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The most ice cream scoops thrown and caught in one minute

The largest bowl
of pasta

The record for most ice cream scoops thrown
and caught in one minute by a team of two is
25, achieved by Gabriele Soravia (thrower) and
Lorenzo Soravia (catcher) (both Germany), on
the set of Guinness World Records - Die größten
Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany, on 1 September 2007.

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The largest bowl of pasta weighed 6,253 kg
(13,786 lb) and was made by Buca di Beppo
Italian Restaurant (USA), at the chain’s Anaheim restaurant, Garden Grove, California,
USA, on 12 March 2010.
To successfully set a new record the chefs had
to fill a 4.57 m (15 ft) by 106.7 cm (42 in), 15,142
litre (4,000 gal) portable swimming pool. It
took 5 people a total of 120 hours to call all the
pasta for the attempt, which was then delivered in 11 separate pallets. 37.85 litres (10 gal)
of tomato sauce was later added to the pasta.ไ

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The most expensive
non-jewelled chocolate egg

The most expensive non-jewelled chocolate
egg sold at auction for £7,000 ($11,107) and
was created by William Curley, Amy Rose
Curley, Alistair Birt, Sarah Frankland, Melissa
Paul, Rhiann Mead (all UK) and Suzue Curley
(Japan). It was sold at the Royal Courts of
Justice, London, UK, on 20 March 2012.
The chocolate egg named the ‘Golden speckled egg’ was made with Amedei Chocolate
and edible Gold leaf and filled with couture
chocolate and truffles. The egg was decorated
with 12 smaller chocolate eggs, 20 mini chocolate bars and 5 white flowers, and took over
three days to make. The egg was estimated to
weigh over 50 kg (110.23 lbs) and was approximately 107 cm (3 ft 6.13 in) tall and 54 cm (1 ft
9.26 in) wide. The egg was sold in aid of The
Fabergé Big Egg Hunt as part of World Record
London.