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Meet 27-year-old Nigerian Samson Ajao, the world’s longest reading aloud marathon holder with 215 hours

Meet 27-year-old Nigerian Samson Ajao, the world’s longest reading aloud marathon holder with 215 hours

27-year-old Samson Ajao from Osogbo, Nigeria, has secured the world’s longest marathon reading aloud, clocking in at 215 hours, which is just one hour short of nine full days. According to a Guinness World Records report, the previous record of 124 hours was held by Rysbai Isakov of Kyrgyzstan, set in 2022. To qualify for the…

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