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.
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.
The World Record of ‘largest Chocolate Sculpture’ has been achieved by Qzina Institute of Chocolate & Pastry from California, USA.
The sculpture weighs 8,273.3 kg (18,239.5 lb), measuring 0.6 m (1 ft 11 in) in height, and 3.7 m by 3.7 m (12 ft by 12ft) at its base. Largest Chocolate Sculpture was made by Qzina Institute of Chocolate & Pastry on the occasion of celebrating its 30th Anniversary. The sculpture modeled after an Ancient Mayan temple, Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza. The project took more than 400 hard hours of construction.
The world record of making ‘biggest crockery set’ has been achieved by Mr. Ankit Ramkrishna Kansalat from Modinagar, India.
Mr. Kansalat and his team made a Thali (8 ft in diameter), 4 Bowls (2.5 in diameter), 1 Spoon (3.5 ft long) and a Glass (4.5 ft tall). The crockery weighed 55 kg without the food. During an event; the food was made by Deewan-E-Khaas restaurant and the vegetarian menu consisted of Dal Makhni, Kadhai Paneer, Malai Kofta, Boondi Raita, Rice, Salad, Pickles etc. The chapattis were 2 ft in diameter and Tissue papers were also served with the thali.
The World Record of completing ‘fastest one million likes on face book’ has been achieved by Mark Zuckerberg from California, USA.
Mark Zuckerberg’s founder of the hugely popular social network has received 1,045,272 likes for announcing his wedding with his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan. They met as Harvard students and they have been together more than nine years. The very small unpublicized wedding was held in the Zuckerberg’s home in California.
The World Record of ‘longest title of a book’ has been achieved by Mr. Sreenathachary Vangeepuram from Mahabubnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India.
On June 27, 2010; Mr. Vangeepuram, an assistant professor (English) at Palamuru University has authored the book with title having Five Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Three (5633) characters or 1086 words. The book is about the origin and etymology of 108 Idioms, Proverbs, Phrases and Words of English in a cartoon frame.
