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I wasn't aware of this. So they launched 1.5 million balloons to set a Guinness World Record only to have Guinness not recognize the record and have 60% of the balloons fall into the river and eventually make their way to Canada. Crazy times back then.



if this had happened today the president would have announced a 50% tariff on the Guiness Book of Records




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