Guinness World Records disowns man who got blind during cry-a-thon

<p>Guinness World Record, GWR, has dissociated itself from attempts by a Nigerian, Tembu Ebere to cry for 100 hours.</p>, <p>Ebere had experienced temporal blindness from his attempt at the longest-crying individual world record.</p>, <p>DAILY POST had reported that in an interview with the BBC.</p>, <p>Ebere said he began experiencing severe headaches, puffy eyes and a swollen face from the constant crying before going temporarily blind for 45 minutes.</p>, <p>But in reaction, the Guinness World Record, GWR, disassociated itself from such a record.</p>, <p>In a tweet on Thursday, GWR stressed that they did not approve the attempt and would not be able to monitor such a record.</p>, <p>“Just to quell some recent rumours, we wouldn’t ever monitor a record for the longest marathon crying. Here’s what can be monitored by our team”, the body wrote.</p>