July Fourth fireworks in Washington: What's different for America's 250th?

Dozens of technicians will fire off about 851,000 fireworks on July Fourth, aiming to break a world record in what organizers ...
UPI

World's largest soccer ball on display in Massachusetts

June 15 (UPI) --The Massachusetts Port Authority officially broke a Guinness World Record by creating a soccer ball measuring 47.9 feet in diameter. The soccer ball, installed in Piers Park II in East ...
WNDU

World’s largest steam locomotive draws thousands to Argos

ARGOS, Ind. (WNDU) - Thousands of people gathered in Argos on Friday afternoon to see the world’s largest operating steam locomotive. Union Pacific Big Boy number 4014, a 132-foot-long train weighing ...
PBS

SpaceX plans to raise up to $75 billion in an IPO that would be the largest ever and could make Elon Musk a trillionaire

NEW YORK (AP) — SpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month, setting the stage for the largest-ever stock market debut and putting Elon Musk on course to becoming ...
Wall Street Journal

How Supervoting Shares Tighten Musk’s Iron Grip on SpaceX

Elon Musk holds so much power at SpaceX that it is nearly impossible to fire him or make other significant corporate changes without his support. That isn’t going to change for investors in the ...
CNBC

Americans are leaving the U.S. in record numbers and spending hundreds to learn how to do it

Last weekend Jesse Derr and his wife, Jess Yeastadt, made the five-hour drive from their home in Phoenix to the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego. On the agenda for their weekend trip: learn how to move to ...
Yahoo

Largest spring flower display in Wisconsin blooms just in time for Mother’s Day

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials with the Green Bay Botanical Garden say the largest display of spring flowers in Wisconsin are ...
FOX5 Las Vegas

Las Vegas to celebrate America’s birthday with nation’s largest fireworks display

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Las Vegas will celebrate America’s 250th birthday with the nation’s largest display of fireworks, according to a new announcement from the LVCVA. The shows are scheduled to begin at ...
Reuters

London Marathon breaks record for largest number of finishers

LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - The London Marathon broke the record for the highest number of finishers in a marathon, with 59,830 ‌participants completing the course to surpass the mark of 59,226 at ...
Microsoft

Accenture is rolling out Copilot to a workforce the size of Denver. Here’s how they’re doing it.

Deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot to 20,000 employees might sound like a big undertaking, but Accenture was just getting started. The global professional services firm is rolling out Copilot across its ...
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Glocester research lab home to world’s largest fire sprinkler display

GLOCESTER, R.I. (WPRI) — A Johnston-based commercial property insurer’s research laboratory is now home to the world’s largest display of fire sprinklers. FM announced last week that it earned the ...
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World’s largest dinosaur goes on display in Peterborough Cathedral

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