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On April 25, hundreds of people participated in an attempt to break the world record for the most people throwing rubber chickens at the same time. The attempt was successful; 265 people gathered and set a Guinness World Record for “Largest Rubber Chicken Toss.”
Haywire Group, maker of the Flickin’ Chicken game, provided the rubber chickens in exchange for a $1 donation to the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA).
Tara Cleary from Reuters reports (above).
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