The largest off license (liquor store) is Daveco Liquors owned by Henry Sawaged (USA) situated in Thornton, Colorado, USA. The store covers an area of 9,297.13 m² (100,073.1 ft²) and was opened on 18 November 2006.
In a real-life mirroring of the animated movie Up (USA, 2009), the National Geographic Channel (USA) floated a house weighing 1,966.3 kg (4,335 lb) including the 4.8 x 4.8 x 5.5 m (16 x 16 x 18 ft) frame plus the ballast, rigging and pilot to a height of (10,000 ft) over Los Angeles, California, USA, using a cluster of 300 helium-filled balloons. Each balloon inflated to 2.5 m (8 ft) and formed a cluster 10-storeys tall. The project, which took two weeks
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The largest order magic cube is 17x17x17 cubes large and consists of 1,539 parts. It was created by Oskar van Deventer (Netherlands) and was presented at the New York Puzzle Party Symposium in New York, USA, on 12 February 2011. A classic rubiks cube is 3x3x3 cubes large.
The largest orange by circumference measured 63.5 cm (25 in) around its widest point on 22 January 2006. The orange grew in the garden of Patrick and Joanne Fiedler in Fresno, California, USA.
The largest open sandwich is 1,151.67 kg (2,539 lb), which was prepared by T-Bones Roadhouse (USA), during the Plymouth Waterfront Food Festival, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, on 19 November 2011. The open sandwich contained bread (120.65 kg), pork butts (647.72 kg), rib rub (12.24 kg), BBQ sauce (82.55 kg) and coleslaw (288.48 kg).
The largest packaged product display measures 472.58 m³ (16,689 ft³) achieved by Lowe’s Market and PepsiCo (USA) in El Paso, Texas, USA, on 9 July 2014. 71,595 12-packs of Pepsi varieties were used in the display, which took 25 hours to construct. The total weight of the products used in the display was 337,739 kg (744,588 lb).
The world’s largest pair of bib overalls measures 17.3 ft (5.27m) long, with an 8.08ft (2.46m) inseam, a 14.9ft (4.54m) waist, and buttons that are 8 inches (20.3cm) in diameter. The giant overalls were created by Shawnee Garment Manufacturing Company of Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA on 21 October 2002 to celebrate their 100th year of making overalls.
The largest freeflying head-down formation consisted of 108 parachutists and was formed by an international team over Chicago, Illinois, USA on 31 July 2009. The record was officially ratified by the FAI in October 2009
The largest paper mache sculpture measures 2.27 m (7 ft 5.5 in) high and has a circumference of 8.55 m (28 ft 1 in) and was created by Salem Lutheran School in Orange, California, USA, on 21 September 2010. The sculpture depicts earth.
The largest canopy formation consisted of 100 parachutes and was formed by an international team over Lake Wales, Florida, USA, on 21 November 2007. The formation was in the shape of a diamond, with each parachutist in contact with the canopy of the person below them.