Tuber magnatum pound ($2200–$4800 per kg); as of December 2009 they were being sold at $14,203.50 per kilogram. In November 1999, what was then the largest truffle in the world was found near Buje, Croatia. The truffle weighed and was entered in the "Guinness Book of Records". The record price paid for a single white truffle was set in December 2007, when Macau casino owner Stanley Ho paid $330,000 (£165,000) for a specimen weighing . One of the largest truffles found in decades, it was unearthed near Pisa, Italy, and sold at an auction held simultaneously in Macau, Hong Kong, and Florence.
NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler (S 250) Baltimore, Maryland. NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler (S 250) NOAAS "Ferdinand R. Hassler" (S 250) is a coastal mapping vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Commissioned on 8 June 2012, "Ferdinand R. Hassler" is one of the newest additions to the NOAA hydrographic charting fleet. Operating from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, the ship's primary mission is hydrographic survey in support of NOAA’s nautical charting mission. The ship's home port is New Castle, New Hampshire. On 8 May 2015, "Ferdinand R. Hassler" completed a US$1 million overhaul at the United States Coast Guard Yard at Curtis