World's biggest piece of cheese infographic

An infographic for the biggest piece of cheese, from 2008. Damn.

©2013 James Mathurin

World's biggest piece of cheese

The world’s biggest piece of cheese was made by Hamza Akhrash, a Kazakhstani farmer between January and July 1995. Hamza told the national news programme he produced the hunk of Gouda, weighing 3.4 metric tonnes, “because my home town lacked a tourist attraction. Now I hope the council will be able to build a municipal swimming baths.”

copyright © 2008 James Mathurin