The 8th Domino Day is fast approaching. The simple task of toppling as many dominoes as possible in as many different ways imaginable has made Domino Day a spectacle which is broadcasted live in 10 European countries and Russia. This year, Domino Day is on Friday November 17 at 19.00 GMT. Robijn Paul Weijers, founder and creator of Domino Day, started building dominoes in 1986, after being approached by an unnamed KLM employee, who saw dominoes toppled on a small scale in Japan and suggested it might become a new marketing tool for the Netherlands, instead of clogs and cheese. Last year's Domino Day made world news, not just for the the record attempt itself, but for a bizarre incident involving the death of a sparrow. The sparrow in question knocked over 23,000 dominoes after flying through an open window and would have tipped all of them before the official attempt, if not for built in gaps in the set up. The bird was shot shortly afterwards, for fear it would knock over more...