Peter Wilson

Peter Wilson watched all 123 episodes of LOSTby himself in 145 hours. He began watching the first episode on May 18th, 2010 at 10:30 PM and completed the series finale on May 23 at 11:30 PM. He live streamed[] the entire record, attracting thousands of viewers throughout.

Wilson set the record to raise money and awareness for the Child’s Play[] organization.

Read Peter’s LOST Marathon blog about the project here.

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Darryl Learie

Darryl Learie received an anonymous $35 donation to his non-commercial YouTube channel.

Beam Camp

Attendees of the Inventgenuity Festival created a money chain made up of $436.32. The money was then donated to the International Rescue Committee[].

The record was set on February 21, 2010 at the 2nd Annual Brooklyn World Record Day, an event hosted by RecordSetter in conjunction with Beam Camp as part of their Inventgenuity Festival.

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Lavallette Elementary School

A group of 210 Lavallette Elementary Schoolstudents wore jellyfish hats at at once. They set the world record to raise environmental awareness forBarnegat Bay.

See more about the event here.

Kiva New York

At a Kiva event celebrating International Women’s Day, 54 people lined up and set a new world record for the Longest Charity Waterfall. Record participants included Kiva CEO Matt Flannery, president Premal Shah and Director of Development Bennett Grassano, who conceived the feat.

Attendees lined up and donated at least $1 to a pile of money that was passed along the line in a waterfall manner, raising $175 in less than a minute. The money was instantly processed as a Kiva microfinancing loan.

Tony Mansfield

Tony Mansfield auctioned 400 items nonstop for over four hours in a shopping mall in Queensland, Australia. The event was organized to raise money and local awareness for Make-A-Wish Australia. Learn more about the feat here.

Steven Gaul

Steven Gaul played the drums for 121 hours (7,260 minutes). Gaul set this record to raise money for cancer research.

Read more about the event here.

Randy Russell

The Noh Foods Polo Team and the Trione Vineyards and Winery Polo Team played an arena polo game that lasted eight hours and 10 minutes. They set the record during the Ford Trucks World Record Polo Game at the South Point Equestrian Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Read more about the feat here.

Doug McManaman

Doug McManaman balanced a Stanley Cup replica on his chin for 34.63 seconds. He set the record at a fundraiser event for Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Clark Harris

Clark Harris has used social media as his only form of communication for the past 100 days. He’s setting the record to raise awareness and money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, in memory of his mother.

Read more about his experiment and donatehere.

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George Pettit

Greg Pettit put on 223 articles of clothing at once, drove them to a Salvation Army clothing bank in his Ford Fusion, removed them one by one and donated them to the bank.

Petit set the record as part of Fusion 41, a URDB World Record Challenge created by the Ford Motor Company.

Run for Good Foundation

As part of a charity initiative, 53 indie music artists signed a single Saucony sneaker. The contributors came from 20 bands different bands who performed at the 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, Illinois, including Yo La Tengo, The National and The Walkmen[].

The shoe will be auctioned off on MissionFish.org, with all proceeds going to Saucony’s Run for Good Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to combating childhood obesity.

Artists include:

The Jesus Lizard
Yo La Tengo
The National
Black Lips
Yeasayer
The Dutchess and the Duke
Ponytail
Bowerbirds
Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Antlers
Fucked Up
M83
The Walkmen
Women
Pharoahe Monch
Killer Whales
Blitzen Trapper
Frightened Rabbit
Michael Columbia
Cymbals Eat Guitars

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Mr. S.

Mr. S. sent celebrities a tweet on his July 14th birthday, requesting a birthday wish. He mentioned in an attached link that for each wish he received he would donate $3.00 to Open Door Shelter in Norwalk, Connecticut. Twelve verified celebrities responded to his request in 24 hours. Read more about the feat here.

Edwin Escobar

Edwin Escobar visited San Jose in Costa Rica, Managua in Nicaragua, Tegucigalpa in Honduras, San Salvador in El Salvador and Guatemala City in Guatemala. He traveled to each city on his motorcycle, a total distance of 1,400 kilometers across Central America.

Escobar performed this feat to raise funds to help overcome malnutrition of Salvadorean children.

Angel B

Angel B. donated 52 pairs of socks to the PADS Homeless Shelter. She listened to Phish songs for the duration of the attempt.