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What is the biggest thing in the world?
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#67432. Asked by whitewolf19. (Jun 25 06 2:48 PM)
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ali_pullen3
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the biggest thing people usually think is the blue whale but actually its a fungus. Armillaria ostoyae but, it's known as a honey mushroom. It is found in the National Forest in malheur thats in eatern Oregan.
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zbeckabee
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You may need to wait for Scientists to make up their minds as "There are many difficulties in truly defining the largest organism. A giant fungus of the species Armillaria ostoyae in the Malheur National Forest was found to span 8.9 km² (2200 acres)[1]. Whether or not this is an actual individual organism is disputed: some tests have indicated that they have the same genetic makeup [2], but this does not exclude its being a clonal colony of numerous smaller individuals."
Following Link gives food for thought:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organism
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Babba06
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There are glaciers bigger than this.
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zbeckabee
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Indeed, as is the Pacific Ocean from Question #67412.
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Babba06
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Asia might be bigger than the Pacific as well.
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MyAlias
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Pacific Ocean by far.
Pacific Ocean:Geography
Location: body of water between Antarctica, Asia, Australia, and the
Western Hemisphere
Map references: World
Area:
total area: 165.384 million sq km
comparative area: about 18 times the size of the US; the largest ocean
(followed by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the ArcticOcean);
Covers about one-third of the global surface; larger than the total land area of the world.
note: includes Bali Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Flores Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf ofTonkin, Java Sea, Philippine Sea, Ross Sea, Savu Sea, Sea of Japan,Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, Timor Sea, and othertributary water bodies.
But as I said in question #67412. It Really does not begin or end. Only on a map does it do so.
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gmackematix
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The Earth's mantle? It's certainly bigger by volume or weight than the Pacific Ocean.
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Jubal
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The earth's core, comprised mostly of iron and nickel, may actually weigh more than the mantle. So it may be smaller in surface area, but actually bigger because of how heavy it is.
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MyAlias
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Biggest and thing are certainly two variables that require defining in order to achieve the desired answer the poster is seeking.
Grains of sand would fit as would the Atmosphere, the African Elephant, Blue Whale or number of insects.
How about number of Molecules...Nitrogen.
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dino335
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Donald Trump's ego.
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Arpeggionist
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What about beyond our atmosphere? certainly there are blck holes and other such things much bigger than anything we can imagine. Our sun is a relatively small one, and it is almost 10,000 times bigger than the rest of our solar system combined.
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davejacobs
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How can anything outside our atmosphere be the biggest thing in the world?
Perhaps the questioner was not thinking of anything physical at all, but an idea, such as belief in God.
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helenasykes
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The fungus is the biggest organism but that doesn't necessarily mean it is the biggest 'thing'.
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