The largest composite photograph exhibition consisted of 81,663 photographs and was achieved by Clare Newton (UK) as part of London & Partners’ World Record London. It was unveiled in the Excel Centre in London, UK, on 1 June 2012. Clare’s photographs, which were all her own original work, totalled 675.67 Gigabytes digitally. The theme of the exhibition was ‘Jump4London’ in which she asked her subjects to jump. Some subjects included Sooty and Sweep, Kickboxers, war veterans and sports teams playing sitting volleyball. 1,160 jumpers participated.
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The world’s largest container of body cream, measuring 2 m (6 ft 6.7 in) in diameter, 53 cm (1 ft 8.8 in) high and holding 1,124,490 ml (247.4 gal / 323.476 US gallons) of NIVEA Creme, was created by Beiersdorf Hellas and unveiled in Athens, Greece on 15 December 2001. The giant cosmetic was created to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of NIVEA and is 16,327 times larger than the original.
The country with the largest consumption of energy per head is Qatar, which consumed an average of 22,057 kg (48,627 lb) of oil equivalent per person in 2006. Iceland was in second place with 14,237 kg (31,387 lb), while USA, which is the greatest annual consumer of energy, is 10th on the list with 7,768 kg (17,125 lb).
The largest console based gaming network is Xbox Live, launched in November 2002. It started off as an online gaming service, but went on to include downloads, movie renting and more. By November 2007, more than 8 million users had signed up.
The largest conker championship consisted of 395 participants in an event organized by the Hampstead Heath Education Centre (UK) in London, UK, on 9 October 2011. The conker championship is held every year as a way to engage Londoners with their environment.
The largest confetti mosaic measures 12 m² (129.17 ft²) and was made in an event organised by Benesse Corporation (Japan) at Miraikan in Koto, Tokyo, Japan, on 28 July 2013. The main image depicted in the mosaic was of Benesse Corporation’s mascot called Korasho. The mosaic was made by the staff of the organisers at an event, with the help of 771 children and their parents who visited the event.
The largest condom mosaic was made from 685 condom packs and measured 1.00 x 2.9 m (3 ft 3.4 in x 9 ft 6 in) and was created by Aids Concern Foundation Limited, Okamoto Industries (H.K) limited and Lan Kwai Fong Association at Lan Kwai Fong Central in Hong Kong, China, on 6 November 2009.
A 21.94m (72ft) condom was fitted over the Obelisque in Place de la Concorde, Paris, France on 1 Dec 1993 to mark World AIDS Day. The condom was funded by Italian clothes firm Benetton.
The largest condiment sachet measured 1.21 m x 2.43 m (4 ft x 8 ft) and was filled with tomato ketchup by Pastor David Amsden (USA) and residents of Collinsville, Illinois, USA, on 28 July 2007. The sachet held approx 127 US gallons of sauce. Great photo (last one on CD)
The main asteroid belt lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It contains between 700,000 and 1,700,000 asteroids that are at least 1 km across, and many millions of smaller bodies. The total mass of the asteroid belt is equivalent to just 4%o of the mass of Earth’s Moon, with around half the mass of the whole belt accounted for by the four largest asteroids.