The largest popcorn ball weighed 3,423 lb (1,552.64 kg) and was made by employees at The Popcorn Factory, Lake Forest, Illinois, USA on 29 September 2006 Good photos and video

The largest printed catalogue (standard edition) is ‘The Aviall Product and Catalog Book’ and was made by Aviall Services Inc (USA) on 3 January 2005. It has 2,656 pages, weighs 7.4 lb (3.4 kg) and is 7.1 cm (2.8 in) thick. It took Aviall Services nearly two years to assemble all the information needed for the catalogue. The catalogue is a detailed selection of the one of the world’s largest independent providers of new aviation parts and related aftermarket services.

The largest potluck party was attended by 1,275 participants and was organised by Chandler Christian Church (USA) in Chandler, Arizona, USA, on 6 April 2014.

The largest pot of baked beans is 3,825.70 litres (1,010.65 US gallons), prepared at the Alabama Butterbean Festival in Pinson, Alabama, USA, on 4 September 2010. Morgan Wilber adjudicated.

The largest producer of genetically modified seeds is Monsanto (USA) which currently dominates between 70% and 100% of the global market for genetically modified seeds. In 2006, the comapny saw a global revenue of $7.344 (£3.672) billion.

Fermilab, in Batavia, Illinois, USA, produces around 100 billion protons of antimatter every hour. This adds up to around one billionth of a gram each year.

The largest privately owned satellite constellation is the fleet of 66 satellites in cross-linked low-earth orbits owned and operated by Iridium Satellite LLC (USA). The satellite fleet, which orbits at an altitude of 780 km (485 miles), provides global communication coverage allowing the use of a satellite telephone anywhere on Earth.

The largest profiterole weighs 57.15 kg (126 lb) and was achieved by Dave Schmidt (USA) of the Wisconsin Baker’s Association at the 160th anniversary of the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA, on 11 August 2011. The profiterole was an outsized version of the Wisconsin State Fair’s iconic ‘cream puff.’ The profiterole measured 19.05 cm (7.5 in) in height by 96.52 cm (38 in) in diameter.

The US Missile Defense Agency’s Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) is the largest phased array X-band radar in the world – in other words, each of the radar’s antennae are individually controlled by its own computer and operates within the X-ray band of the electromagnetic spectrum. Being designed to move around the Pacific Ocean, the actual radar is carried by a mobile, ocean-going semi-submersible oil platform, the entirety of which measures 73 m (240 ft) wide, 118 m (390 ft) long, 85 m(280 ft or 26 Continue reading →

The largest member of the ray family is the Atlantic manta ray (Manta birostris) which has an average wingspan of 5.2–6.8 m (17–22 ft). The largest manta ray wingspan ever recorded is 9.1 m (30 ft). Atlantic manta rays are solitary swimmers which are usually found near the surface of the ocean, although they have also been reported at depths of 120 m (394 ft). They are also called “devil rays” because of the cephalic fins at the front of their heads which resemble the Continue reading →