Paper World Records  

Elna Baker wore 114 party hats at the same time. The record was set at a St. Patrick’s-themed World Record Appreciation Society[] event held at Joe’s Pub in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. [#WRAS13][] tag:RecordSetterBook01

Michael Arthur drew 11 world record attempts at a single World Record Appreciation Society event. Record attempts illustrated included Longest Time Hula-Hooping One One Foot and Most Boob Wiggles. Arthur set the record at a World Record Appreciation Society event held at Joe’s Pub in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. Arthur’s original illustration was auctioned at the end of the night, with money going to benefit the “Yes, We Care” Soup Kitchen in Clark, New Jersey. [#WRAS11][]

Using a crowdful of volunteers to help him, Opus Moreschi had Post-It notes with a total of 356 unique adjectives written on them attached to his body. The most popular adjective attached was “douchey”, though duplicates weren’t counted. Moreschi set the record at a World Record Appreciation Society event held at Joe’s Pub in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. Full list of adjectives here. Adjectivevisualizationcloud here. [#WRAS11][] tag:RecordSetterBook01

Brandon Boulton stacked 19 Dutch Bros coffee cups in a single tower.

Louis Hyde built an origami tetrahedron 31" in height. Each side of the tetrahedron is 41.5" in height. Hyde built the piece 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 #BWRD02**

Louis Hyde built 48 origami sonobes in a world record 57 minutes and 40 seconds. Hyde performed the feat on April 4, 2009 at the first annual Brooklyn World Record Day in Brooklyn, New York. The event was held by URDB in conjunction with Beam Camp. Corey Henderson was present as a witness. #BWRD01

Matt Parker jumped over the hoods of two cars 9 times while barefoot, wearing a green blazer, and holding a paper mache seahorse. His tenth jump exceded the time limit.

Paul Bryan fit 1600 pounds of recyclable paper in a Ford Fusion and drove it safely to a recycling station. Bryan set the record as part of Fusion 41, a URDB World Record Challenge created by the Ford Motor Company.

Mike Wise and Jake Lorence threw a full-sized paper shredder 24 feet, 6 inches. The measurement was taken from the point of release to the location where the shredder landed.

Durga S. constructed a miniature bridge made out of newspaper pages. The bridge measures 102.10 feet long. He used a total of 1,111 newspapers to create the entire bridge.

Vivek K. constructed a miniature bridge made out of popsicle sticks. The bridge measures 140 feet long. It took him nine days to create the entire bridge and he used a total of 35,000 sticks and 150 char papers.

Rika K. made a 3D origami swan 2.5 centimeters in length.

Viktor O. balanced a tower of 14 fortune cookie fortunes on his finger.

Zachary C. made a paper banger 13 inches in length.

Youssef Bassil published 11 research papers in one month. His work was funded by the Lebanese Association for Computational Sciences.

Youssef Bassil published 37 research papers in one year. His work was funded by the Lebanese Association for Computational Sciences.