Group World Records

1,268 people from Prestonwood Church in Plano, Texas blew up balloons and then popped them by sitting on them.

Sam Klarich, Abby, Brittani, and Emily each read the first four limericks of John Ciardi’s The Hopeful Trout And Other Limericks[] in a combined two minutes, 18.92 seconds. The four limericks they read were The Elephant Boy, Goodbye Please, The Thingamajig and Keeping Busy Is Better Than Nothing.

Directed by guest speaker Chris Sacca,1006 freshmen students at Wright State University yelled “We love you Jimmy!” at once. The record was directed toward television host Jimmy Fallon, whom they hope will respond on his show.

Wieden Kennedy’s Team Dark flew 179 paper airplanes of the roof of their office building in 30 seconds. The record was set in Portland, Oregon on April 1, 2010 at the agency’s 28th annual Founders’ Dayparty.RecordSetter co-foundersDan Rollman and Corey Henderson were on hand to preside over the event. [#FD28][]

346 people at theCanadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s Run For The Cure[]event “booed” cancer at once. The feat was set during World Record Weekon K-Rock 89.3.

In one hour, Angie Carlson posed for photos with 523 people, each individually photographed with Carlson’s posterior.

Cody Storm, Samuel Taylor, and Jason Epp recited Act 1, Scene 1of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth in 10.08 seconds.

106 computer resource specialists performed the wave for 30 seconds. The group consisted of computer resource specialists from Virginia Beach City Public Schools.

Bryson Pennock, Spencer Merrifield and Bryan Hoffman said “butter” 74 times in sequential order in 20 seconds.

371 children read the children’s book Mudgy and Milie aloud. The record was set as part of a moose-themed event in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

677 members of the Mosaic Church recited the Bible verse John 3:16[] while standing on one foot in an ice skating rink. They record was set over a 24-hour period.

Five starting players from the Boys & Girls High School Kangaroos basketball team collectively held 35 basketballs at once. The team, based in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, won the 2010 New York City Boys Basketball Championship. The group set the record on March 18, 2010 in New York City during the taping of a URDB segment on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Corey Henderson served as the witness. #JF04, #lnwjf

James Medina and Paul Bryan led a group of 208 people dancing to music playing from a Ford Fusion. They set the record as part of Fusion 41, a nationwide world record challenge created by the Ford Motor Company. tag:RecordSetterBook01

66 people at theInbound Marketing Summit 2010 recorded video at the same time. The record was created and led by digital video guru Steve Garfield. See more images from the event here.

11 members of the WCNC news team in Charlotte, North Carolina wore Halloween costumes live on the air the morning of October 30, 2009. Costumes included a bus driver, Elvis Presley, Hello Helen, Mack Mullet, Flash Lightning, Count Sprinkula, Larry Lemon, Sonny, Cher, and Marilyn Monroe.

Five people (Liz Tertinek, Katie Rich, Alysse Cottle, Sara Wallitt and Sarah Gasbarro) sipped margaritas and wore Snuggies while sitting in a bathtub, a world record.