In 1986 a fiasco of a fundraiser was put on by Cleveland and the United Way, who were trying to break the Guinness World Record for largest simultaneous ballon launch, which resulted in two deaths, multiple lawsuits, over two tons of latex litter and a gross misuse of time, resources, money, brainpower and volunteers.

Plus a bunch of other Guinness s**t, that'll make you squirt hot coffee out of your eyeballs!