A Chain Reaction in Bird’s Fateful Flight
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From Times Wire Reports
A sparrow toppled 23,000 dominoes in the Netherlands, where a world record in domino-building is being sought.
The bird flew into an exposition center in Leeuwarden where TV company employees had worked for weeks setting up more than 4 million dominoes. A system of gaps prevented the rest from falling.
The bird, cowering in a corner, was shot by an exterminator.
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