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Started by Hans van der Maarel , Mar 03 2005 03:34 PM

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Posted 03 March 2005 - 03:34 PM

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Absolutely amazing work here.
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Posted 03 March 2005 - 05:26 PM

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Impressive work. I wonder what the world record is for the largest globe ever made?


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Posted 04 March 2005 - 02:34 AM

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Well... according to the Guinness Book of World Records, it's a 41-feet revolving globe produced by Delorme (Yarmouth, Maine) in 1998. It weighed in at 6000 lbs.

see here (Guinness World Records site)

That's pretty darn big...
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