Record-Breaking PR Stunt Ends in Citywide Chaos

Storm on the Horizon

A storm was encroaching, meaning that organizers were forced to execute the release earlier than planned. At 1:50 p.m., a behemoth stream of rainbow balloons was sent spiraling into the sky. The crowd cheered in amazement as a local radio D.J. declared, "There is no 'mistake on the lake' anymore—Cleveland has now broken the Guinness Book of World Records and released over 1,500,000 balloons!"

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The More You Know

  • Bill Gates plans to donate 95% of his $81.1 billion dollar wealth to charity. That's about $77 billion dollars!
  • It's a tradition in Ireland that if you donated a pint of blood, they give you a pint of Guinness to replace the iron.
  • Sixty percent of the World’s lakes (three million total) are located in Canada.
  • The first commercial airplane flight lasted 23 minutes.
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