Largest oil consumption
A land full of road users, the USA is the world’s most oil-thirsty nation, consuming an estimated 18.69 million barrels per day in 2009.
Largest off licence (liquor store)
The largest off license (liquor store) is Daveco Liquors owned by Henry Sawaged (USA) situated in Thornton, Colorado, USA. The store covers an area of 9,297.13 m² (100,073.1 ft²) and was opened on 18 November 2006.
Largest ocarina ensemble
The largest ocarina ensemble involved 3,081 participants and was achieved by David Liggins, Ocarina Workshop and The Schools Music Association of Great Britain (all UK) in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK on 5 November 2013. The attempt was part of the Barnardo’s Young Supporters concert. The numbers were made up of children and teachers from over 60 primary schools in the UK, Jersey and Gibraltar, and their families and friends. They played a classical piece ‘Ode to a Joyful New Star’ composed and conducted Continue reading →
Largest object sunk by a submarine
The largest target ever sunk by a submarine was the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano (72,890 tonnes or 160.9 million lb), sunk by USS Archerfish (Cdr Joseph F. Enright, USN) on 29 November 1944.
Largest object lifted by helium balloons
In a real-life mirroring of the animated movie Up (USA, 2009), the National Geographic Channel (USA) floated a house weighing 1,966.3 kg (4,335 lb) including the 4.8 x 4.8 x 5.5 m (16 x 16 x 18 ft) frame plus the ballast, rigging and pilot to a height of (10,000 ft) over Los Angeles, California, USA, using a cluster of 300 helium-filled balloons. Each balloon inflated to 2.5 m (8 ft) and formed a cluster 10-storeys tall. The project, which took two weeks Continue reading →
Largest object chaotically rotating
Saturn’s moon Hyperion measures 410 x 260 x 220 km (254 x 161 x 136 miles) and is the largest highly irregularly shaped body in the Solar System. It is one of only two bodies in the Solar System discovered to have completely chaotic rotation, essentially randomly tumbling in its orbit around Saturn. The other is asteroid 4179 Toutatis, measuring 4.5 x 2.4 x 1.9 km (2.7 x 1.5 x 1.1 miles).
Largest one day golf tournament
The largest one day golf tournament consisted of 1,562 participants and was achieved by the 2nd Entrepreneurs Cross-strait & Shenzhen Taiwan Merchant Association 20th Anniversary Golf Tournament (China) at the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, on 25 June 2010. The participants were mostly merchants from Taiwan Merchant Association in Shenzhen and other cities in China.
Largest omelette
The largest omelette weighed 6.466 tonnes (14,225 lb 6 oz) and was achieved by the Câmara Municipal de Ferreira do Zêzere (Ferreira do Zêzere City Council, Portugal) in Santarém, Portugal, on 11 August 2012. It took a team of 55 people 6 hours to make this omelette, all led by a head chef, Pedro Mendes. A 4,290-kg pan was used, with a 10.3-metre diameter. In kilograms, the weight of the omelette totalled 6,466 kgs. For this attempt, the omelette used 145,000 eggs, 880 lbs of Continue reading →
Largest olive oil tasting event
The largest olive oil tasting event was attended by 12,909 people organized by the City Hall of Jaen in Jaen, Spain, on 17 May 2009. The organizers used virgin olive oil of the picual variety for the record attempt.
Largest Online Guitar Lesson
The largest online guitar lesson featured 8,776 participants and was taught by Fumiyoshi Kamo (Japan) for Nico-Nico-Keion-Bu in Tokyo, Japan, on 2 April 2011. The lesson lasted for 60 minutes. The number of accesses at the start of the lesson was 8,776. The number gradually went up during the lesson and it got to 27,734 by the end.