Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Largest Ships Ever

Seawise Giant - 1,504 ft in length



Batillus Class - 1.359 ft. in length

Quantum of the Seas - 1,139 ft. in length

Valemax - 1,188 ft. in length

Oasis of the Seas - 1,181 ft. in length


The iconic RMS Titanic - 882 ft. in length

Queen Mary 2 - 1,132 ft. in length

USS Enterprise - 1,122 ft. in length

TI Class - 1,247 ft. in length

Pioneering Spirit - 1,253 ft. in length

Esso Pacific - 1,339 ft. in length

Iowa Class Battleship - 890 ft. in length

MS Freedom of the Seas - 1,112 ft. in length

MS Independence of the Seas - 1,112 ft. in length

MS Liberty of the Seas - 1,111 ft. in length


Anthem of the Seas - 1,142 ft. in length


CSCL Globe - 1,311 ft. in length






The Longest Bridges on Earth

Runyang Yangtze River Bridge - 22.16 miles long

Tianjin Grand Bridge - 70.6 miles long

Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge - 49.5 miles long

Bang Na Expressway Bridge - 34 miles long

Beijing Grand Bridge - 29 miles long

Chesapeake Bay Bridge - 23 miles long

Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge - 102.4 miles long

Hangzhou Bay Bridge - 22 miles long

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway - 23.83 miles long

Louisiana Highway 1 Bridge - 18 miles long

Manchac Swamp Bridge - 22.80 miles long

Donghai Bridge - 20.2 miles long

Monday, June 22, 2015

The Loudest Things

NHRA Dragsters - 155 to 160 decibels

Rock Concert Speakers - 135 to 145 decibels


LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) - 150 decibels


Space Shuttle Launch - 165 to 170 decibels

Tunguska Meteor (Loudest Event in Earth Known, equivalent to a 1000 Megatons of TNT explosion)- 300 to 315 decibels

Krakatoa Volcanic Eruption - 180 decibels

Loudest Gunfires - 145 to 155 decibels

1 Ton of TNT Bomb Explosion - 210 decibels

5.0 Richter Earthquake - 235 decibels

The Blue Whale Sound - 188 decibels

Fireworks - 145 to 150 decibels






Sunday, June 21, 2015

List of Significant and Deadliest Wars

World War 2 - 85 million deaths

The Three Kingdoms War - 40 million deaths

Vietnam War - 3.8 million deaths

World War 1 - 17 million deaths

Siege of Jerusalem - 1.1 million deaths

Taiping Rebellion - 20 million deaths

Thirty Years' War - 11.5 million deaths

Dungan Revolt - 10 million deaths

French Wars of Religion - 4 million deaths

Gulf War - 1 million deaths

Korean War - 1.2 million deaths

Mexican Revolution - 2 million deaths

Mongol Invasions and Conquests - 70 million deaths

Napoleonic Wars - 6 million deaths

Russian Civil War - 9 million deaths

Second Sino-Japanese War - 20 million deaths

Seven Years' War - 1.4 million deaths

An Lushan Rebellion - 13 million deaths

Chinese Civil War - 7.5 million deaths

Conquests of Mehmed II the Conqueror - 873,000 deaths

The American Civil War - 618,000 deaths