Oversized bedding on show in Covent Garden
Published: 08 May 2009
Big beds are all the rage this week as huge amounts of bedding were poured onto four massive bed-shaped structures across the world in a bid to break a world record with the power of mattresses and bed linen.
London's Covent Garden staged the world's biggest bed jump yesterday, with many locals getting involved in the fun and games which were replicated three times around the world.The London landmark was home to the huge bed, which was created in a bid to set the world record for the biggest bed jump ever, using tens of mattresses, a supersized comforter and two trampolines to make it bouncier than ever.
Also being staged in Paris, New York and Shanghai, each location was prepared with specially-made bed linen.
Taking 100 people five weeks to make, the fabrication harnessed six tonnes of steel and 1,000 kilograms of wood.
NBC Washington reported on another strange sleeping arrangement this week when covering the Slimdome, a bed-based sauna which burn 600 calories in just 40 minutes.
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