Stanley Hayes Munro, 45, from Syracuse, New York, is a toothpick engineer.

 

The former haunted house designer built his first sculpture in school when tasked with creating a structure that could hold the weight of an egg.

 

And he's been hooked ever since.

 

Now, he has won the world record for the tallest toothpick structure with a mammoth² sculpture of the Burj Kahlifa, Dubai.

 

For Stanley though, he has always been more concerned with the integrity of his work - structural³ integrity that is.

 

Stanley said: "I've never cared for counting toothpicks, wasting toothpicks, or any obsession⁴ about the number of toothpicks used in any construction.

 

"But an engineering problem where you've got to create a strong structure, now that's a problem worth solving."

 

"I made my first toothpick structure in 5th grade art class," he continued. "The assignment was: build something 25cm tall and have it hold the weight of an egg.

 

"Mine held my desk and from that point I was hooked."

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