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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 /news/article-13054275/Dreams-smoke-French-council-worker-spent-eight-years-assembling-700-000-matchsticks-23ft-Eiffel-Tower-Guinness-World-Record-entry-rejected-using-wrong-type-matches.html

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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  • 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.

    • 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.

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