People in Worcestershire are being offered the chance to take part in a world record attempt by dressing up as gnome.
Origami enthusiasts also sent in paper wagons from all over the world for the record attempt, including Colombia, the US, Germany and Japan.
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Elsewhere, 32 towns and cities will host 200 hours of festivities including an aerial tightrope walk in Coventry, a world record sing-a-long attempt in Manchester and the UK's biggest tea dance in Plymouth.
This Saturday afternoon, 100, 000 Peruvian schoolchildren will collectively attempt to break a world record previously held by Bangladesh.
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An attempt to break the world record for the most sandcastles built in an hour is being made on a Dorset beach.
Meanwhile, a team of Yamaha motorcycle designers will attempt to set a world record of their own when they fly their pedal-powered airplane over 75 miles of the Pacific Ocean.
Meanwhile, Saif Shaheen Saeed, the Kenyan-born Qatari, failed in his attempt on his own world record in the 3000m steeplechase, coming home almost three seconds off the pace in seven minutes 56.54 seconds.
As you probably know, they spread their call for the state to step up to the plate with funding through a gimmicky attempt to beat the world record for visiting all 468 subway stations.
"This was my first real attempt to break the world record, I knew I was good, I had trained hard, " added Rudisha, whose father Daniel won silver for Kenya in the 4x400m at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.
Bollywood dancers and music filled Victoria Embankment gardens in London on Saturday afternoon as people gathered in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people dancing a Bollywood routine.
Comdex wouldn't be complete without the wacky element, so the USB Implementers Forum is stepping up to the port (again and again) in an attempt to set the world's record for the number of peripherals that can be hooked to a single PC.
And an attempt will be made to set a world record for the largest ever sit-down lunch.
An attempt on Bournemouth beach to break the world record for the most sandcastles built in an hour has failed by being just five structures short.
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