The world´s largest drillships are the Discoverer Enterprise, Discoverer Spirit and Discoverer Deep Seas, each of which displaces 103,000 tonnes. The vessels are owned by Transocean Inc. (USA) and are capable of drilling in over 3,050 m (10,000 ft) of water, and to overall depths of 10,650 m (35,000 ft). The ships are 255 m (835 ft) long and 38 m (125 ft) wide.
The largest Easter egg hunt consisted of 501,000 eggs that were searched for by 9,753 children accompanied by their parents at the Cypress Gardens Adventure Park in Winter Haven, Florida, USA, on 1 April 2007.
The largest exhibit of two-headed animals featured 11 live specimens and was open to the public at the World Aquarium, St. Louis, USA, between 22 August and 5 September 2006.
The largest espresso machine in the world, unveiled on 20 September 2004, was built on Discovery Channel’s BIG! television show and measures 3.27 m (10 ft 9.25 in) tall, 2.48 m (8 ft 2 in) wide and 3.07 m (10 ft 1.5 in) long. The espresso machine was unveiled at the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles. It can hold 492 litres (108.2 gal / 130 US gal) of water and filter 32.6 kg (72 lb) of coffee in one go. It can
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The largest ensemble of car horns consisted of 400 MINI cars tooting the Deep Purple song “Smoke on the Water” simultaneously at the MINI on the Mack event, conducted by MINI of Grand Rapids in St. Ignace, Michigan, USA on 3 August 2013.
Robert Wadlow (USA, 1918 – 1940), the tallest ever man, wore US size 37AA shoes (UK size 36 or approximately a European size 75), equivalent to 47cm (18½ in) long.
The Evergreen International Aviation Company of the USA has modified a Boeing 747-300 widebody aircraft into a fire fighting aircraft. It has a capacity of 20,500 US gallons (77,600 litres) more than 8 times that of the commonly used P-3A Orion aircraft and is the largest fire fighting aircraft in the world. It was first used operationally in July 2009 to fight huge fires in Cuenca, Spain.
The largest fishing lure had a length of 4.74 m (15 ft 6.72 in), a width of 67.97 cm (2 ft 2.76 in), and a height of 48.77 cm (1 ft 7.2 in), and was created by Ethan Sparks (USA), in West, Texas, USA, on 8 August 2013. Ethan added hooks to the bottom of the lure to match those present on the original fishing lure he replicated. They measured 85.34 cm (2.80 ft) tall and 68.28 cm (2 ft 2.88 in) long.
The largest fish stew weighed 3,020.02 kg (6,658 lb) and was achieved by the University of Massachusetts Dining Services in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, on 3 September 2011. The pan used to cook the stew measured 4.27 meters (14 feet) in diameter and was custom-made for a 2011 record attempt at Largest Stir Fry. The recipe, developed by Chef Jet Tila, included cod, muscles, lobster, salmon and clams.
Fareed Lafta (Iraq) flew an Iraq flag measuring 4,023.2 m² (43,305.36 ft²) whilst parachuting over the Skydive Chicago facility in Ottawa, Illinois, USA, on 15 August 2012.