Illinois world records

It may be hard to believe, but there have been some rather strange world records set by Illinoisans over the years, beyond having a certain professional sports team setting a record for length of time between world championships (happily that came to an end in 2016).

It took 12 years for someone to do it, but Naperville's strange world record for the amount of people willing to show up and completely reverse the order of how a normal person gets dressed has finally fallen to an out-of-state competitor.

It seems like anything can be a world record these days, there are five weird and wacky world records held by Illinoisans that you would never think could be recorded.

If you thought setting world records was something that was only done by people in other states, you should check out some of the weird, strange, and bizarre records that have been set here in Illinois.

If you thought setting world records was something that was only done by people in other states, you should check out some of the weird, strange, and bizarre records that have been set here in Illinois.

As of this writing (Thursday morning, 9:30), two hundred skydivers are still trying to set the World’s Largest Vertical Formation record at Skydive Chicago that they began trying to set earlier in the week. Considering what they're attempting, I can understand why it hasn't happened yet.