World Records

Puerto Princesa City, Philippines – November 16, 2016 – A Filipino fisherman in western Palawan island has found a giant pearl measuring 30 cm wide (1ft), 67 cm long (2.2ft) and weighing 34 kg (75lb), which sets the new world record for the Largest natural pearl. Photo: The giant pearl, seen being weighed at 34 kilogram, set a new world …

Whangaparaoa, New Zealand – November 18, 2016 – Domino’s Pizza Enterprises delivered one peri-peri chicken pizza and another chicken and cranberry pizza to a customer in Whangaparaoa, north of Auckland, New Zealand, thus setting the new world record for First commercial pizza delivery by drone. Photo: Customers eating their drone delivered pizza. Fast food company Domino’s had used an unmanned …

Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA – November 22, 2016 – To celebrate the 100th birthday of the National Park Service, the staff of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park decided to set a world record; 323 people park rangers, other park employees, and Gatlinburg residents came together to form the shape of a giant arrowhead, which is the National Park Service logo, …

Washington, D.C., USA – November 22, 2016 – Deltek, the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for project-based businesses, announced that it has set a new world record title at its award-winning Insight 2016 user conference for creating the largest human image of a cloud; the record was set at the Gaylord National Harbor in Washington, D.C., …

Dubai, UAE – November 23, 2016 – Anantara the Palm Dubai Resort has entered the Book of World Records for the ‘Largest Mango Sticky Rice’ dish, which weighed in at 2,831 kg. Photo: Cooked by 10 chefs, the recipe for record-breaking success included 1,000 kg of rice, 500 litres of coconut milk, 500 litres of coconut cream, 50 kgs of …

Cleveland, Ohio, USA – November 16, 2016 – Using 80 bottles of Appleton Estate rum, simple syrup, lime juice and ice, Cleveland’s Porco Lounge & Tiki Room (owner Stefan Was) tasked four mixologists and a team of barbacks to man four 1.5 gallon Vitamixes until the giant Tiki mug was filled; in the end the giant drink weighed-in at 95 …

Berlin, Germany – November 14, 2016 – A total of 1,152 Ram trucks drove along the Nürburgring; the parade included Ram trucks from 1994 to present models, from highly modified to nearly stock models, thus setting the new world record for the Largest parade of pickup trucks. Photo: Ram pickup owners from all around Europe met up at Germany’s Nurburgring …

Copenhagen, Denmark – November 14, 2016 – DFDS is the largest shipping and Logistics Company in Norther Europe; the employees used 1,015 million LEGO bricks and over 900 hours to build a 40.5 feet (12.35 meters) long, 8.9 feet (2.75 meters) high ship, thus setting the new world record for the Largest LEGO ship (supported). Photo: DFDS, largest shipping and …

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada – November 14, 2016 – Guildford Town Centre celebrated its 50th anniversary in a big way by setting a World Record for the largest carrot cake; Guildford Town Centre partnered with Chef Mickey Zhao of Saint Germain Bakery to bake and assemble the 20-foot, record-setting carrot cake, weighing approximately 2.25 tons (2250 kg), and containing 460 …

Niigata, Japan – November 14, 2016 – The record-breaking “kaki no tane,” one of Japan’s most popular traditional snacks, measures a whopping 55.4 centimeters and has been crowned the largest ever, being about 22 times the length of a regular one; it was unveiled at the head office of confectioner Kameda Seika Co. Photo: The record-breaking “kaki no tane,” one of …