The largest glowstick is 3 metres (9 ft 10 in) tall with a outside diametre of 20 cm (7.87 in) and a volume of 88.6 litres. It was created by KNIXS GmbH (all Germany) and was presented and cracked in Darmstadt Weiterstadt, Germany, on 29th June 2009. The outside cylinder was made from plexiglass. It was filled with 40 litres of component A (20 litres of trent-buthanol, 20 litres of 30% hydrogen peroxide). Inside the plexiglass cylinder was another duran glass cylinder which in turn
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The largest glove measures 3.80 m (12 ft 5.6 in) by 2.64 m (8 ft 8 in) and was constructed by Big Time Products (USA) and unveiled at the GMDC Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, on 7 September 2013. The glove is a replica of a Big Time Products “True Grip” work glove, with fingertip grip pads and a neon orange back.
The largest glass print is 4.92 m (16 ft 1 in) by 42.24 m (138 ft 6 in) and was created by Peter Ahlen and Lutt Jeorell of Art On Glass (Sweden). Two giant images were mounted on Kungsbrohuset in Stockholm, Sweden, and the installation was completed in June 2010. The artwork contains two separate images of a forest motif and a meadow motif taken from the Smedsmora nature reserve. Each image is made up of 96 glass pieces.
The largest Spritzer was 573 litres (126.7 gal) and was prepared during an event organised by Filippo Lazzarin (Italy) at the Piazzagrande shopping centre in Piove Di Sacco (Italy) on 24 July 2010. The glass was 1 meter tall and contained 31% of water, 29% of Aperol and 40% of Prosecco wine
The largest mojito contains 2,100 litres (461.94 UK gal; 554.76 US gal) of cocktail and was made by Massimo Masini and Alessandro Selvaggi (both Italy), in Lavagna, Italy, on 14 August 2012. The mojito was comprised of 300 litres of rum, 120 kg brown sugar, 25 kg mint, 240 kg lime, 1,200 kg ice and 600 litres sparking water.
The largest margarita had a volume of 32,176 litres (7,077.73 gal, 8,500 US gal) and was achieved by Margaritaville (USA) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on 14 October 2011. The tank measured 5.2 m (16 ft 11 in) tall and 3 m (10 ft) in diameter. Ingredients included 8,081.66 litres (1,777.72 gal, 2,134.95 US gal) Margaritaville Gold tequila, 8,638.99 litres (1,900.31 gal, 2,282.18 US gal) Margaritaville Margarita mix, 2,759.68 litres (607.04 gal, 729.03 US gal) Margaritaville triple sec and 12,870.4 litres (2,831.09 gal, 3,400 US
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The largest glass of beer contained 1,499 litres (329.74 gal, 396 US gal) of Guinness and was prepared at The Auld Dubliner Irish Pub in Tustin, California, USA, on 21 November 2009. The glass measured 2.42 m (7 ft 11 in) tall with a diameter of 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) at its widest point.
The largest bottle mosaic was a portrait of Jack Daniel consisting of 2,120 glass bottles and was achieved by Herb Williams (USA) in celebration of Jack Daniel’s 161st birthday at South Street Seaport in New York, New York, USA, on 1 September 2011. The bottles were empty 1-litre Jack Daniel’s whiskey bottles.
The Ludus Magnus - the Great Gladiator School – was the largest of the four gladiator schools in ancient Rome. A tunnel linked the building directly to the “Gate of Life” in the Colosseum, through which gladiators made their appearance for combat. The arena at the Ludus Magnus could accommodate 3,000 spectators.
The largest gilded image on paper is 6m² (64.58ft) and was unveiled during the Aqlam calligraphy exhibition in Doha (Qatar), during an event organised by Fanar (Islamic Cultural Centre) in Doha (Qatar) on 14 March 2010. The record was broken during an exhibition at Fanar for the arabic calligraphy event called the Aqlam Exhibition. Fanar, who has held a previous Guinness World Records™ title, worked tirelessly along with the gilders and artists Ahmed Chocktan and Ekram Chocktan to set a new Guinness world records title,
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