The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India is the most important pilgrimage site of Sikhism, attracting around 100,000 people for worship every day. It is also home to the largest free kitchen in the world, serving up to 100,000 meals on weekends and religious holidays. All visitors are entitled to a vegetarian meal from langar, the […]
Scientists discovered an underground aquifer beneath the Amazon River called Hamza River, nearly equal in length and twice the width of the Amazon. It is slower and carries less water than its above-ground partner. The Amazon is the world’s largest river by water flow volume and supplies 20% of the world’s fresh water. Everyone knows […]
The income gap in the US is comparable to underdeveloped nations, with the top 20% receiving half of the income and those below the poverty line receiving only 3%. Scandinavian nations have low income gaps, while African nations have the largest. The top 10% of the world’s richest own 85% of assets. Of the western […]
Christianity is the largest religion in the world, with about 33% of the world’s population, followed by Islam (20%), Hinduism (13%), Chinese folk religion (6.3%), and Buddhism (5.9%). Christianity has undergone several schisms, and about half of its two billion followers are Roman Catholic. Christianity became the world’s largest religion in 380 AD when Emperor […]
Italy’s Masone Labyrinth, made up of 200,000 bamboo plants covering 17 hectares, is the world’s largest labyrinth. It was built by Franco Maria Ricci, inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, and includes art galleries, a library, and overnight suites. A maze challenges walkers to find an exit, while a labyrinth is for meditation and easy wandering. […]
There have been many large non-nuclear explosions, but it’s impossible to determine the largest. The Halifax explosion, Texas City Disaster, British Bang, Small-Scale Military Test, and Port Chicago Disaster are among the largest. The Halifax explosion killed 2,000 people and destroyed the port. The British Bang and Minor Scale were military tests, while the Texas […]
A new prime number, M77232917, with over 77 million digits, was discovered by electrical engineer John Pace through the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project. Prime numbers have been used historically for encoding messages and are now used in computer encryption. Mersenne primes are found by continuously multiplying two together and subtracting one. A […]
The Great Pyramid of Giza is not the largest prehistoric building project in the world, as it was built during Egypt’s historical era. The Indus Valley Civilization in present-day Pakistan and far western India built great cities, but did not construct monumental structures. Silbury Hill in England, dated to 2750 ±95 BC, is a massive […]
China has launched the world’s largest floating solar power plant in Anhui province, capable of producing 40MW of energy. The project is part of China’s drive to become a leader in renewable energy, with the country already producing more solar energy than any other nation. By 2030, China aims to generate 20% of its energy […]
China has launched the world’s largest floating solar power plant in Anhui province, capable of producing 40 megawatts of energy. China is a leader in clean energy, producing 77.42 gigawatts of solar energy at the end of 2016. By 2030, China aims to meet the Paris Agreement goal of 20% renewable energy consumption. At the […]
The Crystal Cave of the Giants in Mexico’s Naica mine contains selenite crystals up to 36 feet long and weighing up to 55 tons. Discovered in 2000, the cave is difficult to access due to its depth and high temperature. The mining company would like to develop it for tourism, but protecting the crystals is […]
