When a Record's Rules Don't Account for Reality

Pitbull attended his own Guinness World Record attempt at BST Hyde Park on July 10 unable to participate. The category—largest gathering of people wearing bald caps—required all attendees, including the naturally bald rapper, to wear synthetic caps. Guinness interpreted the rule literally: bald caps meant artificial headwear, not natural baldness. Twenty-two thousand fans wore theirs. He wore his.