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Aug. 30, 2012 / 11:23 AM

Thailand sets massage world record

BANGKOK, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Guinness World Records confirmed a group of 641 Thai masseuses set a record for "the most people massaged at the same time."

Robert Molloy, a Guinness adjudicator, presented the official record documentation Thursday to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra as part of the Thailand Medical Expo 2012 in Bangkok, MCOT reported Thursday.

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The 641 masseuses massaged 641 people in 12 minutes to defeat a 2010 record of 263 simultaneous massages, which was set in Australia.

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