Guinness World Records Day

People embrace at London's St Pancras railway station on Thursday while setting a Guinness record for the largest group hug. 112 people hugged for one minute on Guinness World Record Day. Click through to see more world record attempts.

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Guinness World Records Day

More than 200,000 people around the world came together Thursday to break some weird, wacky and wonderful records on Guinness World Records Day. Check out some of the amazing records that have been set around the world.

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