3 Bizarre Structures That Made Guinness World Records
1. Longest Floating Walkway:
"The longest floating walkway measures 5.13 km and was reached by
Chengdu VENI Tourism and Shanghai Qihua Water Engineering Construction Co. Ltd
in Luodian, Guizhou, China on 30 December 2016," according to the official
website of the Guinness World Records.
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The aerial footage of the floating walkway seems to be the design of a giant multicolored butterfly. The walkway is made of individual interlocking plastic blocks, and anchors spread across the structure hold it in place.
2. Tallest structure built with LEGO® bricks
Built with interlocking plastic bricks, the tallest structure measured 35.05 m and was achieved on 21 June 2015 by Lego
Italia in Milan, Italy. An estimated 550,000 LEGO® bricks were used to complete
the tower.
Source: Guinness World Records
However, in Tel Aviv, Israel a Lego structure has been built
from around 500,000 Lego bricks, it stands at a height of 36 meters, a meter
higher than the current record holder.
3. Largest playing card structure
The largest playing card structure was a
replica of The Venetian® Macao, The Plaza® Macao and Sands Macao. It measured 10.39
m long, 2.88 m tall and 3.54 m wide, and was created by Bryan Berg, China, on
10 March 2010.
Source: Guinness World Records
Bryan Berg took 44 days to complete the structure
that consisted of 218,792 cards. Bryan Berg was not allowed to use any
adhesives or internal structure to support the card artwork, and he could not
modify the cards in any way, according to the Guinness World Records
guidelines.
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