The largest order magic cube is 17x17x17 cubes large and consists of 1,539 parts. It was created by Oskar van Deventer (Netherlands) and was presented at the New York Puzzle Party Symposium in New York, USA, on 12 February 2011. A classic rubiks cube is 3x3x3 cubes large.
In Tanzania, Africa, rats are being trained by a Dutch Non Governmental Organisation (APOPO) to sniff out landmines, having already been used successfully in Mozambique for this purpose. Out of nearly 2,000 species in the order of rodents, the Giant African Pouched Rat (Cricetomys gambianus), is the favoured animal, as it is found everywhere in sub-Saharan Africa and is resilient to most tropical diseases. They are a cost effective and efficient way of undertaking what is otherwise a highly dangerous task for human operatives. The
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The largest orchestra playing on recycled materials consisted of 1,235 participants and was organised by New Taipei City Government in New Taipei City, Chinese Taipei, on 23 June 2012. All had individual drums made of recycled plastic cones.
The largest orchestra playing on bamboo instruments was formed by 3011 people and was achieved during an event organised by Mr. Benny J. Mamoto in Tondano Maesa Stadium, Tondano, Indonesia on 31 October 2009. Playing bamboo flute is common in Indonesia and the bamboo plant can be found in all regions. Under the influence of the Iberian and Dutch orchestra during three century of occupation and one century of formal education in schools, the people from Minahasa have taken over the European musical tradition and
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The largest orange by circumference measured 63.5 cm (25 in) around its widest point on 22 January 2006. The orange grew in the garden of Patrick and Joanne Fiedler in Fresno, California, USA.
On 28 September 2006, at a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) defence ministers at Portoroz, Slovenia, the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s highest decision-making body, decided to approve the expansion of the International Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, thus placing responsibility on ISAF for the whole country. The expansion will increase the size of the force to 30,000 to become NATO’s largest operation and most significant politico-military responsibility in its new role since the Cold War. Its responsibilities are: to assist the Islamic
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The largest open sandwich is 1,151.67 kg (2,539 lb), which was prepared by T-Bones Roadhouse (USA), during the Plymouth Waterfront Food Festival, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, on 19 November 2011. The open sandwich contained bread (120.65 kg), pork butts (647.72 kg), rib rub (12.24 kg), BBQ sauce (82.55 kg) and coleslaw (288.48 kg).
The largest origami mosaic measures 512 m² (5,511 ft² 14.40 in²) and was created by Myrto Dimitriou and Municipality of Athens Cultural, Sports and Youth Organization (Greece) at Mets Stadium in Athens, Greece, on 18 March 2014. The display included 52,000 origami water lilies
The largest origami lei measured 5,700 m (18,700 ft 9.44 in) in length and was created by Saint-Care Holding corporation (Japan), at the Ishinomaki Sogo Centre ‘Big Bang’, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, on 19 November 2011. The origami lei is made 177,520 indivudual pieces of origami. The patients and staff of Saint-Care Holding made all the pieces of origami and the members of staff had assembled the lei. There were a total of 8,766 participants that took part in this record attempt and it
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The largest painting made by footprints measures 1,684.75 m2 (18,134 ft² 71 in²) and was created by IN56 and Loving Power (Hong Kong), in Hong Kong, China, on 3 June 2012. The painting was created in an event to launch the Mark My Heartprint community campaign to raise social awareness and concern for mental health issues. Many of the participants are directly affected by these issues. The image is supposed to show community and family support through depicting a parent and child on a rainbow
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