Number of View: 446A bottle of spirit valued at over $2 million was revealed to the world last night. Chambord, the French black raspberry liqueur and leading bespoke jeweller Donald Edge have joined forces to create the ultimate luxury liqueur – a diamond, pearl and gold Chambord Royal orb bottle. The bottle is believed to [...]
Number of View: 209A TINY Scotch whisky distillery has made the Guinness Book of Records after producing the world’s largest bottle of whisky. The massive bottle of single malt was filled by hand with105 litres of 14-year-old Tomintoul Speyside Glenlivet Scotch. And when full, the giant five foot container holds the equivalent of 150 standard [...]
Number of View: 354A gigantic chair, made in the town of Razgrad (northeastern Bulgaria) will compete for Guinness World Records. The unique chair was made by the furniture craftsman Radoslav Russev. The chair is 4,53 m high and weighs 350 kg. To assemble the huge piece of furniture the master had used two cubic meters [...]
Number of View: 975A tag that comes along with the price tag can give you answer whether you can buy the sofa with good conscience. The world’s longest sofa was built this weekend in Sykkylven, Norway. More than 800 metres long, seating 1500 persons. It is also the greenest sofa so far that got an [...]
Number of View: 429In Shanghai, China, on 29 May 2009, a new record was set for the largest cushion in the world, measuring 10.08 x 10.08 m (33 ft 8 in x 33 ft 8 in). It was made by Shanghai Konglong Textile Ornaments Co., Ltd. The cushion was a precise, scaled-up version of a [...]
Number of View: 389A FLAWLESS vivid blue diamond weighing 7.03 carats sold on Tuesday for a record 10.5 million Swiss francs (S$14 million), the highest price paid per carat for any gemstone at auction, Sotheby’s said. The rectangular-shaped blue stone, the rarest to enter the international market this year, went to an anonymous buyer bidding [...]
Number of View: 200A world record for the length of a toilet queue was set Sunday when 756 people lined up for a latrine in central Brussels to raise awareness for the need for clean water on World Water Day. The event was organised by the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF, which gave each participant [...]
Number of View: 343One tasted white truffles, another gingerbread. But the esteemed wine critics that gathered to taste the world’s oldest Champagne were at least agreed on one thing: that they were enjoying the opportunity of a lifetime. 12 of the wine industry’s top tasters had been given the rare chance to give their verdict [...]
Number of View: 773Keep your eyes (and a few bananas) peeled for a king-sized monkey visiting the local establishments. Standing eight foot ten, Oscar is the world’s largest sock monkey and he was born right here in Merritt. Cherylle Douglas says she decided to embark on the sock monkey business as a fun craft project, [...]
