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“Tri
chob
ezoa
r” is
th
e m
edic
al n
ame
for
a h
airb
all,
wh
ich
occu
rs a
s a
resu
lt o
f tr
ich
oph
agia
– e
atin
g on
e’s
own
hai
r. Th
e la
rges
t tr
ich
obez
oar
surg
ical
ly r
emov
ed
from
a h
um
an w
as a
hai
rbal
l wei
gh
ing
4.5
kg
(10
lb),
fou
nd
in t
he
stom
ach
of
an u
nn
amed
18
-yea
r-ol
d w
oman
tre
ated
at
Ru
sh U
niv
ersi
ty M
edic
al C
ente
r in
C
hic
ago,
Illin
ois,
US
A, i
n N
ov 2
00
7. T
he
exci
sed
tric
hob
ezoa
r m
easu
red
37.
5 x
17.5
x 1
7.5
cm (1
5 x
7 x
7 in
).
The
kori
bu
star
d (A
rdeo
tis
kori
) is
fou
nd
in S
outh
an
d E
ast
Afr
ica.
Th
e h
eavi
est
reco
rded
sp
ecim
en w
as
a m
ale
that
wei
gh
ed 4
0 lb
(18
.1 k
g).
It
was
sh
ot in
Sou
th A
fric
a by
big
-g
ame
hu
nte
r H
T G
lyn
n in
193
6. H
e la
ter
pre
sen
ted
its
hea
d an
d n
eck
to
the
Bri
tish
Mu
seu
m in
Lon
don
, UK
.
Gia
nte
ss A
nn
a B
ates
(née
S
wan
, CA
N) m
easu
red
7 ft
11
in (2
41.
3 cm
). O
n 19
Jan
18
79, s
he
gav
e b
irth
to
a b
oy
wei
gh
ing
22
lb (9
.98
kg)
and
mea
suri
ng
28 in
(7
1.12
cm
) at
her
hom
e in
Sev
ille,
Oh
io, U
SA
.
A G
aláp
agos
tor
tois
e (C
hel
onoi
dis
nig
ra) n
amed
G
olia
th m
easu
red
135
.8 c
m
(4 f
t 5
in) l
ong
, 10
2 cm
(3
ft
4 in
) wid
e, 6
8.5
cm
(2 f
t 3
in)
hig
h, a
nd
wei
gh
ed 4
17 k
g (9
20 lb
) at
his
hea
vies
t.
Gol
iath
live
d at
th
e Li
fe
Fello
wsh
ip B
ird
San
ctu
ary
in Seff
ner, Florida, USA,
from
196
0 t
o 20
02.
Hea
vies
t...
SUPERLATIVES
The
hea
vies
t m
an w
as 6
3 ti
mes
hea
vier
tha
n th
e h
eavi
est
bab
y, a
ltho
ugh
only
hal
f th
e w
eigh
t of
the
hea
vies
t ca
rniv
ore
on
lan
d. B
ut is
the
hea
vies
t b
ell
heav
ier
than
the
h
eavi
est
tank?
And
can
any
thin
g on
Ear
th o
utw
eigh
a b
lue
wha
le?
GW
R h
as t
he a
nsw
ers.
Man
tle
of b
ees
63
.7 k
g
Ru
an L
ian
gm
ing
(CH
N)
wor
e a
63
.7-k
g (1
40
-lb
6.9
5-o
z) m
antl
e of
bee
s in
Fen
gxi
n C
oun
ty,
Yic
hu
n C
ity,
Jia
ng
xi
Pro
vin
ce, C
hin
a,
on 1
5 M
ay 2
014
. An
esti
mat
ed 6
37,
00
0 b
ees
mad
e u
p th
e m
antl
e,
incl
ud
ing
60
qu
een
s.
Obj
ect
rem
oved
fro
m t
he
stom
ach
4.5
kg
Flyi
ng
bir
d 18
.1 k
g
Bir
th
9.9
8 k
g
Ch
isat
o Iw
asak
i (J
PN
) gre
w
an a
pp
le w
eig
hin
g 1.
849
kg
(4 lb
1 o
z) a
t h
is a
pp
le f
arm
in
Hir
osak
i Cit
y, J
apan
, on
24 O
ct 2
00
5.
