You read well. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Scooter’s Coffee will attempt to enter the Guinness World Records with the world’s largest ball of cake.
Scooter’s attempt will be made with 690 pounds of dough, 150 pounds of buttercream frosting, and 50 birthday sprinkles. The current record is 628 pounds and is held by the Sheffield Wednesday Football Club in Sheffield, England.
Scooter’s pie ball will be baked from scratch at Harvest Roasting in Omaha. It will be assembled, featured and judged by Guinness on Wednesday during the annual Grow Scooter Conference at CHI Health Center Omaha. The conference is held Monday through Thursday.
The cake ball, which must be eaten or donated after judging, will be served to conference attendees at 11:30 am on Thursday.
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The largest collection of car bumper stickers.
Bill Heermann was aspiring to be an Eagle Scout when someone handed him some bumper stickers, starting his love of collecting them.
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The largest collection of auto bumper stickers is owned by Bill Heermann of Lincoln, who has collected 4,131 since 1984. Bill started his collection of bumper stickers in 1984 when he was in eighth grade. Bill was on his way to Eagle Scouts when passersby handed him a series of stickers. He was hooked on collecting from that point on.
The longest line of tacos
The longest line of tacos is 2017 and was accomplished by Chadron State College and Creative Dining Services in Chadron on April 21, 2017. This event was aimed at improving relations between the campus community and the Chadron community. It also ended up feeding more than 2,000 people.
The largest glazed geodesic dome and the interior desert
The Desert Dome exhibit, which opened in April 2002, at the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is 13 stories tall and contains 84,000 square feet of desert.
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Record-setting American flag
On May 27, 2017, Omaha Westside graduate John Lang led a group of hundreds of volunteers in building a giant flag that broke a Guinness record.
The 60 foot by 30 foot flag was made from MegaConstrux bricks. At 1,813.52 square feet, it broke the previous record of 1,687.78 by 125.74 square feet.
The largest collection of ‘The Muppets’ memorabilia
The largest collection of The Muppets memorabilia consists of 1,841 items and was curated by Rhett Safranek in Merna, as verified on October 1, 2017. Rhett began his collection after his parents gave him a Best of the Muppets Show VHS as a gift. when i was a child . His favorite piece of the collection is the official Gonzo Master replica, which he says is one of his rarest items.
Largest Night Zoo Exposition
The world’s largest nocturnal zoo exhibit is Kingdoms of the Night, located inside the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha and spanning over 4,000 square feet. The exhibit cost $31.5 million to create and opened in April 2003.
Largest rail freight yard
Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard on North Platte is the largest railroad marshalling yard in the world. Named after former Union Pacific president Edd H. Bailey, the massive yard covers 2,850 acres, reaching a total length of eight miles.
Geoff Johnson, visits North Platte
The longest marathon square dance call
Square dancers at work. In May 2000, a caller from Square Dance in Norfolk called for 28 hours.
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Dale F Muehlmeier called the American Cancer Society for 28 hours in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Norfolk in May 2000.