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LET'S KEEP THE THEME GOING ON THIS WORLD RECORD BUSINESS.
REMEMBER THIS TIMEFRAME.
EARLY MARCH, 1991, A RESIDENT OF GOLDEN VALLEY, REALLY NOT SEEN HERE, SET A WORLD RECORD BY DOING SOMETHING NEARLY 7,000 TIMES.
THIS PERSON SMASHED THE OLD WORLD RECORD BY MORE THAN 800.
ARMED WITH THESE NUMBERS, WE WANT YOU TO TELL US WHAT THE RECORD WAS.
WHAT WORLD RECORD WAS SET BY A GOLDEN VALLEY RESIDENT IN MARCH OF 1991?
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