The largest state in America is Alaska. With an area of over 1.7 million km², it is more than twice as large as the runner-up, Texas. Alaska is so gigantic that if you were to overlay it on Europe, it would stretch from Norway all the way to Italy. In the US, there is no […]
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The largest spider in the world in terms of body mass is the Goliath Birdeater. This heavyweight can weigh up to 170 grams and is as large as a dinner plate. However, if we look purely at leg span, the Giant Huntsman wins; its legs can reach a width of 30 centimeters, making it as
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The largest country in Africa is Algeria. With an area of nearly 2.4 million square kilometers, this country in the north of the continent is over 50 times the size of the Netherlands. Since the split of Sudan in 2011, Algeria has been the undisputed number one, although nearly 90% of the country consists of
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The largest dog breed in the world depends on how you measure. In terms of height, the Great Dane wins; the dog Zeus was the tallest dog ever at 1.11 meters at the shoulder. In terms of weight, the English Mastiff is the champion. A male named Aicama Zorba weighed a staggering 156 kilograms, which
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The largest city in Belgium (in terms of inhabitants within the municipality) is Antwerp. With over 530,000 residents, the port city is significantly larger than the runner-up, Ghent. People often think Brussels is the largest; although the capital region counts more than a million inhabitants, the municipality of ‘City of Brussels’ has only about 190,000.
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The largest city in Germany is Berlin. With over 3.8 million residents, the capital is nearly twice as large as the runner-up, Hamburg. Germany has a total of four cities that cross the one-million inhabitant mark: Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Cologne. While in many countries all the action is centered in the capital, in Germany
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The largest city in the United States is New York City. With over 8.3 million residents, nearly twice as many people live here as in the runner-up, Los Angeles. New York is so densely populated that approximately 1 in every 38 Americans lives in this single city. In America, the rule is: bigger is better.
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The largest shark (and also the largest fish) in the world is the Whale Shark. This gentle giant can grow up to 18.8 meters long. That is roughly as long as an articulated city bus. Despite its enormous mouth, it is completely harmless to humans; it calmly filters small crustaceans from the water. Sharks have
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