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Bernie’s Book Bank stacks world’s largest book pyramid with 144K books

Staff and volunteers at Bernie’s Book Bank stacked 144,000 books to build the world’s largest book pyramid Friday, July 27. Photos by Kelly Page/22nd Century Media
The world record attempt will be featured in an upcoming TV show, “Breaking History,” which will highlight a series of world record breaking attempts.

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Kelly Page, Editorial Intern
8:00 am CDT August 2, 2018
Many residents may not know it, but recently, history was made in the Village of Lake Bluff. Bernie’s Book Bank, a book donation charity, officially broke the Guiness World Record for largest book pyramid at its Lake Bluff headquarters on Friday, July 27.

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