- Title: USA-PILLOW FIGHT RECORD Pillow fight record takes a pounding
- Date: 1st October 2014
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) STUDENT SERVICES VICE PRESIDENT JOSHUA NGUYEN "Today UCI broke its fifth world record. For the world's largest pillow fight." (SOUNDBITE) (English) STUDENT MIRA ALVAREZ SAYING: "I mean I think a lot of people actually came out to be part of this awesome adventure we're having." ANNIE NGUYEN, GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS ADJUDICATOR, SAYING: "The largest pil
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- Story Text: New students at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) campus put aside their books and laptops Tuesday (September 30) picking up pillows en masse to set a Guinness World Record for largest pillow fight.
At 4,200 gladiators strong, this pillow outfitted army comprised of freshman and transfer students bested the previous record of 3, 813 combatants, held by Swedish DJ duo DadaLife and presumably 3, 811 other participants.
While thousands of synthetic pillows simultaneously being swung and beaten didn't have quite the effect of the natural variety, with so many down feathers raining down on the campus, the frenzied swatting of thousands of foam headrests gave it the look of a martial workout.
The pillow fight is part of what has become an annual ritual for incoming UCI students, or Anteaters, which is the school mascot and sports teams' nickname. The pillow fight is part of a larger week's worth of community bonding.
This was the fourth consecutive Guinness World Record that they've set in as many years.
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