The largest crab cake weighed 114.75 kg (253 lb) and was made by Special Olympics Maryland in conjunction with Handy International and Graul’s Market (all USA) in Hampden, Maryland, USA, on 13 June 2009. Ingredients used were 81.64 kg (180 lb) crabmeat, 11.33 kg (25 lb) pasteurised eggs, 15.87 kg (35 lb) mayonnaise, 3.17 kg (7 lb) old bay, 1.36 kg (3 lb) Worcestershire sauce and 2.26 kg (5 lb) dry minced onion.

The largest cucumber plant covers an area of 56.7 m² (610.31 ft²) at the Epcot Science project at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. The plant was measured in July 2006. Plant is on a rectangular trellis measuring 6.1 m (20 ft) x 9.3 m (30ft 6 in).

The largest cup of hot chocolate contained 3,331.16 l (732.753 gal, 880 US gal) and was achieved by The Festival of Chocolate and the Museum of Science and Industry (USA) in Tampa, Florida, USA, on 21 January 2013. The record was part of the Festival of Chocolate. In total they used 39,462.5 grams of powdered milk, 3,331.16 litres of water and 502,584.88 grams of cocoa. It took around 3 hours and 16 minutes to get the hot chocolate to a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius.

The largest cupcake weighs 1,176.6 kg (2,594 lb) and was achieved by Georgetown Cupcake (USA) at Georgetown Cupcake’s national shipping headquarters in Sterling, Virginia, USA, on 2 November 2011. Georgetown cupcake is Washington DC’s first gourmet cupcake bakery and its owners are also subject of a docu-drama television series, ‘DC cupcakes’ on the TLC network. The attempt was aired during a one hour ‘DC cupcake’ episode that aired on 16th January on the TLC network. The oven and pan were custom made for this attempt Continue reading →

The largest trading volume in a single stock in one day took place on January 7, 2000 when 136,846,600 shares were traded in Lucent Technology on the New York Stock Exchange.

The world’s largest cut tanzanite weighs 252.2 carats. It was cut in Jaipur, India, and acquired by Stephen Leigh Jewelers, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA in 2002.

The largest twist dance was achieved by 3,040 participants at an event organized by The Salvation Army Mississippi and Mississippi Braves (both USA) at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi, USA, on 23 August 2014. The Twist attempt took place immediately after the final home game of the Mississippi Braves season that went into extra innings.

The largest active database of video games information is maintained by Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) of California, USA, and features 15,414,725 objectively quantifiable data points as of 9 February 2010. EEDAR is a consultancy that supplies information to video games publishers advising on the viability of gaming projects and tracks data points for each title, including sales, number of characters, box art and many thousands more to build up a complete picture of the industry.

The largest data warehouse contains 12.1 petabytes (12,100 terabytes) of raw data, achieved by a collaboration between SAP, BMMsoft, HP, Intel, NetApp and Red Hat at the SAP Co-location Lab, Santa Clara, California, USA, on 17 February 2014.

The largest digital graphic, produced by 3M and designed by SuperGraphics, measures over 929 m² (10,000 ft²) and has been featured on the six bay doors on the assembly building of The Boeing Company in Everett, Washington, USA since the 15 February 2006. CD from The Boeing Company provided. The Boeing Company has applied a pressure-sensitive, adhesive-backed, digital graphic to its factory building in Everett, Washington. The mural gives the building an exciting look, one that attracts the eye of anyone. It’s a way to Continue reading →