According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
MONSTROSITY
monstrosity
(noun) something hideous or frightful; “they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity”
freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae
(noun) a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
monstrosity (plural monstrosities)
An organism showing abnormal development or deformity.
A monstrous thing, person or act.
The state of being monstrous.
Source: Wiktionary
Mon*stros"i*ty, n.; pl. Monstrosities. Etym: [Cf. F. monstruosité. See Monstrous.]
Definition: The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster. South. A monstrosity never changes the name or affects the immutability of a species. Adanson (Trans. ).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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