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It's the largest machine that humans have ever built. But there are plans for even larger machines. One, a whopping 50-mile-long circular particle accelerator with energy collisions nearly 10 ...

The world's largest land vehicle is a true engineering marvel. Weighing an astounding thousand tons, this colossal machine is used in mining to move enormous amounts of earth. With its massive size ...

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Out of this came the design for the world's largest soda vending machine. The "Vending in a box" (VIB) holds 1,560 cans of soda, about three times more than the largest commercial machine available.

China's largest shield tunneling machine cutter head, with a record-breaking diameter of 16.64 meters, descended at the ...