Largest international modelling agency
Elite Model Management currently has 36 agencies in its worldwide network, with bases as far apart as Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Hong Kong, China. The agency manages over 800 models from five continents.
Largest internal organ
The largest organ in the human body, the adult liver can weigh between 1.2 – 1.5 kg (2.64 – 3.3 lb) – about one thirty-sixth of the total body weight. Located behind the lower ribs and below the diaphragm, it performs over 100 separate bodily functions and can measure up to 22 cm (8.6 in) long and 10 cm (3.9 in) wide. The liver is also the largest gland in the body.
Largest insurance company – revenues
Based on revenues of $90.97 billion (then approx. £60 billion) in the fiscal year ending on or before 31 March 2010, AXA (France) is the world’s largest insurance company.
Largest insect aquatic
The largest aquatic insect is the giant water bug (Lethocerus maximus), a carnivorous species that inhabits Venezuela and Brazil. It has been measured up to 11.5 cm (4.53 in) long, but as it is relatively long and narrow it is not as heavy as some of this continent’s burly terrestrial beetles and stick insects.
Largest jack o’lantern
The largest jack o’lantern was carved by Scott Cully (USA) from a pumpkin weighing 821.23 kg (1,810.5 lb) in Bronx, New York, USA, on 30 October 2010. The pumpkin is also the record holder for heaviest pumpkin.
Largest ISS module
Kibo, the Japanese pressurised module, measures 11.19 m long with a diameter of 4.39 m, and has a mass of 14,800 kg. It was developed by the Japanese space agency JAXA and launched on 31 May 2008 onboard the space shuttle Discovery. As well as 23 racks for science experiments, internal systems and storage, Kibo has two windows and an airlock.
Largest island created by volcanic eruptions
The largest volcanic island is Iceland, the entirety of which was formed from volcanic eruptions from the mid-Atlantic Ridge, upon which it sits. Measuring 103,000 km² (39,768 miles²) in area, Iceland is essentially ocean floor exposed above the ocean surface.
Largest island
Discounting Australia, which is usually regarded as a continental land mass, the largest island in the world is Greenland, with an area of about 2,175,600 km² (840,000 miles²). The largest sand island in the world is Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia with a sand dune 120 km (75 miles) long. It was the Norwegian explorer Erik the Red, near the end of the tenth century AD. He established Icelandic settlements which until the fifteenth century. Greenland has been governed from Denmark for most of its modern Continue reading →
Largest kickboxing class
The largest kickboxing class involved 7,630 participants at an event organised by the Instituto Distrito de Recreation y Deporte (Colombia) at Simon Bolivar Metropolitan Park in Bogota, Colombia, on 15 August 2011. The class lasted 16 minutes.
Largest kibbeh
The largest Kibbeh weighs 233 kg (514 lb) and was made by Almidan NGO (Lebanon), during 3’res el Kebbeh within Ehdeniyat festival, at Al-Kobra in Ehden, Lebanon, on 29 August 2009. The giant kibbeh prepared in a festive atmosphere by 25 women. To create the giant circular 20-square-metre (215-square-foot) kebbe they had to mix 120 kilos of mince, 80 litres of olive oil, 80 kilos of cracked wheat, five kilos of salt and a mere kilo of pepper.