Nov. 18 - Millions of dominoes knocked down for a new world record.
The World Domino Toppling record attempt has become something of a tradition. The first time it was tried, in 1988, competitors toppled 1,382,101 dominoes, and established a new World Record.
This year an international team of 90 builders from 13 countries came up with the domino extravaganza to break the world record of 4,002,146 dominoes in Leeuwarden in The Netherlands.
Eighties pop star Kim Wilde pushed the first domino that started the chain reaction.
Hundreds of colourful figures, pictures, and even a "domino city" fell in the attempt. While some didn't quite go down as planned, the crowd was ecstatic as the final dominoes tumbled to create a new world record of 4,079,381.
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