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Man Watches 72 Hours of TV for Record

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STOCKHOLM (Feb. 9) - Suresh Joachim has broken his own Guinness world record for nonstop broadcast-television watching, clocking 72 hours in the Swedish capital.
"I feel fine, I drank between 25 and 30 cups of coffee," Joachim said Sunday. His previous record was 69 hours, 48 minutes, set in 2005.
Joachim, a Sri Lanka native who lives in Toronto, watched three seasons of the drama series "24" featuring Kiefer Sutherland, said Swedish TV4 spokeswoman Janina Witkowski.
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Suresh Joachim must have a lot of time on his hands. The Sri Lankan native, who set the Guinness world record for nonstop broadcast-television watching in 2005, breaks his own record by sitting in front of the tube for 72 hours. I feel fine, I drank between 25 and 30 cups of coffee, he says.