World's largest tea museum

Taiwan is the location what is reputed to be the world's largest tea museum - the Pinglin Tea Industry Museum which opened on January 12, 1997. The museum, located in the green hills of Pinglin in Taipei county, took eight years and US$10 million to complete.

World's largest thermometer

Spotted from the Interstate between Barstow and Las Vegas, the world's tallest thermometer has a digital readout that displays the outside temperature. It is 134 feet high, the same number as the highest air temperature ever recorded in North America, measured in 1934 at nearby Death Valley.

World's largest easter egg

Vegreville, Canada is the site of the largest Easter egg in the world. The Easter egg or Ukrainian 'Pysanka,' was constructed in 1975 to commemorate early Ukrainian settlements in an area east of Edmonton. Egg Facts - Egg Width: 25.7 feet; Egg Height: 18.3 feet; Total Height: 31.6 feet

World's largest optical telescope

The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) ("Great Telescope Canary Islands"), sometimes called GranTeCan, is a 10.4 m reflecting telescope and is undertaking commissioning observations at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the island of La Palma, Spain.

World's largest Jigsaw puzzle

"LIFE - The Great Challenge" - world's largest commercial jigsaw puzzle, contains 24,000 number of pieces. Finished Puzzle Size: 428cm x 157cm (4.28m x 1.57m) - 168.5 in x 61.8 in (14ft 0.5 in x 5ft. 1.8in)

World's largest diamond mine

The mine is located in Mirny, Siberia and is a whopping 1200 meters deep! It is so deep in fact that the surrounding "air zone is closed for helicopters" after "a few accidents when they were 'sucked in' by downward air flow."

The world's largest cuckoo clock

A real Cuckoo Clock. Built to Champs order in 1986.
It took 8 months for Dold of Germany to custom build this outstanding clock.

World's largest spider

The goliath birdeater tarantula Theraphosa blondii is arguably the world's largest spider. This South American arachnid prowls the rain forests where it hunts at night. It can reach one foot (30 cm) in length and comes fully equiped with inch long (2.5 cm) fangs.

Largest City in the World

1. Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan - 33,200,000
2. New York, United States - 17,800,000
3. Sao Paulo, Brazil - 17,700,000