World's Largest...

After a week-long break here at the Mullet, I will bring in some "World's Largest" topic areas for fun.

Here is a link to a site with information on some of the world's largest vehicles of various sorts. Below is one of the pictures from their list/site and it is the Knock Nevis, the largest ship in the world.

The largest animal in the world is the Blue Whale, though some Lion's Mane Jellyfish can grow to be longer they are nowhere near as massive as the Blue Whale.

The largest land animal is the African Bush Elephant. I took this picture in Botswana at Chobe National Park.

The world's largest cut diamond is the Golden Jubilee Diamond, which is 545 carats. The Cullinan I which is in the Crown Jewels collection in the Tower of London was the largest prior to the discovery of the Golden Jubilee in the 1980s. The larger rough version known as the Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality diamond ever found. It was 3106 carats and when cut and polished yielded the Culinan I at 530 carats, the Cullinan II at 317 carats. The Cullinan III and Cullinan IV are 94 and 63 carats respectively!

World's Largest City? Anyone guess New York or Tokyo? The largest city, not metropolitan area is actually Shanghai, China. New York is #13 and Tokyo is #11. For metropolitan area Tokyo jumps to #1 and NY goes to #4.