17 Things That Are Much Bigger Than We Thought

Alice in Wonderland syndrome occurs when objects around us appear much smaller or larger than they really are. But in reality, some things are so gigantic that when we’re around them, we can’t help but feel awkward and end up asking ourselves: have I turned into Alice?

O awesome.club found some objects that surprise by the size. Want to see? Then keep reading our post.

We are used to seeing traffic lights from afar, which makes them appear relatively small. But in reality, a traffic light is comparable in size to the height of a child.

Few people know, for example, that the famous painting by the Russian artist Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin stands out for its size: 160×186 cm.

This excavator, the ERSHR-7000 is a true giant in the world of excavating machines. She is responsible for lifting the top layer of the earth prior to mineral extraction. It has a total of 16 blades, which are capable of processing 7,000 cubic meters of material in one hour. In addition, it “walks” at a speed of 120 m/h.

Anyone who was in Moscow for the Cup must have seen these famous stars. They are in the Kremlin towers and appear to be the same when seen from the ground. But in reality the size of each one of them depends on the architecture and the height of the tower. The smallest star is on the Vodovzvodnaya Tower: the distance between the ends of its rays is 3 m. As for the size of the stars on the Borovitskaya and Troitskaya towers, they are 3.2 and 3.5 m, respectively. The biggest stars are on the Spasskaya and Nikolskaya towers: their radius is 3.75 m.

This plant, Amorphophallus titanum, exhibited at the Franklin Zoo, in Boston (USA), has one of the largest flowers in the world (it grows to 3 meters in height) and a smell reminiscent of rotten meat. These flowers used to grow in the forests of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, but now they are found in botanical gardens around the world.

Those big yellow things are wild honey. In Nepal, “worker bees” are twice as large as European ones. They live at an altitude of 1.2 to 4 thousand meters above sea level. The hives are around 1.2 m wide and 1.5 m long.

The largest mosquito in the world, with a wingspan of more than 11 cm, was captured in China, and belongs to the species Holorusia mikado. Typically, representatives of the species are half that size. Despite their frightening appearance, they do not feed on blood.

The Allure of the Seas cruise is one of the largest passenger vessels in the world. The total height of the ship, up to the upper edge of the chimney, is 72 meters, with a length of 360 meters. It can accommodate a total of 6,400 passengers and over 2,000 crew.

This is the tire measuring more than 4 meters that the Japanese company Bridgestone uses on the largest mining truck in the world. Its weight is almost 6 tons.

During a Sunday walk along a beach in Hawaii, Pamela Van, a resident of the islands of the American archipelago, found an avocado that weighed 2.37 kg. Prior to that, the largest such fruit ever found weighed 1.8 kg.

The most extensive pool in the world is in Chile, specifically in San Alfonso del Mar, just over 100 kilometers from Santiago. The pool has 250,000 cubic meters of sea water. It is over 1 km long and 3.5 m deep. The water temperature is 26°C (that is, 9°C more than the ocean).

The largest nut in the world grows on the Seychelles palm tree. It is known as sea coconut (Coco de mer), nut from Maldives or Seychelles, Indian islands. The contour of this “seed” reaches almost 1 meter, its length is more than 1.5 m, and the weight is around 25 kg.

That barrel contains 204,574 liters of wine. Now pay attention: in the cellars of Cape Town, South Africa, there are 5 similar barrels, and the largest one has a capacity of 207,302 liters of wine.

A sequoia named “General Sherman” is located in Sequoia National Park, in the United States. This is the largest living being on the planet. The height of the tree is more than 83 m, the circumference of the trunk is more than 24 m, and the circumference of the crown is 33 m.

This is the anchor chain of the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship, which made a voyage around the world with 5,000 passengers on board. If one of these links were cut, the diameter of the cut would be 8 to 12 centimeters.

It couldn’t be anywhere other than Holland. The Fietsflat car park, in front of Amsterdam Central Station, can accommodate 2,500 bicycles, and has 4 levels. Still, it’s pretty hard to find a free spot.

For a change, we’ve included one of the smallest urban monuments in the world on our list. The height of “Chizhika-Pyzhik” in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is 11 cm, with a weight of approximately 5 kg.

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