The largest king cake weighed 1,847.68 kg (4,073 lb 7.12 oz) and was baked by Haydel’s Bakery (USA) at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, on 22 September 2010. The cake measured 805.58 m (2,643 ft 0.01 in) and completely circled the Superdome. The cake required 28 full-time employees for preparation, and 40 people to set everything up on-site. The cake, icing and sprinkles took 3.5 days to prepare, and 9 hours to set up. A second cake also broke the previous record
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The largest kimono was created by Eiko Kobayashi which was presented at the Kimononoyakata Marusan, in Fukushima, Iwaki, Japan, on 22 October 2011. The kimono was 18.36 m (60.24 ft) wide, 16.35 m (53.64 ft) high. The kimono was measured using a laser measure and was raised by a crane after the adjudication. The size of the kimono was intended to fit the robot “Gundam”. It took 15 workers one year to create the kimono.
The largest kilt race consisted of 1,764 participants and was achieved by the Perth Running Goats Club (Canada) at the Perth Kilt Run in Perth, Ontario, Canada, on 23 June 2012. The winner of the race was Kieren Day, who finished first at the Perth Kilt Race for the third straight year. The race was a fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Vilas Ghuge (India) had a kidney stone removed from his left kidney on 18 February 2004 by Dr. Hemendra Shah (India) at R. G. Stone Urological Research Institute, Mumbai, India, which measured at its widest point 13 cm (5.11 in).
The largest kidney weighed 1.8 kg and measured 30 x 13 x 10 cm (11.81 x 5.12 x 3.94 in). It was removed from Mst. Waziran Malah (Pakistan) by Dr. Abdul Rasheed Shaikh at the Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana Sindh, Pakistan, on 26 January 2010. It was Waziran Malah’s non- functioning left hydronephrotic kidney.
The largest LED 3D TV is built by EKTA and provided by Videoforce for Viasat Sweden’s 3D event in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 28 May 2011. It measures 7.11 m (23 ft 3.92 in) diagonally and the display area is 6.192 m (20 ft 3.78 in) x 3.483 m (11 ft 5.13 in). The technology used was a stereoscopic 3D solution with shutter glasses. The refresh rate at the surface is 100Hz (meaning each eye receives 50 frames/seconds). The 3D LED TV was utilized by Viasat
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LG Philips created the largest flexible flexible LCD screen to date, a 36.3-cm (14.3-in) e-paper display. Less than 300 micrometers thin, the panel, made from metal fopil and plastic substrates instead of glass, has a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels and is capable of displaying 16.7 million colors. The e-pare display debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in 2008.
Clifford Chance LLP has the highest revenues of any law firm globally. The company was created after the merger of Clifford Chance, Rogers & Wells LLP and Pünder, Volhard, Weber & Axster on January 1, 2000. The combined revenues of the three companies prior to merger for the period till December 1998 were $986 million (then approx. £594 million). Clifford Chance LLP also employs more legal advisors than any other law firm. It has 3,360 legal advisers, of which 640 are partners, in its 29
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The largest language lesson involved 6,287 participants being taught by Thomas Bug and Bastian Sick at the Kölnarena in Cologne, Germany, on 13 March 2006.
The largest country with no border-access to the open ocean is Kazakhstan, which has an area of 2,724,900 km² (1,052,100 mile²) and is bordered by Russia, China, Kyrgystan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and the landlocked Caspian Sea. In terms of area, Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world, and had a population of 14.7 million in 2003. Source: Britannica Encyclopedia 2004. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan