The World Record of ‘largest pencil’ has been achieved by Ashrita Furman from Queens, New York, USA.
An international group of volunteers led by Ashrita Furman have constructed a Seventy Six (76) foot long pencil, the longest pencil in the world. The pencil weighs in at over 18,000 pounds, with a 2 1/2 foot long eraser at its end. The ‘lead’ alone weighs over 4,500 pounds, and is made using a graphite core 10 inches thick, which had to be sharpened at the end using a powerful Sawzall reciprocating electric saw instead of your average pencil sharpener. The pencil was built out of 8,000 wooden boards, a 10-inch graphite piece, and a 200 pound pink eraser. Fifty gallons of paint were needed to finish off the outside of the pencil. In all, an estimated two million regular pencils could be made out of the materials used in the construction. Forty volunteers from twenty different countries spent two weeks constructing the pencil, working 12-14 hours every day with the occasional night shift. The giant pencil is now stands at the St. Louis MO City Museum, USA.
The World record of “The longest chain of bracelets” was achieved by SRV SEWA (Shri Vision Social Empowerment & Welfare Association) from Indore, MP, India.
on 07/11/11 during the programme Miracle of One The longest chain of bracelets consists of 4123 (four thousand one hundred twenty three) friendship bracelets were assembled with the support of students and staff of Kautilya Academy, Indore.
Record was attempted to spread the message of friendship among the youth. All the bracelets were distributed to the children of marginalized section of the society to make them friend. Chain of friendship bracelets was a symbol to connect the privileged and underprivileged people of our society. Programme Miracle of One was supported by leading news paper of Indore “Dainik Dabang Dunia”.
The world record of making ‘biggest photo cake’ has been achieved by Baker’s Ville India Pvt. Ltd. from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
On the first day of new year; leading food decoration company: Baker’s Ville India Pvt. Ltd. Prepared the biggest photo cake. The dimension of the cake was 11ft X 7.5ft. This 260 kg weight eggless cake; decorated with photograph of Mickey mouse & friends was made by using icing, edible colors & sugar sheets. Biggest photo cake was prepared in 16 hours and was displaced at Indore Central Mall.
The World Record ‘tallest human pyramid’ has been achieved by Castellers de Vilafranca from Spain at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
The world’s tallest 10 tier human pyramid consist of 300 people was made by Castellers de Vilafranca a cultural and sporting association of Spain on August 22, 2011 on the occasion Gokulashtami festival. The event was organized by Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation and NGO Sangharsh.
The World Record ‘tallest human pyramid’ has been achieved by Castellers de Vilafranca from Spain at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
The world’s tallest 10 tier human pyramid consist of 300 people was made by Castellers de Vilafranca a cultural and sporting association of Spain on August 22, 2011 on the occasion Gokulashtami festival. The event was organized by Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation and NGO Sangharsh.
World Record of ‘tallest building in the world’ has been achieved by Burj Khalifa from Dubai, UAE.
Burj Khalifa: World’s Tallest Building has height of 828 m (2,716 ft 6 in) stands in Dubai, UAE. The building was formally known as Burj Dubai but later on it was renamed as Burj Khalifa (Khalifa Tower). The building was developed by Emaar Properties and the building construction began on September 21, 2004 with the exterior of the structure completed on October 01, 2009. The building officially opened on January 04, 2010. The building was made in the honor of the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayad al –nahyan. The cost of project was $1.5 Billion.
