The largest vegetable stew weighed 2,040 kg (4,497 lb 6.88 oz) and was achieved by Ayuntamiento de Tudela at the Paseo del Queiles, in the city of Tudela, Spain, on 30 April 2011. The stew consisted of the following vegetables: artichokes, peas, fava beans, green beans, asparagus, onion and garlic, all grown locally. This is a local dish called menestra and was made from 625 kg (1,377 lb 14.24 oz) of artichokes, 500 kg (1,102 lb 4.96 oz) peas, 500 kg (1,102 lb 4.96 oz)
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The largest wallet measures 314 cm (10 ft 0.63 in) long and 306 centimetres (10 ft 05 in) high and was produced by the Big Skinny Corporation (USA). It was presented and measured in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on 26 November 2010. The wallet was an outsized to scale replica of an existing wallet design, manufactured by the Big Skinny Corporation.
The largest wall calendar measured 12.19 m (40 ft) x 36.58 m (120 ft) and was manufactured by Manmohan Agarwal and Anuj Kucchal (both India). It was presented and measured in Jaipur, India, on 26 December 2009. The calendar weights 115.43 kilograms (254.48 lbs)
The largest simultaneous walking bus in multiple locations involved a total of 119,697 participants from 403 schools across the UK. The event was organised by Brake – the road safety charity- on 17 June 2009. This was the second time Brake has organised and set the record with the help of schools all over the UK. Brake, a road safety charity, will organise and attempt to better this record again in 2010, with the main focus on promoting drivers’ awareness of speed around schools and
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The largest wafer biscuit weighed 2.13 kg (4 lb 11 oz) and was made by Rolf Moen (Norway) in Austvatn, Norway, on 9 August 2008. The wafer had a diameter of 63.5 cm (2 ft 9 in).
A giant watering can constructed of galvanised steel was constructed for Utica Zoo, New York, USA. It weighs 907.1 kg (2000 lb) and measures 4.7 m (15.5 ft) high with a diameter of 3.65 m (12 ft). It arrived at the zoo by truck on 5 December 2000.
The largest waterbed measures 46.77sq m (503.4sq ft), holds 7,000 litres (1,849.2 US gallons) of water and was created by Water-Bed-City on 26 May 2001 in Hamburg, Germany.
The largest water pistol fight involved 3,875 participants and was achieved by the University of California, Irvine at an event organised by NLA Sports (both USA) in Irvine, California, USA, on 24 September 2013. Students from the University of California, Irvine, were divided into two teams that wore the colors blue and gold respectively, fought a battle with water pistols that lasted twelve minutes.
Native to shallow freshwater lakes and bayous in the Amazon basin, the world”s largest water lily is Victoria amazonica, whose gigantic floating leaves measure up to 3 m (10 ft) across, and are held in place upon an underwater stalk 7-8 m (23-26 ft) long. The undersurface of its leaves are supported by a sturdy series of rib-like crossridges to keep the leaves flat and also prevent them from collapsing. Indeed, it is the pattern of these ribs that is said to have inspired the
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The greatest number of people competing in a water balloon toss game simultaneously at a single venue is 702 and was achieved by McDonald’s (Germany) at Atlantis the Palm, in Dubai, UAE, on 15 March 2014.