Let me repeat that – seven billion people. Yes, that is billion with a ‘B.’
And at Guinness World Records, we are always on the hunt for the most extraordinary ones to join our family of Officially Amazing record holders. That includes you.
You don’t need to run the 100 meter dash in 9.58 seconds like Usain Bolt or jump rope 12,632 times in an hour like our Fan Choice Record of the Year winner Anne Maria Bissoondial. Sometimes all you need is a group of friends and a little bit of inspiration.
And that is where I come in. As the Records Manager in charge of mass participation records, I’m going to share some of my favorites with you each month on "Mass Participation Monday." Mass participation records are any records based on the number of people involved. Think clowns cramming into a tiny car at the circus.
One month, we might look at sports-related records like the most participants in a table tennis rally. Or music-related records, like the largest air guitar (yes, air guitar!) ensemble. Or even records related to costumes (like most people dressed as Ninja Turtles) or lack thereof (like the largest skinny dip).
With students on even the longest college winter breaks recently back in school, I thought we'd share some records for one of our more popular mass participation categories – the largest lesson.
Lessons are boring, right? Wrong! Hear me out before heading to our Challengers page to show how fast you can sort 30 jelly beans using chopsticks, and give mass participation records a chance. Odds are these aren’t the classes you took in school.
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