Largest gathering of Santa Claus’
The largest gathering of Santa Claus’ was achieved by 13,000 participants in the Guildhall Square in Derry City, Northern Ireland, UK, on 9 December 2007.
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Largest gathering of pregnant women
The largest gathering of pregnant women was achieved by 1,164 participants at the “Your Baby” show at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 17 May 2007.
Largest gathering of plush toys
The largest gathering of plush toys is 6,540 and was achieved by the Rex Dogshelter Foundation (Hungary) on the premises of Rex Animal Island field, Budapest, Hungary, on 28 November 2012.
Largest geoglyphs
The so called “Nazca lines” are a group of gigantic figures engraved on the desert ground of Nazca (Peru) representing plants, animals, insects and a variety of geometric shapes. Most can only be appreciated from the air. The designs occupy a 500 square Km piece of land and they average 180 m (600 ft.) in length, although one perfectly formed arrow exceeds 1,600 ft. The geoglyphs are between one and two thousand years old and it is not clear what their meaning is, although theories Continue reading →
Largest gazpacho
The largest gazpacho measures 5,000 litres (1,099.85 UK gal; 1,320.86 US gal) and was achieved by Mega Pic Nic Continente (Portugal) in Praça do Comércio, Lisbon, Portugal, on 29 June 2013. The gazpacho was made using the Portuguese recipe by Luis Figueiredo and 25 students of Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo de Lisboa. It contained 1,560.45 kg (7,584 lb 5 oz) of tomato, 274.10 kg (604 lb 4 oz) of cucumber, 131.45 kg (289 lb 12 oz) of onion, 8.85 kg (19 lb 8 oz) Continue reading →
Largest gay and lesbian rights march
On April 25, 1993, 300,000 people gathered in support of the March on Washington for Gay, Lesbian and Bi-equal Rights. The event, which occurred on the mall near the Washington Memorial in Washington, DC, USA, was planned to show support for legislation granting equal rights for homosexuals in American society, including anti-discrimination regulations based on sexual orientation and an end to the ban on homosexuals in the US military. Marchers included the then-New York Mayor David Dinkins and actress Cybill Shepherd.
Largest gathering of twins – opposite sex
Organised by the Taipei Twins Association, a total of 806 pairs of opposite sex fraternal twins gathered at Chung-Shan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan on 10 November 2002.
Largest gathering of test-tube children
The largest gathering of children born as a result of artificial insemination was 1,180 at the ISCARE IVF Assisted Reproduction Centre in Prague, Czech Republic on 15 September 2007.
Largest gathering of tall people
The largest gathering of tall people in a confined area is 136 and was achieved by people with minimum height of 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) for women and 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) for men in Melbourne, Australia, on 29 January 2009.
Largest gigantoraptor fossil
The largest gigantoraptor fossil was 8 m (26 ft) long and 5 m (16 ft) tall. It was unearthed in Erlianhaote, China and unveiled by The Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, China, on 13 June 2007. The height is comparable to the meat-eating tyrannosaurs. But the dinosaur, called Gigantoraptor erlianensis, also had a beak and slender legs and likely had feathers.