People World Records

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.

Directed by guest speaker Chris Sacca,1006 freshmen students at Wright State University changed their seats at the same time.

50 members of Aldersgate United Methodist Youth group formed a kitchen band. Each contributor used kitchen implements to play their part in their debut song.

Two men, both named Ryan Brown, hugged each other, setting a new record for Most People With The Same Name To Hug At Once. Ryan Brown and Ryan Brown 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. #WRAS19

Chrisophe Floodstrom orchestrated his fraternity Phi Kappa Psi Wisconsin Gamma to build a pyramid consisting of 18 people. Stride’s setting 100 records in 100 days. At the end of 100 days, we’ll verify if you are the standing Record Holder. If you are, you’ll get $500 for each record you managed to hold with your guile, talent, and sheer will. General caution and common sense required. We show the Stride Team at work, but recommend that these challenges be done at home.

Kristin and seven of her friends all sat on a playground swing at the same time.

A total of 254 female students of Govt. Girls H.S. School - Chandametta (M.P.) participated in essay writing competition conducted by Narayanrao Bahuddeshiya Education Society, Nagpur, India. They wrote essays about women's empowerment at once. They set the record during the United Nations' 1st International Day of the Girl.

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.

22 people drank Bloody Marys on a staircase, a world record.

Andrew and 40 members of Atlas from Penn State Dance Marathon stared down cancer at once.

28 people from 2011 LIVESTRONG Texas 4000 Team lifted their bikes up and said “Break Cancer” following a 40-mile ride.

70 people set a record for largest group of masked dental hygienists to support Break Cancer as an early celebration of Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month[] and National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week[]. The project was a combined effort between the [Dental Hygiene Alumni Association of Columbus State Community College][] and Joan’s Fund (The Joan Bisesi Fund for Head and Neck Oncology Research). [Dental Hygiene Alumni Association of Columbus State Community College]: http://www.csccalumni.org/alumni-dental-hygiene.php

Bridget Liddy and three of her girlfriends put a hex on their friend Rebecca’s cancer by reciting a four line rhyming couplet 13 times in a row.

A total of 528 staff and students of Saghalie Middle School joined hands and performed a pop 'n' lock armwave. They set the record during their first pep assembly of the year.

Led by Eugene Lee, 21 peopleparticpated in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new CMI and Singularity office in Philadelphia.

Nicholas O’Neil and five of his friends recited all theKentucky Derby[] winners in four minutes and 12.32 seconds while celebrating Kentuckian Rebecca Sherman’s birthday.