Hugging it out: Indian man breaks world record for most hugs in a minute

You may know someone who loves hugs, but chances are you don’t know someone who’s up for hugging nearly 80 people in a minute.

Krishna Kumar managed to do just that, as he broke the world record for most hugs in a minute by hugging 79 people in 60 seconds at an Indian school.

Kumar actually tried for 83 hugs, but the Guinness World Records team disqualified four attempted embraces because they felt they were more ‘headlocks’ than ‘hugs’.

The 79 hugs edged out the previous record of 77, which was achieved by Australian news presenter Carrie Bickmore in 2014.