Bizarre world records: The largest flag ever made

Romanians make a 10,000-pound flag — and more in our collection of strangely compelling feats

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The largest flag ever made
(Image credit: AP Photo/Bogdan Cristel)

In the Romanian village of Clinceni, nearly 200 people helped unroll a gigantic version of Romania's blue, yellow, and red flag. It measured 1,145 feet by 744.5 feet. That's close to three football fields. The flag is made up of about 44 miles of thread, weighs about 10,000 pounds, and now holds the Guinness World Record for largest flag in the world.

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Elena Scotti

Elena Scotti is TheWeek.com's assistant photo editor. She is a photographer and printmaker living in Brooklyn. Follow her on Twitter.