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Man sits on toilet for five days in bid to set world record

Belgian Jimmy de Frenne sits on a toilet in a cafe in Ostend, Belgium [Photo: Reuters]

A Belgian man sat on a toilet for nearly five days this week in a bid to set a world record.

Jimmy De Frenne, a 48-year old who is learning to be a bus driver, set himself a challenge of sitting for 165 hours on a toilet set up specially for the feat in the middle of a bar, but gave up on Friday morning after 116 hours.

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