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Largest Hand-Sewn Art Montage

The Girls’ Brigade Singapore celebrates its 90th anniversary this year. For many months, volunteers of the Brigade had been helping to sew a 30m by 30m fabric artwork, comprising of 9 panels depicting its history and mission. It was finally completed at its HQ on 12 Aug 2017.

Youngest To Recall More Than 200 Digits Of Pi

After Sri Varshan set the record for memorising 200 world flags, SBOR challenged him to memorise the pi digits. 3 weeks later, on 22 Oct 2016, he recited 300 of the bewildering digits correctly in 3 min 16 sec, at Gardens by the Bay. The boy is only 4 years 1 month.

Most Number Of People Eating Green Laksa Together

Green and Healthy Festival at Singapore Expo was organised by Kampung Senang Charity & Education Foundation. On 20 Aug 2017, second day of the show, 500 bowls of green and healthy laksa were distributed and 468 people were witnessed to be eating the food at the same time. The laksa was sponsored by Kwan Inn Vegetarian.

Largest Gathering Of Ferraris

Ital Auto Pte Ltd, official distributor of Ferrari in Singapore, and the Ferrari Owners Club celebrated the car’s 70th anniversary with a record gathering of 157 Ferraris at F1 Pit Building on 20 Aug 2017. Thereafter the convoy paraded 70 km, passing by iconic landmarks around Singapore.

Largest Human Formation Of A Heart

Love for the country is the theme of Temasek Secondary School’s National Day celebrations on 8 Aug 2017. 1,078 students and staff stood together in a heart-shaped formation, and pledging to be ‘one united people’.

Largest Display Of Handpainted Ping Pong Balls

Students and staff of Pei Chun Public School were given ping pong balls to write their wishes for Singapore. Members of the alumni arranged 1965 of them to form the letters ‘SG’ signifying Singapore’s year of independence. The 1.9m by 3.8m display took centre stage for the school’s National Day celebration on 8 Aug 2017.

World’s Most Valuable Banknote In Circulation

Singapore’s $10,000 note was first issued in 1973 and then discontinued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in 2014 as part of its anti-money laundering controls. But, it is still circulating and the note will remain legal tender indefinitely. The United States issued a $10,000 note in 1928 but stopped printing in 1949. In 1969 it was taken out of circulation but ...

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