Final year student set to embark on movie watching marathon to break Guinness World Record
A 500-level student of the Ekiti State University, Israel Adebiyi has announced that he will be embarking on a movie marathon to break a Guinness World Record.
The young man who is studying law, seeks to break the record for the longest marathon watching of movies.
Israel made this known through his Twitter page on 10th of June and Guinness World Record approved his application.
He shared a snapshot of the email of the approval he received and urged people to anticipate his attempt to get his name into the book of Guinness World Records.
The student wrote; “Brace Up Ekiti!! Brace up Naija!! Introducing Israel Adebiyi, an Artiste and a 500level Law Student of The Ekiti State State University is set to break the World Guinness Record for the LONGEST MARATHON WATCHING FILM/MOVIES (Cinema) Anticipate🔥🔥
He added; “Special Thanks to @GWR Guinness World Records for granting us this application. Ekiti, Nigeria! Kindly anticipate!!!🔥🔥🔥”
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Meanwhile, Guinness World Records (GWR) on Tuesday, confirmed Nigerian chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong aka Hilda Baci as the new record holder for longest cooking marathon by an individual.
The announcement was made through its official Twitter account after reviewing the evidence on June 13, 2023.
Hilda cooked over 110 meals for 100 hours to beat the existing Guinness World Record of 87 hours, 45 minutes and 00 seconds.
Guinness however, reduced her time by 7 hours for slightly breaking a rule, and officially accorded her the record time of 93 hours 11 minutes.
Guinness World Records wrote; “Following a thorough review of all the evidence, Guinness World Records can now confirm that Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, has officially broken the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual), with a time of 93 hours 11 minutes.”
The previous record holder, Indian chef, Lata Tondon broke cooked for the longest hours in 2019 and in 2023, Hilda surpassed it after cooking for four days.
She cooked past the 87 hours, and set a new record by going for up to 100 hours by 8 p.m. on Monday, May 15, 2023.
The Lagos-based chef began the competition on Thursday, May 11 at 4 pm.
