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A museum in Missouri recently broke a Guinness World Record for hosting the world’s largest gathering of people with underwear on their head.
The City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri, wanted to commemorate “314 Day” this year with flair.
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As a nod to its town’s area code, 314, the museum hosted an event on March 14 and decided to shoot for the stars by trying to achieve yet another Guinness World Record title.
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The museum, known for being a “quirky, artist-built playground,” set out to bring in 314 people to gather and wear underwear on their heads for one minute, as Katy Enrique, director of sales and marketing at the museum, told Fox News Digital.
Before this attempt, the museum already held four other Guinness World Records: World’s Largest Pencil at 76 feet long, World’s Largest Seesaw at 82 feet long, World’s Largest Tennis Racket and World’s Tallest Man.
The City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri, achieved a new title on March 14 as a way to honor its town’s area code of 314.(City Museum)
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“City Museum also touts that it owns the World’s Largest Pair of Underwear, which famously hangs in our Beatnik Bob’s Café,” she added, noting where the inspiration for this new world record attempt originated.
“The giant underwear is an icon that guests try to find on their journey, and they take tons of photos with the underwear,” she said.
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Guinness World Records noted that the giant underwear on display at the museum was created in 1996 by St. Louis-based artists Pat Eby and Ann Paidrick — that it has a 16-foot waistband.
The underpants are not officially the world’s largest, however — as that Guinness World Record title is currently held by Cottonil in Egypt with an 82-foot waistband.
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Shown above, 355 people participated in achieving the new Guinness World Record in St. Louis, Missouri. (City Museum)
The museum was also hosting a traveling exhibit called the “Science of Guinness World Records” earlier this year. It explored “the science behind how people achieve these Guinness World Records,” Enrique explained.
Sure enough, on March 14, the museum did officially achieve another Guinness World Record title for hosting the world’s largest gathering of people with underwear on their heads with 355 participants at the unique event.
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With a motto of encouraging people to “explore, crawl, slide, climb on, swing on and simply get lost in the museum,” Enrique said this Guinness World Record attempt was right up their alley.
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“We take great joy in that achievement and proudly display the 355 pairs of underwear in Beatnik Bob’s right next to the giant underwear that sparked the idea,” she said.
The museum also holds the Guinness World Record for the largest pair of underwear, which is displayed in the building.(City Museum)
After opening in 1997, the City Museum has turned from a passion project to a place for adventure-seekers with indoor, outdoor and underground playgrounds.
Housed in an old shoe factory, the St. Louis museum is finding ways to involve and engage the community through year-round events such as City Nights, July Fest, the International Craft Beer Festival, Fright at the Museum and much more.
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With Memorial Day weekend just up ahead, the museum is “saying THANK YOU to those who have served, or are currently serving, in the military. [On] Memorial Day Weekend — Friday, May 24 through Monday, May 27 — all active and retired service members get in FREE,” the museum notes on its website (citymuseum.org).
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DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – For many families, when their loved ones go to work, it isn’t promised they will return home. During the Decatur Workers’ Memorial, community members honor the lives lost on the job.
“More than 380 workers are killed, and more than 8,600 suffer injuries and illnesses because of dangerous working conditions that are preventable,” one speaker said.
Organizers said safe jobs save lives.
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“It’s a reminder to everybody that safety is everybody’s responsibility. That, it’s not just the employee, but it’s also the employer’s responsibility to make sure that everybody goes to work and comes home in the same condition,” said Lloyd Holman, co-chair of the Mid-Illinois Labor Council.
This year, the Mid-Illinois Labor Council added Samuel Ward’s name to the memorial wall. Ward died in November after an electrocution at the Clinton Power Station.
“Every time you walk out of that door, you may not come back. But if you happen to come back home to your loved ones or to your home. Thank God for that opportunity, “another speaker said.
This memorial is not just about remembering those lost, but pushing for safer workplaces, so all workers make it home to their families.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– In the last week of the regular season, Indiana will host Evansville (April 29) and Illinois for the team’s final Big Ten series (May 1-3) at Andy Mohr Field.
The Hoosiers go into the week at 37-13 and 14-7 in the Big Ten. Evansville is 21-24 while Illinois comes into the week at 14-36 overall and 3-17 in the conference.
QUICK HITTERS:
IU’s offense ranks top-15 nationally in many statistical categories: No. 14 Batting Average (.352), No. 4 On Base Percentage (.459), No. 6 RBI (374), No. 8 Scoring (8.18), No. 1 Hit By Pitch (68), No. 6 Total Runs (409), No. 8 Stolen Bases (112), No. 2 Triples (25).