Ap
ple
1.
84
9 kg
1,0
00
–7,0
00
kg
On
21
Jan
19
93, a
1.6
9-to
nn
e (3
,739
-lb)
filled dou
ghnut was served up by
rep
rese
nta
tive
s fr
om H
emst
rou
gh
t’s
Bak
erie
s, D
onat
o’s
Bak
ery
and
the
rad
io s
tati
on W
KLL
-FM
(all
US
A) i
n U
tica
, New
Yor
k, U
SA
.
Pu
mp
kin
1,19
0.4
9 kg
Bel
gium
’s M
athi
as W
illem
ijns
grew
a
pum
pkin
th
at w
eigh
ed 1
,190
.49
kg
(2,6
24 lb
9 o
z), a
s au
then
tica
ted
by t
he
Gre
at P
um
pki
n C
omm
onw
ealt
h (G
PC
) in
Lud
wig
sbu
rg, G
erm
any,
on
9 O
ct 2
016
.
Dou
gh
nu
t 1,
69
5 kg Th
e M
1A2
Ab
ram
s m
ain
bat
tle
tan
k, p
rod
uce
d by
Gen
eral
D
ynam
ics
Lan
d S
yste
ms
(US
A),
has
a c
omb
at w
eig
ht
of
63
ton
nes
(13
8,9
00
lb),
mak
ing
it t
he
hea
vies
t ta
nk
curr
entl
y in
op
erat
ion
al s
ervi
ce. I
t is
eq
uip
ped
w
ith
one
120
-mm
gu
n an
d h
as a
to
p sp
eed
of 6
8 km
/h (4
2 m
ph)
.
Tan
k (p
rese
nt
day
) 6
3,0
00
kg
Car
tila
gin
ous
fish
2
1,5
00
kg
7,0
00
–60
0,0
00
kg
Bu
ildin
g 70
3,5
00
,00
0 k
g
The
Pal
ace
of t
he
Par
liam
ent
in B
uch
ares
t,
Rom
ania
, is
con
sid
ered
to
be
the
hea
vies
t b
uild
ing
in t
he
wor
ld. I
t co
nta
ins
700
,00
0 t
onn
es
(771
,617
.9 t
ons)
of
stee
l an
d b
ron
ze c
omb
ined
w
ith
1 m
illio
n m
³ (3
5.3
mill
ion
cu f
t) o
f m
arb
le, 3
,50
0 t
onn
es
(7.7
mill
ion
lb) o
f cr
ysta
l g
lass
an
d 90
0,0
00
m³
(31.
7 m
illio
n cu
ft)
of w
ood
.
> 6
00
,00
0 k
g
Bel
l sti
ll in
use
9
2,0
00
kg
The
Min
gu
n b
ell w
eig
hs
92
ton
nes
(2
02
,825
lb) a
nd
has
a d
iam
eter
of
5.0
9 m
(16
ft 8
in) a
t th
e lip
. Lo
cate
d n
ear
Man
dal
ay in
B
urm
a, t
he
bel
l is
stru
ck b
y a
teak
boo
m f
rom
th
e ou
tsid
e.
It w
as c
ast
at M
ing
un
late
in t
he
reig
n of
Kin
g B
odaw
pay
a (1
782–
1819
).
A scien
tific
ally recorded
whale
shar
k (R
hin
cod
on t
ypu
s)
caught off
Bab
a Island, near
Kar
ach
i, P
akis
tan
, on
11 N
ov
1949
, wei
gh
ed 2
1.5
ton
nes
(4
7,4
00
lb).
At
12.6
5 m
(41
ft
6 in
) lon
g, i
t w
as a
lso
the
larg
est
fish
. Car
tila
gin
ous
fish have skeleton
s mad
e of
cart
ilag
e, r
ath
er t
han
th
e h
ard
bon
e of
man
y ot
her
fish species.
