If the record is confirmed, an 18 ft diameter hollowed out golf ball will be constructed to sit atop the tee, from where golfers will be able to tee off.

CNN: February 5, 2013 -- Updated 1840 GMT (0240 HKT)

That changed in the mid-1980s, when microscopic sieves--spread throughout steel tubes 30 feet long and 4 to 5 inches in diameter--were developed to filter out undesirable elements before the whey is dried to a powder for use in food manufacturing.

FORBES: Making Whey

That changed in the mid-1980s, when microscopic sieves--spread throughout steel tubes that are 10 meters long and 10 to 12 centimeters in diameter--were developed to filter out undesirable elements before the whey was dried to a powder for use in food manufacturing.

FORBES: Making Whey

And at the highest level one follower succeeded in straightening the noodles out, discovering in his cup eight strands 2mm in diameter and measuring 40cm (16 inches), evidently extruded with perfect uniformity, and cut into perfect lengths.

ECONOMIST: Momofuku Ando

Forty-two radio dishes, each 20 feet in diameter, were powered up on Oct. 11, to scope out galaxies, black holes, and--maybe, just maybe--alien civilizations.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Dr Chatterjee therefore suggests that an object 40km in diameter hit the Earth off the coast of India and forced vast quantities of lava out of the Deccan Traps.

ECONOMIST: Mass extinctions