The largest temporary coin mural used 2,546,270 one yen coins and measured 98.3 ft x 131.2 ft (30 m x 40 m). It was created as part of the Saitama Festival by the Saitamachuo Junior Chamber and Festival Committee in Saitama, Japan on 10 October 2004. The mural depicted a portrait of John Lennon to promote love and peace. The money was all donated to the Spirit Foundation charity.
The largest telephone conference call included 16,972 participants in an event organised by Broadnet Teleservices (USA), in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA, on 12 December 2012. All the participants were on the call concurrently for at least 10 seconds. The original number of participants was higher but had to be reduced after a second electronic check was carried out.
A merger between British cellular communications company Vodafone Group Plc, formerly known as Vodafone Airtouch Plc, and German telecoms company Mannesmann AG, valued at £103.4 billion ($171.1 billion), was completed on April 12, 2000. The company reported more than 59 million subscribers worldwide in July 2000. It operates in 25 countries, on five continents.
The largest recorded tektite weighs 3.2 kg (7.04 lb). It was discovered in 1932 at Muong Nong, Laos and is now in the Paris Museum, France. Tektites are glassy pieces of rock formed during the impact of large meteorites and asteroids with the Earth’s surface. They begin as molten rock which ‘splashes’ from the newly-formed impact crater. They then solidify rapidly during their flight as crater ejecta, resulting in the glassy, as opposed to crystalline, structure.
Relative to its head size, the fish with the largest teeth is Sloan’s viperfish (Chauliodus sloani) which has teeth so large it must open its mouth to make the jaws vertical before it can swallow prey. When the mouth is closed, the teeth overlap the jaws. It eats large prey by lowering the internal skeleton of the gills, allowing the prey to pass into the throat without interference. It can impale prey on the teeth by swimming at them with the first vertebra behind the
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The largest three legged race across multiple venues was achieved by 930 pairs (1,860 participants) at an event organised by National Family Week (UK) at 18 venues across the UK, on 5 June 2010. Logbooks for each location were submitted. Halewood disqualified due to lack of witness statements; originally claimed total for Hindsley adjusted to match total in witness statements which accounts for the discrepancy in the total awarded and the total claimed in the cover letter.
The largset thong sandal (flip-flop) race consisted of 352 people running for 1 km (0.62 miles) at the Prater, Vienna, Austria, during the event Vienna Recordia, in Vienna, Austria, on 16 September 2006.
The largest toga party consisted of 3,700 participants in an event organised by UQU (University of Queensland Union) and QUT (Queensland University of Technology) Guild, at Riverstage (Australia) in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 24 February 2012 It was organised as a celebration to end orientation week, by UQU (University of Queensland Union) and QUT (Queensland University of Technology) Guild
The largest toast mosaic measures 150.28 m² (1,617.59 ft²), and was achieved by Galileo TV reporter Jumbo Schreiner (Germany), with the help of 28 volunteer firefighters from Garching, Hochbrück and Gernlinden (all Germany) at Neue Messe München in Munich, Germany, 23 October 2011. The toast mosaic measured 10.35 m (33 ft 11.48 in) by 14.52 m (47 ft 7.65 in). The attempt was filmed for the German infotainment programme Galileo and broadcast on 6 November 2011 on Pro7 Germany.
The largest toast at a single venue consisted of 32,904 participants organized by the Boston Red Sox to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 20 April 2012. The toast was led by former Red Sox players Pedro Martinez and Kevin Millar, and occurred in a pregame ceremony before the Red Sox hosted the New York Yankees. Welch’s brand provided 40,000 cans of sparkling grape juice and plastic cups to assist in the attempt.