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What is the longest thing in the universe? Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/AhSharkee Facebook Facebook.com/AhSharkee Links and References: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/08/there-limit-how-tall-buildings-can-get/2963/ (Is There a Limit to How Tall Buildings Can Get?) http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buildings (Tallest 100 Buildings) http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30930513 (Lift me higher: Building the world's tallest lift) http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2006/02/x-seed-4000/ (X-seed 4000) http://www.citylab.com/design/2012/07/behold-worlds-tallest-concept-building-course-was-never-built/2649/ (the World's Tallest Concept Building) http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/burj-khalifa-design-secrets-to-help-birth-towers-twice-as-tall-2012-09-02-1.473657 (Burj Khalifa design secrets to help birth towers twice as tall) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30doxJOo324 (What is the main limiting factor that may prevent humanity creating a mile-high tower?) http://www.ctbuh.org/AboutCTBUH/History/MeasuringTall/tabid/1320/language/en-US/Default.aspx (Height: The History of Measuring Tall Buildings) http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-pipelines-oil/ (Longest pipelines – oil) https://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/facts/how-long.htm (How long is the Great Wall?) https://press.cern/backgrounders/facts-figures (Large Hadron Collider Facts) http://science.howstuffworks.com/space-elevator.htm (How a space elevator works) http://www.spaceward.org/documents/papers/SEFC.pdf (The Space Elevator Feasibility Condition) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGfmU4eZA-w (The Physics of Space Elevators) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8CpnKBnPC0 (Markus Landgraf – mission analyst at the European Space Agency – discusses the Space Elevator) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn401995z (Growth of Half-Meter Long Carbon Nanotubes Based on Schulz–Flory Distribution) http://spie.org/newsroom/5713-synthesizing-carbon-nanothreads-from-benzene (Synthesizing carbon nanothreads from benzene) http://www.iflscience.com/technology/super-strong-diamond-nano-thread-could-make-your-carbon-nanotubes-dreams-reality/ (Super-Strong Diamond Nanothread Has People Dreaming Of A Space Elevator) https://www.technologyreview.com/s/536171/physicists-describe-new-class-of-dyson-sphere/https://www.technologyreview.com/s/536171/physicists-describe-new-class-of-dyson-sphere/ (Physicists Describe New Class of Dyson Sphere) http://scitechdaily.com/habitable-zones-near-red-dwarf-stars-smaller-previously-thought/ (Habitable Zones Near Red Dwarf Stars Smaller than Previously Thought) https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1112/1112.5519.pdf (Dyson Sphere of Highly Advanced Civilizations Around a Super Massive Black Hole) http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Cosmic_strings (cosmic strings) https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9411342 (cosmic strings) http://www.space.com/9315-cracks-universe-physicists-search-cosmic-strings.html (Cracks in the Universe: Physicists Search for Cosmic Strings) http://www.ligo.org/science/Publication-S5S6CosmicStrings/flyer.pdf (Do cosmic strings exist?) Footage and image credits can be found in the below link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_u-XrxOKqVd9TU8jx9mWQzmxCyclaRmb5kD3tg8CRqQ/edit?usp=sharing