433 hot air balloons took off at the same time and broke a world record

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The Lorraine Mondial Air Ballons festival on Sunday broke the world record for the most simultaneous hot air balloon flights. The festival, at Chambley-Bussières Air Base in France, included participants from more than 40 different nations.

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