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Largest butterfly farm

The world´s largest butterfly farm is on the Malaysian island of Penang. Opened in March 1986, and occupying 0.8 hectares, it includes a breeding centre, garden enclosure, laboratory, and exhibition area, and contains over 4000 living specimens belonging to more than 50 different species.

Largest butterfly

The largest known butterfly is the Queen Alexandra’s birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) of Papua New Guinea. Females may have a wingspan exceeding 28 cm (11 in) and weigh over 25 g (0.9 oz).

Largest busk

The largest busk consisted of 230 artists who played at 100 approved sites for over 2 hour and was organised by the Great Northern Aid Trust as part of their Versus Cancer events in Manchester, UK, on 13th January 2007. At the end of the event all buskers collectively performed the Oasis track Wonderwall with Paul “Bonehead” (Oasisi), Andy Rourke (The Smiths) and Damon Gough (Badly Drawn Boy) in Exchange Square, Manchester, UK.

Largest cabbage dish

The largest cabbage dish is 1,418.3 kg (3,126 lb 13 oz) and was organised by Zoltan Gali (Serbia), in Ada, Serbia, on 2 July 2011. The dish made was ‘sarma’, which is cabbage rolls cooked in a broth. 34 chefs helped prepare the cabbage rolls for the dish under Zoltan Gali’s instruction.

Largest button mosaic

The largest button mosaic measured 392.5 m² (4,224 ft² 118 in²) and was achieved by Fareed Lafta (Iraq), in Dubai, UAE, on 9 March 2013. The mosaic was made of 1,019,078 buttons and the artwork depicted the image of a peace dove with the colours of the UAE flag. The aim of attempting this record was to promote world peace. The mosaic measured 19.2 m in length and 20.4 in width. A team of 150 people lead by Mr Fareed Lafta, a goodwill ambassador and Continue reading →

Largest button down shirt

The largest button down shirt was 65.39 m (214 ft 6 in) long, with a chest of 52.72 m (172 ft 11 in) and sleeves of 23.98 X 15.64 m (78 ft 8 in x 51 ft 3 in). It was made by Walbusch (Germany), and measured at the LTU-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany, on 25 June 2009. Blue poplin and polyester yarn were used for the shirt. The large shirt was made into 25,000 bags after the event, which were sold to make money for the Continue reading →

Largest caganer

The largest caganer, a traditional model figure or statue featured in Catalan nativity scenes, measured 6.00 m (19 ft 8.22 in) in height and 2.00 m (6 ft 6.74 in) at its widest point and was achieved by Maremagnum Shopping Centre in Barcelona, Spain, on 23 December 2010. As implied in the literal translation of the Catalan word “caganer”, the figure depicts the act of defecation. The object itself is a nativity figure traditional to Catalan culture and whilst the origins of the tradition have Continue reading →