The World Record ‘largest cardboard box’ in the world has been achieved by the academic company Chegg.com from Pasadena, California, USA.
On September 19th, 2009; the dimensions of the record breaking cardboard box were a width of 6.12 meters (20 feet, 1.2 inches), a length of 14.05 meters (46 feet 1.2 inches) and a height of 2.75 meters (9 feet 0.3 inches). The total volume of the box was 236.9 cubic meters (8,362.51 cubic feet). The record was created at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California and was presented before an American Football match of the NCAA held between the teams of UCLA and Kansas State University.
The World Record of ‘longest bridge made out of plastic bottles’ has been achieved by the City of Ely United Kingdom (UK).
The total length of the bridge was 36 meters (118.10 feet) and was built on river Ouse. The total number of bottles used in the construction of the bridge were Fourteen Thousand One Hundred (14100). They were all plastic milk bottles and were done with the co-operation of St Mary’s Primary School, Ely, the Isle of Ely Explorers at Sutton Gault and Witchford’s Rackham Primary School. The mayor of the city Ron Bradney was the first to cross the bridge. This bridge was a temporary structure and was created in order to create awareness about the need to recycle on the Annual Classic Regatta function of the city in 2008.
The World Record of ‘fastest person to run 5000 meters with a 50 pounds rucksack’ has been achieved by Dustin McClure from Fort Benning, Georgia, USA.
Dustin set the world record in a time of 20.06 minutes carrying the 40 lbs (18.14 kg) rucksack on December 8, 2008. He was an all-conference runner at the Oklahoma State University.
The World Record of ‘largest library’ in the world has been achieved by the British Library from London, UK (United Kingdom).
British Library is also the national library of the United Kingdom. The total number of books/informational items in this library is 170000000 (One Hundred Seventy Million). The total number of visitors in this library is about 1.75 Million per year. The library adds about 3 Million information items to its collection every year. The total staff of the library is about 2000. The library was established on July 1, 1973 following the British Library Act of 1972.
The World Record of ‘largest domino structure’ in the world has been achieved by the Yspertal Domino Team from Yspertal, Melk, Austria.
On November 22, 2013; at the HLUW Yspertal High School in Y spertal, largest domino structure with the total height of 6.026 meters (19 feet, 9.24 inches) was created. The total number of dominos used to create this record breaking structure was 11,465. A team of 44 members was involved to make the structure. All the team members were the students of the HLUW Yspertal High School.
