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Largest parade of Mini cars

The largest parade of Mini cars consisted of 1,450 Minis and was organised by the London & Surrey Mini Owners Club as part of the London to Brighton Mini Run, Crystal Palace, UK, on 17 May 2009. The 2-mile course was round Crystal Palace Park with the majority of the Minis part of the London & Surrey Mini Owners Club with other mini drivers coming from around the UK and as far as the Netherlands.

Largest parade of scooters

The largest parade of scooters featured 860 participants and was achieved by Yorkshire Scooter Alliance on the Humber Bridge, Hull, UK, on 14 August 2010. 864 scooters crossed the bridge, but the last 4 had to be discounted because they drove behind the back up vehicle at the end of the parade.

Largest pass the parcel

The largest “pass the parcel” measured 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) in height, 2.51 m (8 ft 3 in) in width, 3.44 m (11 ft 3 in) in length, and was achieved by Royal London (UK) at The Oval in London, UK, on 13 February 2014.

Largest piece of fallen ice

On 13 August 1849 a piece of ice 6 m (20 ft) long was reported to have fallen from the sky in Scotland, UK. The ice was clear but looked like it was composed of smaller pieces, possibly hailstones. One possible explanation is that hailstones were fused together by a bolt of lightning. The mass of ice reportedly fell after a peal of thunder.

Largest poster

The largest poster is 3,234.31 m² (34,814.19 ft²) and was achieved by Team Akshay (India) and manufactured by Macro Art Ltd (UK). It was unveiled at Little Gransden Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK, on 3 October 2013. The poster measures 58.87 m (193 ft 1 in) wide and 54.94 m (180 ft 2 in) high. The poster is to advertise the release of the Bollywood movie “Boss” in Mumbai and Delhi. It is made out of mesh PVC and took 30 hours to print. It weighs about Continue reading →

Largest remote dance class

The largest remote dance class consisted of 882 participants at an event organised by the Dancing Queens (UK) on the main promenade in Broadstairs, Kent, UK, on 22 May 2011. Participants danced for 5 minutes 8 seconds to ABBA’s “Dancing Queen.” The website hosting the video dance lesson received 5,917 visitors in the 8 weeks leading up to the event.

Largest scotch egg

The largest scotch egg weighed 6.2 kg (13 lb 10 oz) and was made by Clarence Court and Lee Streeton (both UK) at the Albemarle of Rocco Forte’s Brown’s Hotel, London, UK, on 30 July 2008. A 1.7 kg ostrich egg, 4 kg of sausage meat, 940 g of haggis and 800 g of breadcrumbs were used. The entire cooking took more than eight hours.