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The World Domino Day 2008 took place this past Friday on November 14,
in WTC Expo Center in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. "Celebrating 10 years
of Domino Day - Breaking more World Records than ever" was the central
theme of this year's Domino Day. |
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In cooperation with the Guinness Book of Record, the organizers
managed to find ten world records which were attempted and
successfully broken that day. The most important of them was the
overall number of stones toppled. As it was with the previous year the
total number set was 4,500,000 stones. But in 2007 the attempt failed
resulting only in 3,671,465 dominoes toppled. This year the number of
dominoes toppled was 4,345,027. The record from year 2006 of 4,079,381
was finally broken - big success for the 10th jubilee anniversary! |
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More than 85 people from 13 countries took part in the challenge,
which took eight weeks in setting up and a year in the planning. The
event was live broadcasted in over 8 countries. The list of all the
records broken by Domino Day 2008 can be found on Wikipedia
here.
An incredible BBC video can be seen
here. You will be captured from the very moment how the first
stone is toppled down till the point the total number of stones fallen
is displayed. The big amazing stages featuring 3D constructions,
complex geometrical patterns and even images of celebrities! Bet you'd
want to see it twice! |
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Sources:
Weijers Domino Productions b.v. |
Wikipedia - Domino Day |
BBC News |
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Posted: November 21, 2008 |
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