{"id":71,"date":"2018-03-01T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.quriusolutions.com\/?p=71"},"modified":"2018-03-25T12:18:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T12:18:54","slug":"nigerian-man-olawunmi-bayode-attempts-to-break-a-guinness-world-record-by-reading-aloud-for-120-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.quriusolutions.com\/?p=71","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian man, Olawunmi Bayode attempts to break a Guinness World Record by reading aloud for 120-hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-lfpvNwdqGXA\/WpfMzcJOqcI\/AAAAAAAAC_Y\/xAAAPS0l4lk7Jr3yszfEpckgPp5_2yFHACLcBGAs\/s1600\/5a96c480ebe8a.PNG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"422\" data-original-width=\"505\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-lfpvNwdqGXA\/WpfMzcJOqcI\/AAAAAAAAC_Y\/xAAAPS0l4lk7Jr3yszfEpckgPp5_2yFHACLcBGAs\/s640\/5a96c480ebe8a.PNG\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;\">A Nigerian, Olawunmi Bayode is currently attempting to break a Guinness World Record in the &#8220;Longest Marathon Reading Aloud&#8221; Category.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;\">His reading is ongoing at the You Read Library, Herbert Macaulay Way, Yaba where he&#8217;ll attempt to set a new record in the category of &#8221;The Longest Reading Marathon\u201d (Read Aloud).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;\">Bayode started the Read Aloud attempt on Monday, February 26, 2017 at 1:30 pm at the Herbert Macaulay Library, Yaba. He is attempting to read for 120 hours straight with only 2 hours break every 24 hours. He will be reading night and day.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;\">The current record is held by Mr. Deepak Sharma Bajagain from Nepal. He read aloud for 113hrs 15min between September 16th \u2013 September 24th 2008.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;\">Bayode commenced a trial session via live streaming on Monday 24th Oct at 3pm and ended Friday 28th Nov at 3pm 2017, totaling 96 hours of reading (he read 10 books).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Nigerian, Olawunmi Bayode is currently attempting to break a Guinness World Record in the &#8220;Longest Marathon Reading Aloud&#8221; Category. 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