Largest World Records

A total of 254 female students of Govt. Girls H.S. School - Chandametta (M.P.) participated in essay writing competition conducted by Narayanrao Bahuddeshiya Education Society, Nagpur, India. They wrote essays about women's empowerment at once. They set the record during the United Nations' 1st International Day of the Girl.

Kade Hill led 89 students from the Maine Arts Camp in a parade while dressed as cartoon characters.

A total of 826 people from Fundacja Lilia performed a thumbs-up at the same time, keeping their thumbs up for one minute.

A. Srinath from SPK Schools in Namakkal, India created a sketch pen mosaic measuring 5.5 meters wide and 5 meters long. Dr. S.Prabu Kumar, chairman of the school institution, organized the record.

John Chlarson caught a 21-pound carp using a Pen Fishing Rod. The fishing rod has telescoping reel that begins at 8 inches in length, but extends to 30 inches when in use.The fish itself measures 30 inches in length and has a 24 inch girth.

250-pounder Todd DeFazio wore a homemade pinata suit.

James Haggerty and six of his friends performed the Giraffe Whip trick while riding on their giraffe unicycles.

A member of BYOkids made a house of cards using 17 travel brochures.

Kara R. led 109 people in using looms at once. The group made a total of 500 bracelets, which were donated to people in a hospital. They set the record as part of their "Loom-A-Thon" event in Enfield, Connecticut.

Female students from iD Tech Camps at Stanford University built a 3D pyramid using 84 plastic cups.

Rakesh Vaid has 4,444 acrylic photo frame key chains in his collection. His designs included photos of different flags, international leaders, and Hollywood celebrities.

Sherrie Woolf, Nimisha Patel and 211 other female bikers paraded on their motorcycles at a Grand Prix track. They set the record during the MotoGP race weekend.

Caroline Glaser and her friends constructed a boat made out of aluminum foil that measures 24 inches in length and 14 inches in width.

Bryan L. created a replica of the American Flag in Survival mode of Minecraft measuring 130 blocks in width and 247 blocks in length.

During their ceremony held at The Times Center in New York City, The Shorty Awards projected an animated GIF measuring 288 square feet. The GIF, created by Shorty Awards cofounder and Sawhorse Media CTO Lee Semel, featured the "Shorty Whale", designed by Yiying Lu. Lu also designed the original and iconic "Fail Whale." Read more about the project here, and see the GIF in action here.

Darryl Learie received an anonymous $35 donation to his non-commercial YouTube channel.