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muriel_volestrangler

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2. Eiffel Tower crowned as world's tallest matchstick building after record U-turn

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Fri Feb 9, 2024, 10:15 AM

Feb 2024

A man has been awarded the Guinness world record for creating the tallest structure using matchsticks, after his Eiffel Tower replica was initially rejected.

Richard Plaud, from France, said he had been on an “emotional rollercoaster” this week, after spending 4,200 hours building his model from more than 706,000 matches and 23kg of glue. “For eight years, I’ve always thought that I was building the tallest matchstick structure,” he said.
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Mark Mckinley, a director at Guinness World Records, said: “We’re really excited to be able to approve it ... We’re happy to be able to admit that we were a little bit too harsh on the type of matches needed in this attempt, and Richard’s attempt truly is officially amazing.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/09/matchstick-eiffel-tower-guinness-world-records-matches

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French matchstick Eiffel Tower record bid ruled out over wrong matches [View all] muriel_volestrangler Feb 2024 OP

Matchsticks without match heads. Doesn't that remind you of a Wonder Why Feb 2024 #1

Eiffel Tower crowned as world's tallest matchstick building after record U-turn muriel_volestrangler Feb 2024 #2