In Popular Culture
Ripping phone books in half has often been considered a feat of strength. The Guinness World Record for ripping the most telephone directories is 27 and then French telephone directories is 29 held by Georges Christen.
In the show MythBusters on the Discovery Channel, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman tried to separate two phone books with the pages interlaced with each other. Phone books are used in multiple scenes of intimidation and impending death in HBO's popular crime-drama series, The Sopranos.
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