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Where's Waldo? In the Record Book

University smashes previous record for Waldo gathering

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 3, 2009 4:38 PM CDT

(Newser) – Rutgers University has broken a Guinness World Record by packing a theater with 1,052 students and faculty members dressed in red-striped shirts in an homage to the Where’s Waldo books, the Daily Targum reports. The group was almost twice the size of the crowd of 577 that previously held the “Largest Gathering of People Dressed like Waldo in a Single Place” record. The $5 admission fee for taking part in the event went to charity.

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On April 2, 2009, Rutgers University broke the Guinness World Record for The World's Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Where's Waldo? (PRNewsFoto/CLASSIC MEDIA, INC./GIANNI CIPRIANO)

Where’s Waldo? spotted in the crowds of runners crossing the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the 39th Annual ING New York City Marathon on November 2, 2008. (PRNewsFoto/Entertainment Rights)

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The joyous announcement that the crowd at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ, has shattered the Guinness World Record for assembling the most people dressed like "Waldo." (razordu30)

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