The largest bird’s nest was built by a pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and possibly their successors, near St Petersburg, Florida, USA and measured 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) wide and 6 m (20 ft) deep. It was examined in 1963 and was estimated to weigh more than two tonnes (4,409 lb). The incubation mounds built by the mallee fowl (Leipoa ocellata) of Australia measure up to 4.57 m (15 ft) in height and 10.6 m (35 ft) across, and it has been Continue reading →

The largest blended soft-serve dessert weighed 3,747.05 kg (8,260.85 lb) and was made by Dairy Queen (USA) at the Eastfield Mall, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA on 21 June 2005.

The world’s biggest commercially available board game is The War Game: World War II, created by Jeffry Stein of Burbank, USA and sold by Pegasus Hobbies. The board measures 197 cm (6 ft 5.6 in) in length and 98 cm (3 ft 2.6 in) in width. The game is available at www.amazon.com

The largest blender in the world, built in five days by Wink Eller, Greg Scott Abbott, Lisa Legohn, Christoff Koon, Eric Scarlett and Frank Payne (all USA) in Santa Clarita, California, USA, measures 4.79 m (16 ft 4 in) tall, 2.43 (8 ft) wide, 3.04 m (10 ft) deep and was unveiled on 6 July 2004 on Discovery Channel’s ‘BIG!’ television show. The blender was used on 28 March 2004 to make a 1, 324 litre (291 gal / 350 US gal) smoothie. The tumbler Continue reading →

The largest permanent Monopoly board measures 31 x 31 ft (9.44 x 9.44 m). It is made of granite and is located in San Jose, California, USA. It was officially opened to the public on 26 July 2002. The tokens, dice, houses and hotels are all proportionally scaled up.

The largest boat tie-up consisted of 1,651 boats and was organized by the Lake Cumberland Association (USA) on Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, USA, on 14 August 2010. Eligible boats included any motorized boat, aquabike/jetski, canoe/kayak and rigid inflatable boat tied together in a single, continuous structure. Nine marinas along the lake combined to register participants in the “raft-up” event, which saw boats tied together beginning at 10 a.m. and lasting until 6 p.m.

Standing 11 ft (3.35 m) tall and in the likeness of game show host Chuck Woolery, the world’s largest bobblehead weighs 900 lb (408 kg). It was created by the Game Show Network and displayed at the McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA on 8 June 2003. The head really bobbles.

The largest individual bookstore in the world measured by square footage is the Barnes  Noble Bookstore at 105 Fifth Ave at 18th Street, New York City, USA. It covers 154,250ft² and has 12.87 miles of shelving.

The largest bowl of pasta weighed 6,253 kg (13,786 lb) and was made by Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant (USA), at the chain’s Anaheim restaurant, Garden Grove, California, USA, on 12 March 2010. To successfully set a new record the chefs had to fill a 4.57 m (15 ft) by 106.7 cm (42 in), 15,142 litre (4,000 gal) portable swimming pool. It took 5 people a total of 120 hours to call all the pasta for the attempt, which was then delivered in 11 separate Continue reading →

The largest brick measured 2.94 m (9 ft 8 in) long and 0.99 m (3 ft 3 in) tall and wide. The clay brick was made by ACME Brick in Denton, Texas, USA, and was measured on 4 July 2007. Nearly 3,000 times the size of standard brick.