on the lighter side: new world record ... "it's harder than it looks"

[orleans]

A British civil engineer who loves chocolate has broken the Guinness World Record for the most M&M's stacked on top of each other.

Will Cutbill, from Solihull, attempted the record back in January and was confirmed to have broken it earlier in June.

He tried to pile M&M's for hours before eventually stacking five, which is now the new record.

"When I tell them it's a whopping five, they're shocked," Cutbill tells CNN. "They want to give it a go, try to beat me. It's harder than it looks."

He was inspired to attempt stacking M&M's when he was bored during the United Kingdom's third lockdown.

"At first it wasn't very many [that I could stack] until one day I thought, 'Right, let's crack this'. So I sat down very determined to complete it," he tells Guinness World Records.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2021/06/british-engineer-breaks-guinness-world-record-by-stacking-five-m-m-s.html

[johnp3907]

1. 604. Toxtoth O'Grady. USA.

Oh wait. That was marshmallows. Up one nostril.

[Kittycatkat]

2. Lol

[Gruenemann]

8. LOL

[SergeStorms]

3. Now I've found my life's ambition.

Five stinking M&Ms? I can do that in my sleep. First thing in the morning I'm off to buy a small bag of M&Ms.

There's no way I can let that supposed "record" stand. For god, country, and DU members everywhere, I swear I'll stack SIX M&Ms atop each other, or die trying.

[orleans]

6. good luck (remember glue, jelly, sticky substance, or water disqualifies you :) ) n/t

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. Stack 5 PEANUT M&M's and then I'll be impressed (nt)

[Rhiannon12866]

5. LOL! Stephen Colbert talked about this tonight...

[nuxvomica]

7. The trick is getting them to spin in alternating directions

Figure that one out and you could do six!