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The books used to make this domino chain were either donated or are out of date and no longer in the librarys collection. The seattle public library set it up to promote a summer reading program. For the recordbreaking event, amy twito, spl youth programs manager worked in collaboration with. Everyone was so happy that we were able to break the record. To kick off its summer reading program, the seattle public library set out to break one of the great literary. The seattle public library launched the 20 summer reading program by trying to set a new world record for the longest book domino chain. The previous record of a 1,000book domino chain was set by an organization called responsible fishing in the united kingdom in 2011. The seattle public library made a domino chain using 21 books and successfully made the entire chain toppled, a.
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Oddly enough books tumble in domino chain world record. My blog is about the books im reading, the independent bookstores i visit, the author and book events i attend, and any bookish related things i come across in the months and years to come. The awesome library ninjas at the seattle public library kicked off its summer reading program by smashing the world record for a book domino chain. In case youre bothered by the mistreatment of the books, the spl was careful to note that. China broke the world record for the longest human domino chain aug.
Two college student designers luke greenway and laura dasaro, 27 volunteers, seven hours of work, five attempts, and 2,1 books mixed together at the seattle public library to create the longest book domino chain in the world. The partipants were supporters of 14 opposition parties led by the bangladesh awami league to express their no confidence campaign to the bnpled alliance government and to demand fresh polls. Guinness world record 0 books largest book domino chain. Seattle public library breaks world record for longest. The tulln domino team from austria recently toppled three spectacular world records in one massive chain reaction setup including compact disc cases, a stick bomb and a domino wall. He said the world record for a book domino line is around 7,000 books.
The chain reaction was built by 21 people in around 12 hours, beating the previous record of almost 18,000 sticks. Seattle public library sets record for longest book domino chain jeff oneal jun 5, 20 over the weekend, the seattle public library enlisted some college students to setup a record breaking 21 books to create the longest ever book domino chain. Recordbreaking book domino chain supporting education. Book domino chain world record the seattle public library launched the 20 summer reading program by setting a new world record for the longest book domino chain. Guinness world record longest biggest domino line ever. A belgium book association attempts to set a new world record for the longest book domino chain.
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A belgian reading association breaks the world record with longest book domino chain made of almost 5,000 volumes. The most books toppled in a domino fashion is 10200 and was achieved by sinners domino. The books used to make this domino chain were either donated or are out of date and no longer in the librarys. Book domino world record attempt at antwerp book fair.
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