UC Riverside’s campus on Friday, Oct. 3, will be filled with the sound of plastic bubbles bursting as students try to break the Guinness World Record for the most people popping bubble wrap at the same time.

Organizers will furnish more than a half-mile of the cushiony packing material and hope to marshal up to 1,000 students to pop it for two minutes, a press release from the school stated.

If they succeed, UCR students will puncture a record set in May by 942 people at Twin Lakes Elementary School in Elk River, Minn., according to the Guinness web site. And don’t worry about the mess – all material from UCR’s bubble wrap challenge will be recycled.

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