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A giant balloon of the famed novel character Gulliver, certified ...

Wed Dec 23, 5:37 AM ET

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A giant balloon of the famed novel character Gulliver, certified by the Guinness World Records as the world's largest inflatable sculpture, is inflated, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Square in Taipei, Taiwan. The hollow exhibition, on display from Dec. 24 through Jan. 3, 2010, provides children opportunities to explore the structure of human organs. The giant balloon is 60m (195 feet) long and 7m (22 feet) tall when lying down, weighing 12 tons.

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