The
blu
e w
hal
e (B
alae
nop
tera
m
usc
ulu
s) w
eig
hs
up
to 1
60
ton
nes
(3
52
,00
0 lb
) an
d h
as a
n av
erag
e le
ng
th o
f ar
oun
d 24
m (8
0 f
t). A
hu
ge
spec
imen
cau
gh
t in
th
e S
outh
ern
Oce
an, A
nta
rcti
ca, o
n 20
Mar
194
7 w
eig
hed
190
ton
nes
(418
,878
lb)
wit
h a
reco
rded
len
gth
of
27.6
m (9
0 f
t 6
in).
An
imal
19
0,0
00
kg
Tort
oise
4
17 k
g
Dow
nlo
ad t
his
post
er: g
uinn
essw
orld
reco
rds.
com
/20
18
Su
mo
wre
stle
r S
har
ran
Ale
xan
der
(U
K) w
eig
hed
20
3.2
1 kg
(4
48
lb) o
n 15
Dec
20
11.
Sp
orts
wom
an
20
3.2
1 kg
Jeff
Peeters (B
EL) b
uilt a bicycle weighing
86
0 k
g (1
,895
lb 1
5.6
oz)
an
d ro
de
it in
M
ech
elen
, Bel
giu
m, o
n 19
Au
g 20
15.
The
veh
icle
was
bu
ilt e
nti
rely
fro
m
reu
sed
mat
eria
ls.
In 1
960
, a p
olar
bea
r wei
ghin
g so
me
900
kg
(1,984 lb) w
as identified at a frozen ice pack
in t
he
Ch
ukc
hi S
ea, w
est
of K
otze
bu
e in
Ala
ska,
US
A. I
ts s
ize
was
est
imat
ed a
t 3.
5 m
(11
ft 5
in) o
ver t
he
body
con
tour
s fr
om n
ose
to t
ail,
1.5
m (4
ft 1
1 in
) aro
und
the
body
an
d 4
3 cm
(16.
9 in
) aro
und
the
paw
s.
Car
niv
ore
on la
nd
90
0 k
g
Rid
eab
le b
icyc
le
86
0 k
g
Bon
y fi
sh
2,0
00
kg
Specimen
s of the sunfish (M
ola
mol
a) h
ave
bee
n re
cord
ed w
eig
hin
g ar
oun
d 2
ton
nes
(4,4
00
lb) a
nd
mea
suri
ng
3 m
(10
ft)
bet
wee
n the tips of the fin
s.
The
Pan
zerb
ike,
con
stru
cted
by
Tilo
an
d W
ilfri
ed N
ieb
el
of H
arze
r B
ike
Sch
mie
de
in Z
illy,
Ger
man
y, w
eig
hed
4
.749
ton
nes
(10
,470
lb) o
n 23
Nov
20
07.
Rid
eab
le m
otor
cycl
e 4
,74
9 kg
Wed
din
g ca
ke
6,8
18 k
g
The
wor
ld’s
larg
est
wed
din
g ca
ke
wei
gh
ed 6
.818
ton
nes
(15
,03
2 lb
) an
d w
as m
ade
by c
hef
s at
th
e M
oheg
an S
un
hot
el a
nd
casi
no
in U
nca
svill
e, C
onn
ecti
cut,
U
SA
. It
was
dis
pla
yed
at t
hei
r N
ew E
ng
lan
d b
rid
al s
how
case
on
8 F
eb 2
00
4.
Air
craf
t (e
ver)
6
40
,00
0 k
g
The
airc
raft
wit
h th
e h
igh
est
stan
dar
d m
axim
um
take‑off weigh
t is the Anton
ov An‑22
5 “M
riya” (Dream
). O
rig
inal
ly it
wei
gh
ed 6
00
ton
nes
(1.3
2 m
illio
n lb
), b
ut
between 20
00 and 20
01 its floo
r was stren
gthen
ed,
which resulted
in an increased maximum take‑off
w
eig
ht
of 6
40
ton
nes
(1.4
1 m
illio
n lb
). O
nly
tw
o of
th
ese
beh
emot
hs
wer
e ev
er b
uilt
.
Roc
ket
2,9
65
,00
0 k
g
Sat
urn
V (
US
A) w
as
the
larg
est
rock
et,
alth
oug
h n
ot t
he
mos
t p
ower
ful.
