As reported by Reuters, women on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus created the world's longest chain of bras on Sunday, linking together nearly 115,000 of the garments covering 111 km (70 miles).
The group of Dutch, British and Cypriot organizers took nearly nine hours to create the chain at the harbour in the resort of Paphos, following a year of painstaking and difficult planning.
Their success will top Singapore, which had held the record since 2003 with 79,000 bras, off the top spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Women from as far afield as Alaska, Brazil, Martinique and Iran contributed bras to the record attempt, aimed at raising awareness of breast cancer.
Even the British solders based in Cyprus took part helping... MORE
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