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The Pancake Day tradition has been celebrated for over a thousand years. Below are the 10 flipping great Pancake Day facts.

10:18 17 February 2015

1.    The largest stack of pancakes that made it to the Guinness World Records in 2012 was made up of 60 large round pancakes and measured 76cm tall.
2.    Pancake races are believed to have started in 1445 in Olney in Buckinghamshire. A woman, who was late for the Shrove Tuesday service, was making a pancake. When she heard the church bells, she hurriedly run grabbing both pan and pancake in hand.
3.    It is customary in France to make a wish when flipping a pancake in a frying pan while holding a coin in one hand.

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4.    In Newfoundland, Canada, small household items are baked into pancake symbolising elements that are considered to human beings. For example, a coin could mean prosperity while a ring could mean marriage.
5.    The most number of pancakes tossed is 349 in just two minutes. The record was made by Dean Gould at Felixstowe, Suffolk, England in 1995.
6.    Pancake Tuesday is celebrated as Carnivale in Italy, which translate from Latin as “goodbye to the flesh.”
7.    Pancakes were originally made using left over fatty and rich foods before Lent.
8.    During Shrove Tueday, Brits all over the country use an estimated 52 million eggs.
9.    Pingu is the most watched pancake-related video on YouTube.
10.    The highest ever flip was performed by Dominic Cuzzacrea in New York USA in November 2010.