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Man who spent 8 years building replica Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks has record rejected for using the wrong kind of matches (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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Richard Plaud claims he found out his dreams had flamed out when Guinness World Records delivered their verdict without even visiting the replica.

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[–] ryan@the.coolest.zone 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Guinness is bullshit anyway. Someone get that man a "World's Largest Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks that was also rejected by Guinness for bullshit reasons" plaque.

[–] sgibson5150@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

May be due to watching Happy Days at a young age but I never questioned the legitimacy of Guinness world records until I saw hbomberguy's video on Tommy Tallarico. Kinda blew my mind.