Sparrow shot dead after knocking 23,000 dominoes

A sparrow knocked over 23,000 dominoes in the Netherlands, nearly ruining a world record attempt before an exterminator shot it dead today.

The unfortunate bird flew through an open window at an exposition centre in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden where employees of television company Endemol NV have worked for weeks setting up more than 4 million dominoes in an attempt to break the official Guinness World Record for falling dominoes on Friday night.