Largest brick
The largest brick measured 2.94 m (9 ft 8 in) long and 0.99 m (3 ft 3 in) tall and wide. The clay brick was made by ACME Brick in Denton, Texas, USA, and was measured on 4 July 2007. Nearly 3,000 times the size of standard brick.
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Largest bubblegum mosaic
The largest mosaic of wrapped bubblegums measured 19.4 m² (209 ft²) and was created by TBWA Digerati and ID Productions in association with SABC 1 and Cadbury’s Chappies in Johannesburg, South Africa on 17 August 2004. The mosaic, which took five days to complete, was made of approximately 100,000 Chappies bubblegums and was a portrait of Nelson Mandela.
Largest bubblegum bubble blown – nose
Joyce Samuels of Louisville, Kentucky, USA blew from her nose a bubblegum bubble with a diameter of 27.94 cm. (11 in.) on the set of Guinness World Records: Primetime, Los Angeles, USA on 10 November 2000. Joyce, who has been chewing gum since she was 12 years old, began putting the gum on her nose to blow bubbles for entertaining her children. She pre-chews the gum for at least an hour to get the sugar out, before making it into a rectangle shape with her Continue reading →
Largest bubblegum bubble blown
Chad Fell (USA) blew a bubblegum bubble with a diameter of 50.8 cm (20 in) without using his hands at the Double Springs High School, Winston County, Alabama, USA on 24 April 2004.
Largest buffet
The largest buffet consisted of 5,612 different dishes in an event organised by the Art of Living Foundation (India) at Sri Sri Dham, Ahmedabad, India, on 2 November 2010. The food was prepared by Sri Sri Ayurveda Cooker Club for a large crowd.
Largest Buddhist temple
The largest Buddhist temple in the world is Borobudur, near Yogyakarta, central Java, Indonesia, built between AD 750 and 842. The 60,000 m³- (2,118,880 ft³-) stone structure is 34.5 m (113 ft) tall and its base measures 123 x 123 m (403 x 403 ft). In 1991, Borobudur was added to UNESCO’s World Hertiage list.
Largest bunch of bananas
The largest bunch of bananas, containing 473 individual bananas, was grown by Kabana SA and Tecorone SL (Spain) on the island of El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain and weighed 130 kg (287 lb) on 11 July 2001. It was harvested at the jointly owned Finca Experimental de las Calmas, a projected 160-ha (395.3-acre) farm with 5 ha (12.3 acre) already devoted to bananas and is the result of a 30-year project by several farmers to develop a desert area of the island into a tropical Continue reading →
Largest bugle ensemble
The largest bugle ensemble involved 674 participants at an event sponsored by Bugles Across America (USA) between Elmira and Bath in New York State, United States, on 21 May 2005.
Largest burrowing mammal
The largest burrowing mammal is the wombat (Vombatus ursinus) of Australia and Tasmania. These squat, bear-like creatures can measure up to 1.2 m (4 ft) and weigh up to 35 kg (77 lb). Their backwards-opening pouch, large paws and strong claws assist them in digging burrows, which can be up to 20 m (65 ft) long and 2 m (6 ft) below ground, with inter-connecting tunnels. http://www.pbs.org/edens/tasmania/featured.html http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wildlife/mammals/wombat.html http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/marsupial/Wombatcoloring.shtml
Largest burrito
The largest burrito weighed 5,799.44 kg (12,785.576 lbs) and was achieved by CANIRAC La Paz, in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, on 3 November 2010. The burrito was made from one single flour tortilla which weighed over 2 tonnes and measured 2.4 km. The filling was fish with onion, chile and refried beans – typical to the region of Baja California Sur. 54 restaurants took part and in total there were around 3000 volunteers. The machine used to roll out the tortilla was specially Continue reading →