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 creating ‘first nail portrait’ has been achieved by Mr. Wajid Khan from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Wajid has created the first ever nail portrait. He makes paintings out of hammering several thousand nails on the sheet of ply. His first nail portrait was dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi; father of the nation India. Nail portrait starts with a single nail, unpredictable and imaginary, until it finishes with exclamations. It is beyond canvas and beyond any other piece of work done till date. Wajid is creating more portraits and exhibiting his unique art globally.
The World Record of ‘fastest computer’ has been achieved by Sequoia from USA.
Sequoia has been developed by IBM for the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Installed at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Sequoia achieved 16.32 petaflops on the Linpack benchmark using 1,572,864 cores. This supercomputer is capable of performing roughly the same number of operations per second as 10 million mobile phones put together. Sequoia is set to be used to carry out simulations to help extend the life of aging nuclear weapons, avoiding the need for real-world underground tests.
The World Record of ‘largest horn circumference on a steer’ has been achieved by Lurch, an African Watusi steer owned by Janice Wolf from Gassville, Arkansas, USA.
The largest horn circumference on a steer measured 95.25 cm (37.5 in).
The World Record of ‘heaviest weight lifted by tongue’ has been achieved by Thomas Blackthorne from UK.
The greatest weight lifted with a human tongue is 12.5 kg (27 lb 8.96 oz) by Thomas who lifted the weight hooked through his tongue.
Previous World Records:
The World Record of ‘heaviest weight lifted by tongue’ was achieved by Thomas Blackthorne from UK. The greatest weight lifted with a human tongue was 11.510 kg (25.38 lb) on Sept.09, 2006.
The World Record of ‘heaviest weight lifted by tongue’ was achieved by Thomas Blackthorne from UK. The greatest weight lifted with a human tongue was 11.025 kg (24 lb 3 oz) on Sept. 11, 2004.
The world record of the ‘Youngest to Play Drums Non-stop for 6 Hours’ has been achieved by Yasin Ebrahim (10 years) from Beirut, Lebanon.
Master Yasin Ebrahim is the youngest person in the world to play drums non-stop for 6 hours at the age of 10. He performed this feat in front of the crowd comprising of the parents and teachers of the school at a Parent Teachers Association function on December 18, 2011 at the New Century School. Yasin likes to play drums as a hobby and has 28 drums.
