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Pathum Thani (Bangkok), Apr 22 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Diego Azubel) Buddhist monks and devotees take part in the lighting of 330,000 candles during a successful attempt at the Guinness World Record for the largest flaming image to commemorate Earth Day at Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, on the outskirts of Bangkok.FOOTAGE OF THE CANDLES IN THE WAT PHRA DHAMMAKAYA, PATHUM THANI (THAILAND).
The world’s largest plate of nachos was presented at an event called ‘Noche of Nachos’, organised with the city of La Cruces and New Mexico Department of Agriculture. A 2,282kg (5,030 lb) plate of tortilla chips, spiced up with lotte cheese, minced meat, vegetables and salsa sauce was served up to locals. 200 portions were donated to a local homeless charity.
Argentinian cooks managed to set a new Guinness World Record, producing 11,000 pizzas in 12 hours. During the event, the team of cooks also set a new record for the highest numbers of empanadas, producing 11,000 pastries in less than eight hours. The team went through 3,000 kilos of pizza flour, 3,000 kilos of buffalo mozzarella, 1,200 litres of 'Gentleman' tomato sauce, 88,000 'Gentleman' olives and 150 litres of olive oil. The previous record was held by an Italian team, who managed to prepare 10,065 pizzas in 12 hours back in 2017. Proceedings from pizza sales went to Argentina Down Syndrome Association while extra pizzas were donated to charities and aid organisations.
A giant cup was filled to the brim with piping hot tea as a team of 138 culinary experts broke a Guinness World Record for the largest cup of tea in the world on Thursday. In total, the team managed to fill the cup with 5,000 liters, or about 1,320 gallons, of delicious hot tea. The karak tea was prepared out using 5,000 teabags mixed with milk, cardamom and sugar. The previous record was set in Shanghai when the pot was filled with measly 4,050 litres of tea.
Chefs from across Peru gathered in Lima on Saturday in a bid to make the world’s biggest chocolate bar. The mammoth chocolate bar was made using more than two tons of pure cocoa, nearly 400 gallons of milk, 1500 pounds of sugar, 44 pounds of chestnuts and walnuts, and 66 gallons of water. Chocolatiers from all over Peru raised 250,000 Peruvian soles, or nearly $100,000, for the project and worked 8 hours straight to make the bar.
Yousef al-Bahtini, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, has got the unique gift of contortionism. Bending his body to extremes can make others cringe or drop their jaws in bewilderment, but Yousef is already figuring out ways to make a future with his talent. He is working on improving his rolling speed ahead of a time trial attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to travel 20 metres, or 65 feet, in a contortion roll.