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Dubai, UAE : New Year : World Record, Largest Fireworks Display, Nasimi Beach, Atlantis, Palm Jumeirah Dubai has seen in 2014 in unforgettable style, with a successful attempt at the world record for the largest ever fireworks display. The history-making performance saw 479,651 shells fired in just six minutes on New Year's Eve, at a rate of almost 80K shells per minute and 1,332 fireworks per second. While you were watching sipping discount champagne out of a plastic cup and wondering why the net of balloons wasn't working, Dubai was setting a Guinness World Record for the World's Biggest Pyrotechnics Display. Dubai is no stranger to World Records, having earned the World's Tallest Building Title for Burj Khalifa and the World's Largest Manmade Island, among others. The previous record was held by Kuwait, for using 77,282 in 2012. Dubai broke the record by, oh, just 400,000 fireworks.