Human mattress dominoes: The dumb collaborative fun we missed in 2020 Germany's world record attempt from 2012, when a mere 1,150 humans became dominoes. Image: Frank Rumpenhorst / EPA / Shutterstock 2020-12-29 11:00:00 UTC Stuck at home with more time on our hands, a lot of us went down weird internet rabbit holes in 2020. The one I'm most grateful for stumbling upon was filled with oddly soothing videos of people literally falling down. They seemed to represent everything we lost this year, and the hope of everything that could come again: Thousands gathering IRL in close quarters for silly, innocent, massively collaborative, and globally competitive fun.Â