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20,000 football fans make their way to Wembley Stadium to watch the FA Cup final between Leicester City and Chelsea in the largest post-Covid test event. IMAGES
The world’s largest plate of nachos was presented at an event called ‘Noche of Nachos’, organised with the city of La Cruces and New Mexico Department of Agriculture. A 2,282kg (5,030 lb) plate of tortilla chips, spiced up with lotte cheese, minced meat, vegetables and salsa sauce was served up to locals. 200 portions were donated to a local homeless charity.
The 'Sleeping Lion Pearl' is set to be sold at auction for the first time in 240 years at the Venduehuis in The Hague. Previously owned by Catherine the Great, the pearl had been lost, found, survived the Russian Revolution of 1917 and is now estimated to be worth €540,000.
Skaters glided gracefully across the frozen surface of Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest freshwater lake, taking in the breathtaking winter scenery while skating across huge sheets of ice dozens of feet thick. The frozen Siberian lake offers a perfectly clear view of the lake bottom as the frozen ice is as clear as glass in many places. Ice skating from one end to the other takes about 2 weeks! How would you like to skate on this lake of glass?
What better way is there to ring the fall season than with a good old traditional giant pumpkin contest? One such contest takes place every year in the German city of Ludwigsburg, where farmers from all over Europe roll out the biggest pumpkins you can imagine. 24-year-old Belgian farmer Mathias Willemijns won Ludwigsburg's pumpkin competition on Sunday, with a gourd that weighed in at 1,008 kilograms, or 2,222 pounds.
The Airlander 10 was unveiled this week as the world's largest aircraft. This hybrid airplane, set to give extra comfort to passenger planes, has been compared to Kim Kardashian for its bizarre shape.