Showing posts with label World Record. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Record. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Mecca Clock Tower: largest, tallest and the biggest - 18 Pics+Video
Saudi Arabia will test what it is billing as the world's largest clock in the holy city of Mecca during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
The four-faced clock tower will top a massive skyscraper that when completed will be around 1,970 feet (600 metres) tall, the second tallest in the world after Dubai's Burj Khalifa.
The clock will dwarf London's Big Ben, once the largest four-faced clock in the world, with dials more than five times greater in area.
The around 130 foot (40 metre) diameter Saudi clock dials are also bigger than the current world champion at the Cevahir Mall clock in Istanbul, which has a 36 metre face set in the transparent roof of the shopping complex.
The four-faced clock tower will top a massive skyscraper that when completed will be around 1,970 feet (600 metres) tall, the second tallest in the world after Dubai's Burj Khalifa.
The clock will dwarf London's Big Ben, once the largest four-faced clock in the world, with dials more than five times greater in area.
The around 130 foot (40 metre) diameter Saudi clock dials are also bigger than the current world champion at the Cevahir Mall clock in Istanbul, which has a 36 metre face set in the transparent roof of the shopping complex.
Friday, July 30, 2010
The World's Smallest Man from Nepal - 22ins tall - 16 Pics + Video
A Nepali teenager bidding to become the world's smallest man is going the extra mile to achieve his lifelong dream.
Khagendra Thapa Magar, 17, is flying with his father and a supporter to Italy, where they plan to file a claim with Guinness World Records.
Standing just 22in tall, Magar is eight months away from adulthood - and the chance to claim the title of the shortest man in history.
Khagendra Thapa Magar, 17, is flying with his father and a supporter to Italy, where they plan to file a claim with Guinness World Records.
Standing just 22in tall, Magar is eight months away from adulthood - and the chance to claim the title of the shortest man in history.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Word's Largest Swimwear Parade (Sydney Australia)
Guinness World Record for Largest Swimwear Parade in the middle of the CBD in Sydney Australia !
Sydney's financial district was selected as the location of the first swimwear parade to take place in the country.
Organisers were hoping to beat the world record for the most people to take part in an event of this kind.
Although more than 200 people turned out in their bikinis and trunks, there were not quite enough participants to take the record from current holders Las Vegas, who managed to attract 281 swimwear supporters for their parade.
However, the event was still hailed as a success because it managed to raise funds for the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME).
The charity works to help young indigenous Australians progress to further education and attend university through the use of mentoring programmes.
Entrants to the event were charged AU$50 (£27.82), with all the money being donated to AIME.
Sydney's financial district was selected as the location of the first swimwear parade to take place in the country.
Organisers were hoping to beat the world record for the most people to take part in an event of this kind.
Although more than 200 people turned out in their bikinis and trunks, there were not quite enough participants to take the record from current holders Las Vegas, who managed to attract 281 swimwear supporters for their parade.
However, the event was still hailed as a success because it managed to raise funds for the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME).
The charity works to help young indigenous Australians progress to further education and attend university through the use of mentoring programmes.
Entrants to the event were charged AU$50 (£27.82), with all the money being donated to AIME.
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