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Fun Facts about
The World's Largest Brain


Arlington, Texas (June 15, 2001) -

The World's Largest Brain:

is 100' long x 90' tall x 80' wide.

has 1,200 internal catenary tension lines (2,400 knots!) creating the most highly sculpted hot air balloon ever manufactured.

has a state-of-the-art internal "balloon within a balloon" double-wall construction with a record-setting 50,000 cubic feet of its total 155,000 cubic feet of volume between the inner and outer walls.

has a counter balanced, off-axis of balance, passenger basket hang point.

is anatomically accurate with each of the lobes brightly colored for distinction.

is HUGE. . .

If Abraham Lincoln, on Mount Rushmore, had a brain. . .THE WORLD'S LARGEST BRAIN would be more than five times larger!

If the Statue of Liberty had a brain. . .THE WORLD'S LARGEST BRAIN would be more than seven times larger!

THE WORLD'S LARGEST BRAIN is the size of 3,135,000 human brains. . .more brains than populate Dallas County!






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