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Smallest Snowman Ever

Posted December 23, 2009 9:12 AM

From Discovery News - Top Stories:

Just in time for the holiday blizzards, a little piece of nano-engineering to amuse snowbound citizens. David Cox, a scientist in the Quantum Detection group at the National Physical Laboratory in the United Kingdom has built the world's smallest snowman. Its head and body are made from two tiny beads welded together with a speck of platinum. He used a beam of ions to carve out the eyes and smile. A small blob of platinum makes up the nose.

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12/24/2009 5:24 AM

What was the world's largest snowman?



Take 9,000,000 pounds of snow, two 4 foot wreathes to use as eyes, 6 feet of chicken wire and muslin for the carrot nose, 6 automobile tires as the mouth, a 20 foot fleece hat, a 120 foot fleece scarf, 3 more tires for the buttons and two 10 foot trees for the arms, assemble, and you have the world's largest snowman.

The snowman went by the name of Angus and was built in Bethel, Maine in 1999. He officially melted on June 10, 1999.

Angus was a mountain of a snowman, measuring 113 feet 7 inches tall.


Angus, King of the Mountain

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12/24/2009 10:50 AM

Wow, very impressive!

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12/24/2009 7:46 AM

Sorry but a snowman is made from snow not beads and platinum. Try again!

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12/24/2009 10:31 AM

Oh, come on! Don't be a Grinch!

Ya never had a Snowman Cookie?

A 'Snowman' is just a 'Snowboy', all grown up!

I'll give you, it is not a real 'Snowman', but tis the season. I think it's pretty cool. Looks like a real time sink, though, for a limited return. Of course, what is the return on a series of balls made of snow, each approx 50% smaller diameter than the lower order, stacked upon one another?

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