Video Of The Week - Human Mattress Dominos Topple World Record

By Meera Dolasia on March 5, 2012

It seems as though people will do almost anything to get into the Guinness World Records - weave gum wrapper chains, host large tea parties, turn themselves into human torches and even, as was recently the case, topple over each other like dominos while lying on mattresses.

850 people came together in New Orleans last week and arranged themselves behind each other, holding mattresses. They then waited patiently as the human dominos came toppling backwards one after another until the final, 850th domino fell on to the ground, easily surpassing the 2011 record set in Belgium, by 550 people.

The effort not only earned New Orleans a spot in the Guinness World Records, but also, provided much needed mattresses to the city's shelters thanks to the fact, that all 850 of them were donated.

Resources: Dailymail.co.uk

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  • pink172
    5/21/2013
    i want to do that
    • yolo83/25/2013
      Wow man so cool man
      • Owen age 73/23/2013
        My counsin edmund and I love doing that but without a mattresses.
        • xgispzx
          3/17/2013
          This looks like a whole load of fun! I would love to try that out!
          • la_eliza
            3/12/2013
            that is so awesome
            • dancerbrianna7
              3/4/2013
              wow thats amazing! imagine being the person to push the first domino down then you could watch the chain go down!
              • Cooler than u2/28/2013
                Fun
                • Charlie2/28/2013
                  Awsome
                  • laa9876
                    2/26/2013
                    OMGcool. sounds fun
                    • figgy
                      2/12/2013
                      Wow,that would be so fun to do!!!! :-)

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