Who wouldn't want a claim to fame as the world record holder for something completely wacky?! The employees of United Biscuits in the U.K. decided there was strength in numbers when trying to break an enormous record, so they banded together to do something that's never been done before.
On January 28th, 2015, the group from Old Windsor, West Berkshire set out to break the world record for most books toppled over in a domino fashion. The record to beat was 4,998 books, so they prepared for the worst and set up 5,500 books to be safe. At first, I assumed they used old library books, but of course the only book to use was the Guinness World Records 2015 Edition, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.
For a glorious two minutes and 27 seconds, the books toppled over in a truly mesmerizing fashion, and even though 182 didn't make their way down, the United Biscuits employees still managed to beat the previous record by 320 books.
Now, I'm sure you weren't patiently waiting for this record to be broken — but unlike some very questionable world record activities out there, you will definitely enjoy watching this one in action!
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