Recently, Johan Dippenaar, chief executive of Petra Diamonds Ltd. said in a statement that a 507.55-carat diamond (the size of a chicken egg) has been found at South Africa’s Cullinan mine. The diamond was one of the biggest diamonds ever found.
Here are some of the world’s biggest/largest diamonds:
1. The Incomparable – At 890 carats, this rough diamond was a hit when discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Forget about 5-star hotels. Don’t even think of 6-star hotels. For hotels to be considered as one of the world’s best luxury hotels, they must be rated 7-stars! Seven-stars rating seems to be the norm nowadays, with new hotels aiming to be part of the best-of-the-best hotels list. So which hotels made it to the “World’s Most Luxurious Hotels” rankings (existing and under-construction)? No, not the Ice Hotel in Japan and no weird hotels included in the list even.
1. Morgan Plaza Beijing (now called Pangu Plaza 7-Star Hotel, under-construction) – Morgan Plaza is a super-luxury 7 star hotel under construction in Beijing, China. The plaza will contain two pavilions, a temple, a Japanese restaurant and a 600 meter long corridor.
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Who holds the record of the heaviest newborn baby in the world? The record belongs to an American infant born in 1879. The baby boy weighed 23 pounds, 12 ounces. But he died a few hours after being born.
There are still other babies born heavy. The recent one is a 19.2-lb baby boy born from an Indonesian woman. The baby is now the heaviest/biggest newborn baby recorded in the country.
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A song called “Nobody But You” (but people call it “Nobody, Nobody But You”) was popularized by an all-girl Korean group, the Wonder Girls. The song is getting so much attention and popularity in Southeast Asia that everyone is addicted to it and wants to dance with the music. Even robots dance to “Nobody, Nobody But You”. Wanna learn the dance steps?
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The biggest library in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is the Library of Congress found in the United States. The judgment was based on the shelf space that the library collection occupies. The Library of Congress occupies a space of about 850 km (530 miles) for its 150 million item collections.
Library of Congress – World’s biggest library
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