mine would last for 2,000 to 3,000 years. The mined pollucite contains approximately 24% Cs2O. The ore body is 1400 m long, 600 m wide and 100 m deep. For several decades the pegmatites at Bernic Lake have supplied the world with the needed caesium.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) – Planet Word: World's first museum dedicated to words and language
08-04-2021
(Worldkings.org) Through ten immersive learning galleries, visitors can use their voices to interact and engage with exhibits while hearing from a diverse international cast of leaders, authors, and everyday people who share what language means to them.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) – The Splinter: World’s first wooden supercar
07-04-2021
(Worldkings.org) The splinter weighs 1,134 kilograms — 240 kilograms less than the lightweight Porsche 911 GT3. Despite its power, it will achieve 20 mpg.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) – Anytime Fitness: World’s largest gym chain
06-04-2021
(Worldkings.org) Anytime Fitness, the world’s largest and fastest-growing co-ed fitness club chain, is ranked No.1 on Entrepreneur magazine’s annual Top Global Franchise list, with nearly 3,000 gyms serving more than 2,600,000 members on five continents.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) – Unimation: World's first robotics company
05-04-2021
(Worldkings.org) Devol collaborated with Engelberger, who served as president of the company, to engineer and produce an industrial robot under the brand name Unimate. They introduced their new robot in 1961 at a trade show in Chicago. The first Unimate prototypes were controlled by vacuum tubes used as digital switches though later versions used transistors.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) – Umbrella Cover Museum: House world's largest collection of umbrella covers
03-04-2021
(Worldkings.org) Since its inception, the charming museum has continued to grow, collecting umbrella covers from over 44 countries around the world. In total, the museum now houses over 700 umbrella covers of all shapes and sizes ranging from doll accessories to patio furniture sized covers.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) – Georgia Southern University: House world’s largest curated tick collection
02-04-2021
(Worldkings.org) Still owned by the Smithsonian Institution, the massive collection holds tick specimens from across the globe. The collection contains well over one million individual specimens across approximately 860 separate species of the blood-sucking parasite.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) – Detroit Masonic Temple: World's largest Masonic temple
01-04-2021
(Worldkings.org) The Detroit Masonic Temple was designed in the neo-gothic architectural style, using a great deal of limestone. The ritual building features 16 floors, stands 210 feet (64 m) tall, with 1,037 rooms.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) – Cave of Swallows: World's largest cave shaft
31-03-2021
(Worldkings.org) The floor of the cave is a 333-meter (1092 ft) freefall drop from the lowest side of the opening, with a 370-meter (1,214 ft) drop from the highest side, making it the largest known cave shaft in the world, the second deepest pit in Mexico and perhaps the 11th deepest in the world.
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