{"id":7300,"date":"2017-06-30T05:36:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T11:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachingnomad.com\/living-abroad\/12-times-china-broke-a-random-guinness-record\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T12:58:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T19:58:28","slug":"12-times-china-broke-a-random-guinness-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teachingnomad.com\/blog\/living-abroad\/12-times-china-broke-a-random-guinness-record\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Times China Broke a Random Guinness Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Longest wall<\/a>, largest population, longest bridge\u2026 If China did break some famous and impressive records, it is \u00a0also known for ranking first when it comes to funnier and more random Guinness records.<\/p>\n

1 . The largest human mattress dominoes<\/strong><\/p>\n

2,016 people gathered outside of a shopping mall in China to break to record of the largest human mattress dominoes and set up a chain reaction that lasted for 14 minutes and 47 seconds.<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The organizers ended up donating mattresses to charity.<\/p>\n

2. The largest collection of clothing tags<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2005, Tao Chun Lin broke the record the largest collection of clothing tags with over 102,005 clothing tags since the 1970\u2019s.<\/p>\n

3. The largest bikini photo shoot-world record\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Over 40,000 volunteers helped breaking the record of the largest bikini photo shoot. 3,090 women aged from 4 to 69 set the record at the International Swimsuit Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4. The most people eating breakfast in bed\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The best to start off a Sunday is with breakfast in bed. But it is not so romantic anymore when you are in a bed with more than 400 other people! In 2015, 418 people broke the record of the most people eating breakfast in 113 double beds placed outside a hotel.<\/p>\n

5. The most people on a single bed <\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of mattresses, with 54 people squeezing on a single bed, the record was knocked on in 2013 in Beijing.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0The most people applying lipstick<\/strong><\/p>\n

5,840 people gathered in China in 2015 and broke the record the most people applying lipstick! The event was launched by Mary Kay on the brand\u2019s anniversary.<\/p>\n

7. The largest online photo album of selfies<\/strong><\/p>\n

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From 2 December 2016 to 16 December 2016, Vivo collected 226,785 self-portrait photographs aka selfies during an event the smartphone company had organized in Beijing.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0The most robots dancing simultaneously<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com<\/a><\/p>\n

1,007 danced simultaneously in 2016 in unison for a 60 second routine. Ever Win Company & Ltd. originally organized the event promote their products.<\/p>\n

9. The most nationalities in a sauna<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In 2013, a Japanese sports drink brand launched an event to promote the benefits of its products and gathered 99 people from different nationalities in a sauna.<\/p>\n

10. The longest karaoke marathon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organized by Guangqi Honda Automobile Co., the longest karaoke marathon (by multiple participants) lasted \u00a0for 792 hours 2 min between 22 May and 24 June 2014.<\/p>\n

11. The longest duration balancing on four fingers<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In 2008, Wang Weibao balanced on his four fingers for 19.23 seconds. Sounds painful!<\/p>\n

12. The largest human dragon<\/strong><\/p>\n

We know dragons\u2019 importance in the Chinese culture<\/a>… The largest human dragon was achieved in China with 1,973 participants.<\/p>\n

About our company: Teaching Nomad is an American owned and operated education recruitment company based in Shanghai, China. Our goal and purpose is to help great teachers find great teaching jobs. Year round, we have hundreds of teaching job vacancies. Whether your goal is to be an ESL teacher or teach in an international school, we have a teaching job for you. You can browse jobs online at\u00a0www.teachingnomad.com\/job-search<\/a>\u00a0for the latest job openings. Teaching Nomad is here to make teaching in China easier, so please feel free to reach out and contact us with any questions or inquiries!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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