Largest fountain

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The largest fountain is the musical fountain at Dadaepo Beach. The fountain measures 2,519m2 (27,114 ft2 26in2) and was built by Sahagu Office in Busan, South Korea, on 30 May, 2009. Fountains typically spray water from a water tank. This particular fountain, however, sprays water from the ground and offers various fountain shows without the need of a water tank. The water reaches a height of 55 metres (180 ft 5in), there are 1,046 nozzles, 1,148 lights and it cost an estimated $6.1 million to Continue reading →

Largest foreign object left in a patient

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Meena Purohit (India) underwent a caesarean section to deliver her daughter on 1 July 1989 during which surgeons left a pair of artery forceps measuring 33.02 cm (13 in) long, in her abdomen. They remained undiscovered until an exploratory laparotomy was performed on 3 September 1993. A month after the birth, she complained of stomach pains for which she was prescribed pain killers. X-rays prior to the surgery show one of the forceps points having been broken during the 4 years.

Largest football sculpture

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The largest football sculpture measured 24 metres in diameter and was created by Telkom (South Africa) on top of a broadcast tower. The sculpture was measured in Tshwane, Pretoria, South Africa, on 22 September 2009. The sculpture is attached to the outside of the tower and is made from steel and fiberglass.

Largest football mosaic

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The largest football mosaic measures 211.73 m² (2,279 ft²) and was achieved by Saudi Industrial Projects Company (Pepsi Cola – Bugshan) (Saudi Arabia) at the Flamingo Mall, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 23 June 2014. SIPCO, the Saudi-owned bottler of Pepsi products, made the mosaic to depict a large Pepsi logo made up of 4850 Pepsi branded footballs in red, white and blue.

Largest football (soccer ball)

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The largest football (soccer ball) measures 12.188 m (39 ft 11.8 in) in diameter and was made by Doha Bank (Qatar) in Doha, Qatar on 12 February 2013. The largest football (soccer ball) has a circumference of 38.30 m (125 ft 8 in) and weighs approximately 960kg. It was displayed in the Lulu Hypermarket car park in Doha.

Largest food mosaic

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The largest packaged food mosaic measures 24.7 m (81 ft 0.44 in) in length, 38.6 m (126 ft 7.68 in) in width, and was achieved by Sharp MEA FZE, in Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE, on 3 October 2013. 149 employees created the mosaic out of 79,300 packs of food that were donated the food to UAE red crescent society.

Largest food court

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The largest food court is Oasis restaurants and entertainment, in Cairo, Egypt. With a total floor area of 41,000 m² (441,318 ft² 80 in²), it comprises 25 restaurants and cafes with a total seating capacity of 4,223. Oasis was inaugurated on 4 August 2011. Oasis food court has a kids zone for toddlers to 16-years-olds, and a car park that can hold up to 1,000 vehicles.

Largest fridge

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The 9,300 magnets inside the 27 km (approx. 17 miles) circumference of the Large Hadron Collider are designed to be refrigerated for operational use. 10,080 tonnes of liquid nitrogen are needed to cool them down to just -193.2 C, before they are filled with nearly 60 tonnes of liquid helium, which cools them further to just -271.3 C.