The largest water balloon fight consisted of 8,957 participants and was achieved by Christian Student Fellowship at the University of Kentucky (USA) in Lexington, USA, on 27 August 2011. 175,141 water balloons were used during the fight.
The largest watch store is the Tourneau Time Dome, situated within The Forum Shops at Caesars, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The store covers an area of 1579.36 m² (17,000 ft²) and was opened in February 2005.
The, US Navy Nimitz Class, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are the largest warships ever built. The Nimitz class includes: the USS Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl Vinson,Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, John C. Stennis, Harry S Truman and Ronald Reagan. The more recent Nimitz aircraft carriers (CVN72-CVN76) have a displacement of 102,000 tonnes (224.8 million lb) fully loaded, a length of 317 m (1,040 ft) and beam of 40.8 m (133 ft 10 in). The carrier reaches a maximum speed of over 30 knots (56
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The largest wardrobe measures 6.06 metres (19 ft 10 in) high, 4.07 metres (13 ft 4 in) wide and 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) deep. It has 2 doors and was created by Jan Bilý (Czech Republic) and his company Art-Style and was presented and measured in Prague, Czech Republic, on 10 September 2009. 5 cubic metres of pinewood were used in its production. The wardrobe weighs around 2,000 kg. It can be dismantled into 10 pieces for transportation.
The largest waltz was achieved by 1,510 couples at an event organised by Radio Kameleon in Freedom Square in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 7 May 2010. Participants were pre-registered and checked in at the event as couples.
Jayalalitha Jayaram (India), former Tamil Nadu chief minister and movie star, hosted a reception banquet for over 150,000 guests at her foster son’s wedding in the 20 hectare (50 acre) grounds in Madras, India on 7 September 1995. The wedding is reported to have cost over 750 million rupees (US$23,299,162), with the dining area alone costing an estimated Rs 15 million (US$465,983) and the menu an estimated Rs 20 million (US$621,311). A fortress topped with cannons and winged mythological creatures was constructed from plywood at
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The largest wedding bouquet measured 60.09 m (197 ft 1 in) long and was made using 1,500 flowers including roses and carnations. It was held by Christa Rasanayagam (Canada) when she married Arulanantham Suresh Joachim (Australia) at King Catholic Church, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on 6 September 2003. The bouquet also weighed 92 kg (202.8 lb) and was made up of 500 roses, 400 carnations, 60 lilies, 200 daisies and 340 baby breaths. In addition to these 1500 flowers, bear grass, Ontario Cedar and Italian Ruches.This
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The largest whoopee cushion measured 3.05 m (10 ft) in diameter. It was made by Steve Mesure (UK) on behalf of Street Vibe for an event at The Scoop in London, UK, on 14 June 2008.
The largest white cane measured 23.55 m (77 ft 3.16 in) and was achieved by the Swiss Federation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Fribourg Section (Switzerland) in Fribourg, Switzerland, on 27 August 2011. Mrs Helga Gruber, Co-President received the certificate.
The largest wheelbarrow measured 9.12 m (29 ft 11.05 in) long and had a wheel with a diameter of 1.63 m (4 ft 4.17 in). It was manufactured by the Burschenverein Geisenried (all Germany) in Geisenried, Germany, on the 19 February 2007. Other measurements: Width front: 1,605 mm (5 ft 3 in) Width back: 3,000 mm (9 ft 10 in) Height: 1,950 mm (6 ft 4.7 in) Volume: 7.5 m³ (264.8 ft³) Weight: 1,080 kg (2,381 lb)