It
was
110
.6 m
(3
63
ft)
hig
h w
ith
the
Ap
ollo
sp
acec
raft
on
top
and
wei
gh
ed 2
,90
3 to
nn
es
(6.4
mill
ion
lb) o
n th
e la
un
chp
ad. S
atu
rn V
had a lift‑off thrust
of 3
,447
ton
nes
(7
.6 m
illio
n lb
). T
he
first Saturn V was
lau
nch
ed in
196
7 an
d th
e 13
th, a
nd
last
, took off in 1973.
Su
bm
arin
e 2
6,5
00
,00
0 k
g
On
23 S
ep 1
980
, NA
TO a
nn
oun
ced
the
lau
nch
of the first of Russia’s 941 Akula‑class
sub
mar
ines
(des
ign
ated
“Ty
ph
oon”
by
NA
TO) a
t a
secr
et c
over
ed s
hip
yard
on
the
Wh
ite
Sea
. Th
e ve
ssel
s w
ere
rep
orte
d to
h
ave
a d
ived
dis
pla
cem
ent
of 2
6,5
00
ton
nes
(5
8.4
22
mill
ion
lb) a
nd
mea
sure
171
.5 m
(56
2 ft
8
in) o
vera
ll. F
or m
ore
info
rmat
ion
, see
p.2
11.
Bla
ck h
ole
7.9
x 10
40 k
g
In 2
00
9, a
stro
nom
ers
usi
ng
NA
SA
’s S
wif
t g
amm
a-ra
y sp
ace
tele
scop
e m
easu
red
the
mas
s of
th
e su
per
mas
sive
bla
ck h
ole
at t
he
cen
tre
of t
he
qu
asar
S5
00
14+
81,
bas
ed o
n it
s ex
trem
e lu
min
osit
y. T
he
resu
ltin
g m
ass
of a
rou
nd
40
bill
ion
sola
r m
asse
s m
akes
th
is b
lack
hol
e ap
pro
xim
atel
y 10
,00
0 t
imes
m
ore
mas
sive
th
an t
he
sup
erm
assi
ve b
lack
h
ole
at t
he
cen
tre
of t
he
Milk
y W
ay g
alax
y.
According to Off‑H
ighw
ay Research, the
hea
vies
t m
ach
ine
cap
able
of m
ovin
g un
der i
ts o
wn
pow
er is
th
e 14
,196
-ton
ne
(31.
3-m
illio
n-l
b) B
agg
er 2
93 b
uck
et-w
hee
l ex
cava
tor,
an e
arth
-mov
ing
mac
hin
e m
ade
by T
AK
RA
F of
Lei
pzig
, Ger
man
y. E
mpl
oyed
in
an
open
-cas
t co
al m
ine
in t
he
Ger
man
st
ate
of N
orth
Rh
ine-
Wes
tph
alia
, it i
s 22
0 m
(7
22 f
t) lo
ng
and
94.5
m (3
10 f
t) t
all a
t its
ap
ex. I
t is
capa
ble
of s
hift
ing
240
,00
0 m
³ (8
.475
mill
ion
cu f
t) o
f ea
rth
per
day
.
Lan
d ve
hic
le
14,1
96
,00
0 k
g
Jon
Brower Minnoch (USA, 194
1–83) h
ad suffered
from
ob
esit
y si
nce
ch
ildh
ood
. He
was
6 f
t 1
in (1
85
cm)
tall
and
wei
ghed
392
lb (1
78 k
g; 2
8 st
) in
196
3, r
isin
g to
70
0 lb
(317
kg;
50
st)
in 1
966
and
975
lb (4
42 k
g; 6
9 st
9
lb) i
n S
ep 1
976
. In
Mar
197
8, M
inn
och
was
ad
mit
ted
to U
niv
ersi
ty H
osp
ital
in S
eatt
le, U
SA
, wh
ere
con
sult
ant
end
ocri
nol
ogis
t D
r R
ober
t S
chw
artz
ca
lcul
ated
th
at h
e m
ust h
ave
wei
ghed
mor
e th
an 1
,40
0 lb
(63
5 kg
; 10
0 s
t). M
uch
of t
his
was
wat
er a
ccum
ulat
ion
owin
g to
his
co
nge
stiv
e h
eart
fai
lure
.
Man
(eve
r)
63
5 kg
