Sangent » canada http://www.nerdnirvana.org Something new every hour Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 World’s Largest Easter Egg http://www.nerdnirvana.org/2012/02/05/worlds-largest-easter-egg/ http://www.nerdnirvana.org/2012/02/05/worlds-largest-easter-egg/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:05 +0000 Sang http://www.nerdnirvana.org/?p=71210 Vegreville, Canada is the site of the largest Easter egg in the world. The Easter egg or Ukranian ‘Pysanka,’ was constructed in 1975 to commemorate early Ukranian settlements in an area east of Edmonton. Thousands of tourists from around the world visit Vegreville annually and marvel at the Pysanka.

Some facts:

- Egg Width: 25.7 feet (7.8 m)
- Egg Height: 18.3 feet (5.6 m)
- Total Height: 31.6 feet (9.6 m)
- Weight: 5,000 pounds (2 267 kg)

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