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Thursday, October 3, 2013

The World's Biggest Dump Truck Can Haul a Staggering 500 Tons

What looks like a small apartment complex is actually the biggest vehicle man has ever dared to put on eight wheels. Designed and built by a Belarusian company called BelAZ, the 75710 (come on, you couldn't have thrown the word mega in there?) itself weighs almost 900 tons, and can haul close to 500 tons of mined rock.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Happy Birthday (and RIP) to Disney World's Best Ride Ever

On October 1, 1983 the greatest ride to ever appear at Walt Disney World opened to the public. They called it Horizons.

The World's Biggest Telescope Is Finally Online

With the arrival of the 54th—and final—12-meter wide radio telescope, the single largest astronomical project humanity has ever under taken can finally begin peering into the heavens at full strength.