Avery Parker earned Big Ten Player of the Week after hitting .500 with five home runs and a double while not striking out once in Indiana’s 3-1 week. The Hoosiers defeated Valparaiso and won the series at Michigan.
Avery Parker became the program’s career home run leader last weekend when she hit home run No. 46 at Iowa on April 19.
Of Indiana’s 37 wins this year, 20 of them have been by run rule.
Against Portland State in the Littlewood Invitational (Feb. 12), VanBrandt hit for the cycle as part of a 5-for-5 day where she also totaled two home runs.
LAST TIME OUT:
Indiana took care of business against Valparaiso (April 22) in a 14-1 win in five innings before winning a road series at Michigan, 2-1.
The Hoosiers took the Friday and Sunday games of the series, including an 11-2 win in five innings on Sunday. The Hoosiers blasted 13 home runs across the four-game stretch.
After the game on Sunday, Indiana broke its single-season program record of 409 runs and tied their single-season record for RBIs with 374.
Indiana has won 10 of their last 12 games dating back to April 8 in the win versus Butler.
Parker’s two home runs against Michigan (April 26) put her at 50 and 51 career home runs.
In that Sunday win, Taylor Hess pitched a complete game and struck out three batters.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT:
Evansville is 21-24 on the season and has a 12-12 record in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Purple Aces lost their most recent series at UIC after winning three games in a row (Bradley 2x and Northern Kentucky).
Niki Bode leads the way at the plate for the Purple Aces, posting a .team-high 407 batting average. Taylor Howe (.314) and Jess Willsey (.306) also have had strong seasons hitting for them.
Illinois comes into the week at 14-36 overall and 3-17 in the Big Ten. The Fighting Illini got swept versus Penn State in their last Big Ten series.
The Fighting Illini’s Skylar Brennan (.324) and Adisyn Caryl (.318) are Illinois’ two best hitters. Each of them have eight doubles on the season.
Abby Sabalaskey and Karley Yergler are the Illini’s two-most consistent arms, each having at least 27 appearances and 50 strikeouts.
SERIES HISTORY NOTES:
Indiana leads the all-time series versus Evansville, 27-8. The Hoosiers have won five in a row against them and Wednesday’s matchup will be the first meeting since 2023. Illinois leads the all-time series versus Indiana, 21-11. Indiana and Illinois have not faced one another since 2022.
JOHNSTON, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau)-Three Republican candidates for Iowa governor debated education policy and abortion at Iowa PBS, their first forum of the campaign.
The debate featured former Department of Administrative Services head Adam Steen, state Rep. Eddie Andrews and former state lawmaker Brad Sherman. Two other Republican candidates, Congressman Randy Feenstra and Zach Lahn, did not attend.
The candidates are running to replace Gov. Kim Reynolds, who is retiring.
All three candidates disagreed with Feenstra’s position that private schools should stop turning away students because of limited space or special needs, though they offered different explanations.
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Education Savings Accounts, or ESAs, allow state funding to follow students to private schools.
Steen said Feenstra’s position on ESAs makes him sound like Democratic candidate Rob Sand. He said private schools should receive additional funding if they choose to accept students with special needs.
“I don’t think schools should be forced to receive who they want to receive,” Steen said. “Just because we have a situation right now in our family, we are not going to force a school to accept kids that they aren’t prepared for.”
Andrews voted for the ESA program in 2023. He said private schools are already working to accept more students with disabilities.
“I think most private schools want to accept those and are now looking to expand, change their infrastructure and certainly some of the larger ones are already doing that,” Andrews said.
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Sherman said the focus should be on curriculum, not enrollment policies.
“The content of the education the children are getting, that’s why so many people are looking at ESAs because they are not satisfied with the education coming out of the public schools,” Sherman said.
All three candidates backed banning abortion altogether. Sherman said some women who receive abortions may need to be prosecuted. Steen said he wants to ban chemical abortions. Andrews said he wants more support for pregnant women.
The Republican primary is June 2. Rob Sand is the only Democratic candidate for governor.
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Isabella Warren covers state government and politics for Gray Media-owned stations in Iowa. Email her at isabella.warren@kcrg.com; and follow her on Facebook at Isabella Warren TV on X/Twitter@isabellaw_gray, and on Instagram@IsabellaWarrenTV.
