The World Record of ‘first creepy portrait’ has been achieved by Marc Quinn from USA.
Quinn has created creepy self-portrait with his own frozen blood. Quinn used between four and five liters of his own blood for each of his four portraits, extracted over a period of five months. After creating a detailed mold of his face, he froze the blood to create his creepy portraits. They are maintained in refrigeration units at a constant temperature of -15 degrees Celsius, to prevent them from melting.
The World Record of ‘biggest paper plane’ has been achieved by Pima Air & Space Museum from Arizona, USA.
The world’s biggest paper airplane was launched in the Arizona desert just south of Tucson with the name ‘Desert Eagle’ named after a 12-year-old-boy who inspired the design. The plane is made of layers of falcon board. The Forty Five (45) feet flier was taken by helicopter to an altitude of 2700 feet before being released into the sky. The plane flew for about ten seconds to reach speed of up to 100 mph (161 km/hr). The plane was built by the Pima Air & Space Museum to motivate kids to for taking interest in Aeronautics, Maths, and Physics.
World Record of creating ‘portrait with lipsticks’ has been achieved by Amer Shomali from Palestine.
Artist Amer made portrait of beautiful Leila Khaled, a woman revolutionary who became famous as “the poster girl of Palestinian militancy” after hijacking a plane, in 1969. He created a unique portrait made of 3,500 lipsticks for an art exhibition at Birzeit University. Amer Shomali created a sort of canvas out of lipstick holders and then arranged 3,500 lipsticks of 14 different colors.
The World Record of ‘making portrait using a Basketball’ has been achieved by Ms. Yi Hong from Shanghai, China.
Yi Hong, has made portrait ‘Yao Ming’ using a Basketball. Yi, loves to paint, but not with a paintbrush using nothing but red paint and a basketball, she slowly but surely creates a realistic portrait of retired NBA star Ming. Hong simply dips the ball in paint and carefully bounces it on the canvas and make the unique portraits.
The World Record of ‘most people in mortar board toss’ has been achieved by International students from London, UK.
On May 31, 2012, Two Hundred Ninty Five (295) International students of London set the record of most people in mortar board toss in London. The attempt recognised the growth of international students studying in London. Students in this event represented more than 100 different nations and over 30 London universities including: King’s College London, UCL, Imperial College, London Business School, University of Greenwich and University of the Arts London.
