The Largest peg art board mosaic was made up of 1.200.000 plastic pegs and measured 13 meters long (39 ft 4.44 in) and 2 meters wide (6 ft 6.74 in) with a total area of 26 m2 (279.86 ft2). It was presented by Aladino srl and Quercetti (both Italy) in Piantedo, Italy, on 29 November 2009
The largest peak ground acceleration measured in an earthquake was 4,022 cm/s2. The measurement was recorded by a soil-surface observation site operated by the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (Japan) during the Iwate-Miyagi earthquake in northeast Honshu, Japan, on 14 June 2008.
The largest photo exhibition displayed 141,822 photographs taken by members of the public, which was organised by LP 184 (Hong Kong). The exhibition, entitled ‘HAHA DAY’ took place at Nina Tower, Hong Kong, China, on 28 July 2010. From 8 to 27 July photos were collected via Facebook and emails. On 17-18 over 120 volunteers collected smiling photos on the streets of Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong area. 1,694 photographs were disqualified.
The largest photo album measures 4.5 m x 5.5 m (14 ft 9.16 in x 18 ft 0.53 in) and was created by Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care & Special Needs (UAE) at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 4 June 2013. The album had 18 pages with 16 holding 210 rare and historic photographs of the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of UAE. It was part of a ‘Touch of Fulfilment’ occasion for people with special needs.
The largest pet store is the Zoo Zajac owned and managed by Norbert Zajac (Germany), situated in Duisburg, Germany. The store covers an area of 8,070.26 m² (86,867.21 ft²) as of September 2005
The world´s largest permanent light and sound show comprises 33 buildings and is staged every night at Victoria Harbour, in Hong Kong. The show, entitled “A Symphony of Lights”, was developed by the Tourism Commission of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and was launched on 17 January 2004. During a 13 minute performance the waterfront on Hong Kong Island lights up every night at 20.00 with the exterior of 22 of the city’s main buildings glowing with a myriad of vivid
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The Panasonic IMAX Theatre at Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia holds the largest fixed projection screen in the world, measuring 35.72m x 29.57 m (117 ft x 97 ft). It opened in September 1996 and can seat 540 people.
The largest permanent coin mural depicts the flag of the Republic of Korea, consists of 110,000 10 won coins, measures 24 m² (258.33 ft²) and was made by Jin Jeonggun (Republic of Korea) in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 16 April 2008.
The largest picnic blanket measured 1,760 m² (18,944.41 ft²); it was woven at the Melin Tregwynt Mill in Wales, UK, for Waitrose Ltd and was laid out for the first time in Durban, South Africa, in April 2008.
The largest picnic was set by 22,232 people and was organized by Realizar Impact Marketing and Modelo (Portugal), at the Parque da Bela Vista, in Lisbon, Portugal, on 20 June 2009. Participants from all around Portugal came to attend and set this record. 400 buses were organised to bring all the participants to the park were the record attempt took place. Participants were first counted at the gate, and later on arm bands with numbers were given to every one who was participating to confirm
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