Thursday marks Guinness World Records Day. It is estimated that some 20,000 people will attempt to break a wide range of records.

British Artist Joe Hill took a crack at a record by creating a 9601 square-foot mutal.

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People break a world record as they take part in the world's largest and longest 3D anamorphic street painting in the Canary Wharf district of London, on Thursday, Nov. 17.

Related: Look through images of the biggest, fastest, longest, weirdest and wackiest record breakers from the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records.