Author: Asia Book of Records Team

A total of 2,012 people, including Taichung Mayor Jason Hu, gathered to form an image of a person raising his arms in the form of a ‘V’ sign, on October 15, 2012, in Taichung, central Taiwan. The ‘V’ shape was the motive of a campaign called ‘I Love Taiwan’ initiated by Shaun Bettinson, an English teacher from Britain.

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Liu Deyan (53) from China, uses a knife to clean the eyeballs of people. He runs an eye-cleaning stand in Chengdu, where his customers go to get their eyeballs cleansed through this ancient artwork. The process of cleaning the eyeballs takes about five minutes and involves pulling the eyelid back, cleansing the eyeball and then shaving and scraping its surface. In ancient China, it used to be the norm and today Deyan is one of the few that still practices the trade. Doctors warn that eyeball shaving was abandoned because it risks cross-infection.

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Takabisha, a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter steel roller coaster located at the Fuji-Q Highland theme park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan, has a free falling angle of 121 degrees. The ride was officially opened to the public on July 16, 2011. The 1,000-metre (3,300 ft) ride begins with a sudden drop into pitch black darkness before entering a slow heart line roll. The whole ride gets over in just 2 minutes.

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Future Generali India Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Future Value Retail Ltd. (Big Bazaar) in association with G2rams India Pvt. Ltd. (all from India) have made the longest balloon chain measuring 20,024 meter (65,695 ft 4.88 in) in Mumbai, India, on February 9, 2011.

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‘The Batik on the Road’, a Batik painting, created by 1,000 participants on behalf of Pekalongan Batik Community, on September 16, 2005, in Pekalongan City, Indonesia, measuring 1,200 sq. meter, is the largest Batik painting in the World.

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