World's smallest man | Chinese short man who measures only 2ft 6in

The man, 40, who measures only 2ft 6in and is bidding for title of world's smallest man.

A 40-year-old Chinese man who measures only 2ft 6in (76cm) is bidding for the title of the world's smallest man.

Following the death of the former record-holder earlier this year, Huang Kaiquan, from Hejiang County, Sichuan province, has stepped forward hoping to claim the record.

He Pingping was the world's smallest man until his death in March this year at the age of just 21.

Huang Kaiquan, who is only 2ft 5.91in and pictured here with mother Cheng Fuxiu, is bidding for the title of world's smallest man


Huang, or 'short brother' as he is known locally, is only 1.4cm taller than Pingping.

The 40-year-old, who weighs just 26 lb (12kg), the same as a three-year-old, is now hoping to claim the record.

According to his mother Cheng Fuxiu, Huang was born in February 1970. He is the second child and only son and all the other family members are of normal height.

Huang may never have a normal life but he takes consolation from the fact that even at 40 his mother can still pick him up for a cuddle.

He said: 'My mother always picked me up when I was little and as I'm still little she can still manage it.

'All my friends grew too big to be picked up, but I never grow any bigger which means that every day I can still get a cuddle from my mum.

'People have always mistaken me for a toddler because of my height - and now I'm going bald I look even more like a baby,' he joked.

Luxury cat hotel open in hertfordshire

Luxury Cat Hotel now open in Hertfordshire, you can rest assured your cat will have a nicer holiday than you, the next time you go on vacation.

Abi and Matt Purser, the owners of this five-star pet hotel, have always believed cats deserve the same attention and care as their owners, and that’s how the idea for their business was born. Now, while their human owners are getting pampered on some exotic island, their cat enjoys the same star treatment at the Luxury Cat Hotel.

Featuring six differently-themed chalets, built with only state-of-the-art materials, each with its own bedroom and exercise area, this hotel promises to take better care of your cat than everyone else (probably even you). The lucky felines enjoy relaxing Jazz and Classical music (which is constantly changed to keep the animals from getting bored) from a 5,000-pound sound system, drink oxygenated water from porcelain water fountains and are entertained by birds flying in bird-houses right outside the cats’ chalets.

As far as food is concerned, Abi and Matt Purser have really outdone themselves. If you opt for the “A La Cat” menu, your furball will feast on delicacies like poached salmon, tiger prawns or steamed white fish, all served on sliver platters and bone china plates. The Grooming Pamper Package include various massages, delicate treatments for ears and eyes, and a shrine. The owners are also getting ready to install a machine that blows out catnip flavored bubbles that will keep the cats active.

And if the owners wondering how their pet is doing at the Luxury Cat Hotel, while they are are away, they are kept in the loop with postcards and photos of their cat on her very own holiday.

Worlds largest tent khan shatyr | Biggest tent on our planet

This is Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center located in Astana. It is the biggest tent on our planet that became a sensation in the architecture world since the capital of Kazakhstan has a difficult environment to build such a brave project. The new center is 150 meters tall with 100,000 square meters of striking beauty.

Finest stone sculptures that ever seen before

The monsoon of indian sub-continent 2010

Children swim in a water-logged street in Kolkata, India


Indian farmers plant paddy seedlings in a field on the outskirts of Hyderabad. India, the second-biggest producer of rice, wheat and sugar, may have ?bumper? harvests because of good rainfall, Farm Minister Sharad Pawar said


Children play on a flooded street in Kolkata


Children enjoy the monsoon rain in Mayong, a village about 45 km from Guwahati, northeast India


Indian police and civilians take shelter at a bus terminal in Srinagar, Kashmir


Commuters ride through a waterlogged street in the rain in Jammu, India


People run in the rain in Jammu, India


Monsoon clouds hover over workers at a Metro rail construction site in New Delhi


A commuter wears a plastic bag over his head as he rides his scooter through a waterlogged street following a downpour in Amritsar


A woman pushes a wheelchair carrying her disabled daughter as they cross a flooded street in Lahore, Pakistan


People wade through flood waters in Lahore


Commuters walk along a flooded road in Lahore


A man pushes a bicycle along a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Lahore


A man pushes his handcart through a flooded street in Lahore


A vendor pushes his cart with children through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rainfall in Lahore


Commuters travel during rain in Karachi, Pakistan


Heavy vehicles line up in a traffic jam on Prithvi Highway near Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, after a landslide caused by monsoon rains

World’s biggest stuff pictures

The photos in this post are some world’s biggest stuff.

Although many of these things are totally useless, other than to have your picture taken with, they are very interesting.

Most represent real life items that are simply hugely oversized.

World’s Largest Cheesecake

On 25 January 2009, in Mexico City, Mexico, Philadelphia of Kraft Foods Mexico was recognized by Guinness World Records™ as the creator of the largest cheesecake ever made.

The colossal confectionery weighed 2,133.5 kg, had a diameter of 2.5 m and was 56 cm tall.

The recipe for the world’s largest cheesecake included 800 kg of Philadelphia cream cheese, 800 kg of yogurt, 350 kg of cookies, 250 kg of sugar, 150 kg of butter and 100 kg of strawberries, along with other ingredients.

World’s Largest Plate of Hummus

Hummus is a dish that often finds different varieties depending on the creator, but is normally made from mashed up chickpeas, sesame paste, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic.

While eaten for centuries, the exact origin seems to be unknown.

Lebanon decided to take things into their own hands, and with the collaboration of some 300 chefs, they filled a massive ceramic plate of hummus in downtown Beirut. The final 4,532 lb. Dish utilized 2,976 pounds of mashed chickpeas, 106 gallons of lemon juice and 57 pounds of salt.

