Children at a nonprofit youth centre have set a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing googly eye glasses.
More than 300 people, mostly kids, donned the wacky glasses and then played in a playground in south Los Angeles.
they beat the previous record which was set at 200.
Jonathan Glatt, chief executive office of party and costume supply company Private Island Entertainment sponsored the event.
He came up with the idea after watching a tv show where one of the main characters was wearing funny eyes.
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