Luggage might not be the only items being placed on scales at airports in the near future as regulators are asking airlines to more accurately estimate how heavy their passengers are. As part of new safety regulations, the Federal Aviation Administration is requiring airlines come up with new, more in-depth methods of determining passenger and … Read more
A huge iceberg weighing hundreds of billions of tons is now just 30 miles away from South Georgia – threatening the habitat of millions of penguins. Iceberg A68a – which broke from the Antarctic’s Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017 – slid towards the open ocean for over two years until it hit the powerful Circumpolar … Read more
An enormous goldfish weighing 9lbs, 15 times bigger than the regular pet, was found in a South Carolina lake. The ‘Frankenstein’ fish is about 15 inches long and was discovered during a routine fish survey in a lake in Greenville. The 15in-long creature, which has been compared to the Loch Ness Monster, leapt out of the … Read more
Record-smashing pumpkin! Twins grow UK’s biggest ever squash weighing in at a whopping 185 STONE – heavier than two polar bears Ian and Stuart Paton, 59, spent three weeks growing the giant pumpkin They have have beaten the UK best and missed out on the world record by 31lb The twins hosted their own drive-thru weigh … Read more
You thought the original was difficult! World’s smallest Rubik’s Cube measuring just 9.9mm and weighing 2g goes on sale in Japan for £1,480 Tiny but playable cube released to mark 40th anniversary of original 3D puzzle It is has gone on sale at cost of 198,000 yen (£1,480) for delivery in December The cube, made … Read more
You thought the original was difficult! World’s smallest Rubik’s Cube measuring just 9.9mm and weighing 2g goes on sale in Japan Tiny but playable cube released to mark 40th anniversary of original 3D puzzle It is has gone on sale at cost of 198,000 yen (£1,480) for delivery in December The cube, made of ‘ultra-precision … Read more
WotZILLA! Walkers create 35ft long Wotsit that is world’s LONGEST puffed corn snack weighing half-a-pound The giant Wotsit, nicknamed Wotzilla, is nearly 35ft long and weighs half a pound The crisp didn’t fit in any of Walkers’ ovens and needed six people to hold it up Walkers broke the record to celebrate the national roll-out … Read more
NASA’s 56-year-old satellite that weighs more than 1,000 POUNDS is set to fall into the South Pacific this weekend – but experts say it will burn up before hitting the ocean One of NASA’s satellites is set to fall back to Earth on Saturday at 5:01pm ET Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 1 has been in space … Read more
Wildlife conservationists in Florida stumbled across an enormous species of turtle that looks like it crawled out of a monster movie. Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission captured three Suwannee alligator snapping turtles last week, including one that weighed 100 pounds. The massive reptiles, known formally as Macrochelys suwanniensis, are a new … Read more
More than 19,000 animals are stepping on the scales for their annual weigh-in at ZSL London Zoo as it warned of the ‘catastrophic’ impact of the coronavirus crisis. Penguins, squirrel monkeys and camels were among the creatures to have their height and weight recorded on Thursday, which allows zookeepers to monitor their health and wellbeing. … Read more