A bladder stone weighing 1.9 kg (4 lb 2.88 oz) and measuring 17.9 cm (7 in) long, 12.7 cm (5 in) thick and 9.55 (3.7 in) tall, was removed from José de Castro da Silva (aged 62) at the Instituto do Câncer “Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho”, São Paulo City, Brazil on 25 August 2003.
The record for the largest published book is one edition of ‘The Little Prince’ measuring 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) high and 3.08 m (10 ft 1 in) wide when open, and containing 128 pages. It is edited by Eidouro Gráfica e Editora Ltda.(Brazil) and it was presented at the XIII Biannual Book Fair of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 13 September 2007.
The largest loaf of bread weighed 1.571 tonnes (3,463 lb) and was made by Joaquim Goncalves (Brazil) in Curitiba/Parana, Brazil, on 13 November 2008 in celebration of Guinness World Records Day.
The largest car mosaic was created with 460 Volkswagen cars in an event organized by Volkswagen do Brasil Indústria de Veículos Automotores Ltda at the Anhembi Parque in São Paulo, Brazil, on 10 April 2010. The mosaic was created to celebreate the 30th anniversary of the Volkswagen Gol and this is why most of the cars used for the mosaic were Gols. The mosaic displayed the logo of the Volkswagen Gol.
The largest Christmas tree structure is 127.99 m (419.91 ft) tall and was achieved by Energisa Sergipe – Distribuidora de Energia S/A (Brazil) with a creation presented in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil in December 2009. The structure was decorated with 25,200 redhot lights and 3,144 strobe lights.
Messias Soares Cavalcante (Brazil) has collected a total of 12,800 different cacha?a bottles since 1988. Cachaça is the most traditional and most consumed spirit in Brazil. It is made from sugar cane and is similar to white rum. There are many rare bottles in Mr Cavalcante’s collection including Pele and the Sagatiba Preciosa which was purchased at a Christie’s auction in 2007.
The world´s largest crystal skull, aptly dubbed Colossus but also known as Akator or Papa, is a modern-day example created by celebrated Brazilian crystal skull carver Leandro from a single block of Brazilian smoky quartz, and weighs 158 kg (348 lb) – roughly the same weight as a Sumo wrestler! It is owned by Leandro, who is currently offering it for sale online, with an asking price of around $100,000-$150,000. (£70,161-£105,230)
The largest distribution of food samples was achieved by Kraft Foods of Brazil and organized by Saraguato Promotional Marketing (both Brazil), who distributed 623,111 samples of Club Social crackers in Salvador, Brazil, on 14 February 2010. 25 teams were involved in the distribution, which took place during Brazil’s Carnival celebration.
The largest floating Christmas tree measures 85 m (278 ft 10 in) in height and was erected as an annual tradition in Rodrigo De Freitas Lagoon in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil for Christmas 2007. The tree was sponsored by Bradesco Seguros e Previdência. 2.8 million micro lamps & 37 km (22.99 miles) luminous hose were used on the tree.
120 inmates of Carandiru prison, Sao Paulo, Brazil, married their fiancees in a mass ceremony on June 14, 2000. Quote from the BBC: “The brides wore white – the grooms wore prison trousers.”