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Guinness record set for biggest Batman gathering

Nexen opened its United Way campaign by setting a Guinness World Record for largest gathering of people dressed as the Caped Crusader.

By Ben Hooper
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CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A Canadian company kicked off its United Way campaign by dressing 542 employees in Batman costumes for a Guinness World Record.

Nexen, an oil and gas firm in Calgary, Alberta, celebrated the start of its "From Suits to Superheroes" United Way campaign Thursday by dressing 542 employees as the Dark Knight and having them counted by an official Guinness adjudicator.

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The crowd was also peppered with workers dressed as Batman rogues including the Riddler and Poison Ivy.

The same company previously set a similar world record in 2011 by gathering 437 employees together and dressing them as Superman.

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