3. USA – 325,400,000 population
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2. India – 1,352,600,000 population
Science & Technology
Biggest Ships of all time
3. Pierre Guillaumat – Length: 414 metres (1,358 ft) Pierre Guillaumat was a supertanker, named after the French politician and founder of Elf Aquitaine oil industry, Pierre Guillaumat. The vessel was completed and put in service in 1977. Because of her gigantic proportions the utility of Pierre Guillaumat was very limited. She couldn’t pass through either the Panama or Suez canals. Because of her draft, she could enter a minimal number of ports in the world, and was therefore moored on offshore rigs, and oil terminals like Antifer and after off-loading to reduce her draft, at Europoort. Learn more about the Pierre Guillaumat 2. Seawise Giant/Knock Nevis/Jahre Viking – Length: 458 metres (1,502 ft) Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and Mont, was […]
Food & Drink
Largest Fast Food Chains
3. Starbucks (USA) – 29,324 restaurants Starbucks first became profitable in Seattle in the early 1980s. Despite an initial economic downturn with its expansion into the Midwest and British Columbia in the late 1980s, the company experienced revitalized prosperity with its entry into California in the early 1990s. The first Starbucks location outside North America opened in Tokyo in 1996; overseas properties now constitute almost one-third of its stores. The company opened an average of two new locations daily between 1987 and 2007. Learn more about Starbucks 2. McDonalds (USA) – 37,200 restaurants McDonald’s was founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business […]
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Biggest Solar system objects
3. Saturn (Planet) – 120,536 km diameter Learn more about Saturn 2. Jupiter (Planet) – 142,984 km diameter Learn more about Jupiter 1. Sun (Star) – 1,392,000 km diameter Learn more about the Sun << 1 2 3
