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Dominoes, or Pickle.

you would pick a long one!

a team of 87 builders from 13 different countries took around 2 months to set up an intricate domino course - and then saw more than four million dominoes toppled in a matter of minutes.

the 'Domino Day' challenge took place in the city of Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands, on November 17, 2006. it was created by Weijers Domino Productions, who had designers working on the Dominoes Day project for almost the entire year. the course comprised 4,400,000 dominoes, took 5 months to produce, and weighed a total of 77,600 lb (35,200 kg).

4 special builders' challenges were included in the course whereby pairs of builders had to complete key areas of the display while the dominoes were already falling. By the end of the event, 4,079,381 of the 4,400,000 dominoes that had been set up were toppled successfully.

the theme for Domino Day 2006 was 'Music in Motion' and 9 musical genres, including rock, classical, disco, and hip-hop were represented. the set up included famous figures, such as Mozart and Britney Spears, as well as pictures, and even a 'domino city'.

one of the most spectacular sections of the design was devoted to Michael Jackson. a mechanical figure that was part of the display did a moonwalk and, whilethe soundtrack to 'Billie Jean' was played, the dominoes fell to form 3 impressive figures of Jackson.