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Man Watches TV for 72 Hours Straight, Sets New Record

by Evan Shamoon on February 10, 2009 at 10:14 AM

In a record that will undoubtedly score the record breaker a lot of chicks, Sri Lankan born, Toronto-based TV-watching machine Suresh Joachim has broken his own Guinness world record for "nonstop broadcast-television watching." His latest effort, which took place in Stockholm, Sweden, clocked in at a ridiculous 72 hours. His own previous record, which was set in 2005, was 69 hours and 48 minutes

When interviewed about the experience, Joachim said, "I feel fine, I drank between 25 and 30 cups of coffee."

While he was able to get through three full seasons of 24 during the marathon, it's not clear what else Joachim watched. We're guessing it wasn't a selection of films from the Czech New Wave.

Either way, we'd love to know how long he slept for (and what he dreamed about) after it was all said and watched. [From: Yahoo]

Tags: 24, guiness book of world records, GuinessBookOfWorldRecords, record, record breaking, RecordBreaking, superlatives, television, top

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