Shortly after, a representative from the Guiness Book of World Records confirmed their record-breaking dish.

World’s Largest Easter Egg

The Easter egg or Ukrainian ‘Pysanka,’ was constructed in 1975 to commemorate early Ukrainian settlements in an area east of Edmonton.

Professor Resch was responsible for the entire Pysanka concept which required the development of new computer programs.

The Pysanka is really an immense jig-saw puzzle containing 524 star patterns, 2,206 equilateral triangles, 3,512 visible facets, 6,978 nuts and bolts, and 177 internal struts.

World’s Largest Lily

Flaming Red Giant was erected in 1990 by Ralph Korody, as a symbol of community recognition to a pioneer and long time resident of our district, DR. A. J. (Bert) Porter.

This represents one of many varieties developed at Honeywood Nursery. Home town of this flower is Parkside, Saskatchewan.

World’s Largest Thermometer

Will Herron, a businessman, dreamed of a huge thermometer for 25 years before he made it a reality in California’s high desert.

The World’s Largest Thermometer is 134-ft.-tall, symbolic of the record high temperature in the US, in Death Valley — 134 degrees Fahrenheit in 1913.

World’s Largest Motorcycle

The world’s largest motorcycle comes with a $300,000 price tag and stands at 11 feet high and measures 20 feet long.

Created by Greg Dunham, this monster motorcycle could actually drive.

World’s Largest Pool

Already drawing the crowds in the South American resort of San Alfonso del Mar in Chile, this artificial lagoon and swimming pool is eight hectares in size and contains an incredible 250,000 cubic meters of water.

Acknowledged by Guinness World Records as being the world’s largest swimming pool, the lagoon trounces all other record holders in the category, including the Orthlieb pool in Casablanca, Morocco, itself a huge 150 meters by 100 meters – the San Alfonso pool is 1km in length.

World’s Largest Plane

The An-225 is quoted as having a maximum takeoff weight of over 1.3 million pounds.

The FAI gives credit for a slightly lower weight of 1.12 million pounds, the record set by an An-225 in 1989 for the largest mass ever lifted by an airplane to an altitude of 6,500 ft.

The An-225 was originally built to ferry the Soviet Buran space shuttle but it is now used to transport various outsize cargos.

Only one example was ever completed, and it is currently available for charter flights.

The An-225 is a cargo transport only and has never been used as an airliner.

World’s Largest Building

Burj Dubai (Arabic for “Dubai Tower”) is a skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure on Earth other than broadcasting towers.

Construction began on September 21, 2004, and it was expected to be completed and ready for occupation in September 2009.

World’s Largest TV

While Sharp and Panasonic are claiming largest for individual technologies, TecnoVision is having none of it and pitching its 205in screen as the World’s Largest Television full stop.

The Luxio measures a whopping 455x256cm – that’s enough to almost fill an entire wall.

World’s Largest Aquarium

This is one of the world’s biggest fish tanks – so big that it’s even been named the Kuroshio Sea.
Located in the Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa, Japan, the enormous tank is some ten metres deep, 35 metres wide and 27 metres long. It holds a staggering 7,500 tonnes of water – roughly equal to three Olympic-sized swimming pools.

World’s Largest Crayola Crayon

It weighs 1,500 pounds and is 15 feet long.

Apparently, this crayon could draw a line 10 miles long!

Crayola created this monster sized crayon with crayons donated by children to celebrate the company’s 100th birthday!

This is a great story.

World’s Largest Six Pack

It is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

You can’t keep a good roadside attraction down!

The World’s Largest Six-Pack has risen anew.

Once painted in the colors of Heileman’s “Old Style Lager” beer, the six aging tanks that make up the six pack were painted over following the closure of the brewery back in 2001.

World’s Largest Ice Cream Cake

Chinese workers were seen celebrating after they broke the Guinness World Record for the biggest ice-cream cake more than a year ago in Beijing, January 16, 2006.

The cake is 4.8 meters long, 03 meters wide, and 01 meter high, and weighs 8 tons.

It was recognized as the largest ice-cream cake, according to the Guinness World Records.

World’s Largest Cruise Ship

Oasis of the Seas is an Oasis-class cruise ship in the fleet of Royal Caribbean International.

The first of her class, she is expected to be joined by her sister ship Allure of the Seas in December 2010.

Both vessels are expected to cruise the Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She set a new record of carrying over 6,000 passengers.

Oasis of the Seas offers passengers features such as two-story loft suites and luxury suites measuring 1,600 sq ft with balconies overlooking the sea or promenades.

The ship features a zip-line, a casino, a mini-golf course, multiple night clubs, several bars and lounges, a karaoke club, comedy club, four swimming pools, volleyball and basketball courts, theme parks and nurseries for children.

World’s Largest Fountain

The fountains, which has yet to be named, will be capable of shooting water over 150 metres into the air – the height of a 50-storey building – and stretch over 275 metres – the length of two football fields.

The $218 million project will be 25 percent larger than the iconic fountains at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas.

Like the Fountains of Bellagio, Emaar’s fountains will include an integral light and sound show and is expected to become one of Dubai’s major tourist attractions, drawing over 10 million visitors per year.

World’s Largest Golden Nugget

It’s named “Hand of Faith,” it’s the size of a baby, and it weighs almost 62 pounds.

It was found in 1980 by a guy in Australia with a metal detector, who reportedly almost didn’t bother to dig it up because he thought that his machine was faulty.

Hand of Faith was only six inches below the surface.

The Golden Nugget bought it for a million dollars.