There are many strange world records in the Guinness’ Book of World Records. All sorts of things from the longest fingernails to the fastest text message are recorded in the book. Samsung has held an attempt to set a world text message record using its handsets.

The record attempt has a wrinkle from existing text messaging records though; the attempt was for the fastest text message while skydiving. Samsung provided a team of ten professional skydivers with some of its specialized messaging handsets and tossed them out of a plane at 12,000 feet.

The skydivers had to complete a pre-defined text message accurately before they landed on the ground. The record attempt was recorded by cameramen in the air and on the ground and is awaiting verification by Guinness’ officials. The message the sky divers had to send while in the air was, “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.”

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