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We like to name big things after elephants. If they move ponderously, so much the better.
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73 | HMS Elephant
A fully rigged Arrogant-class ship of the line, Elephant had an array of white bristles on its upper lip and two keratinous plates in its mouth for chewing. It fed mainly on kelp and communicated with sighs and snorting wait that’s Stellar Sea Cow
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74 | Boeing 747 Jumbo
The 747’s tail is high as a six-story building, its wing-span longer than the Wright Brothers first flight. Over its lifespan it has logged the equivalent of over a hundred thousand trips to the moon and back flying 5.6 billion people. A 747-8 Freighter can airlift 9 million 72-hour medical kits, or 122,000 military MREs (Meal Ready to Eat), to a disaster event. On May 24, 1991 as part of Operation Solomon, a 747 cargo-jet picked up 1084 Ethiopian Jews from Addis Ababa and landed in Israel with 1086. (Two babies were born on the way.)
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75 | “Mastodon” Locomotive
The Mastodon was the world's first successful 4-8-0 steam locomotive. In the opening sequence for the 2000 film Thomas and the Magic Railroad, the locomotive Rainbow Sun is portrayed by the only Mastodon still operating. Roger Ebert gave the film one star and wrote, “that Thomas and the Magic Railroad made it into theaters at all is something of a mystery.”
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88 | Oliphant mk1B
A South African version of the British Centurion tank redesigned and rebuilt with Israeli help, it is held to be the finest indigenous tank design on the African continent. It frightens the bejesus out of piglets.
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89 | Martinsyde G.100 Elephant
The Martinsyde G.100 Elephant was a WWI British fighter bomber aircraft. The type gained its name from its extraordinarily large size and its noticeable and profound lack of maneuverability. Unsuccessful as a fighter, the Elephant performed a useful service lugging around bombs.