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Nov 15, 2008 7:39 pm US/Pacific

World Record For Toppling Dominoes Broken

LEEUWARDEN, The Netherlands (CBS) ― A new world record for the number of dominoes toppled in one go was set in the Netherlands on Friday night, when according to event organizers, 4,345,027 dominoes fell during a two-hour TV show.

The annual event, which took place in Leeuwarden, was broadcast live in eight countries.

More than 85 people from 13 countries took part in the challenge, which took eight weeks to set up and was a year in the planning.

Acrobat and former Miss Finland Salima Peippo toppled the first domino whilst suspended from the ceiling by ropes.

One of the features, which included a small bird flapping its wings, was in memory of a sparrow, which was shot and killed in 2005 moments after it flew into the exhibition hall and knocked over 23,000 dominoes - almost sabotaging that year's record attempt.

Animal rights groups were said to be outraged at the shooting.

The aim of Domino Day 2008 was to break ten world records made in previous years.

In 2007 the team failed to break the record set a year earlier of 4,079,381 dominoes toppled.

Beside the record attempt to topple the most dominoes, there were 10 other record attempts including: the most dominoes stacked on one single domino; the most mini dominoes toppled; and the fastest domino toppling.

All ten records were successfully broken.

According to the organizers, the 2008 attempt required more than 31,000 square feet of space, over 250 different types of domino, 300 mechanics, 100 decor pieces, 1500 turning fences and more than 16,400 square feet of floor paint.  

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