This is simply an incredible advert, some guy raps about his shop and uploads it to youtube. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers. Or the power of one stupid people and the youtube community:

it’s just like, it’s just like, a mini- mall !

Ok, so I’m guessing that you didn’t even know there was a furniture land speed record. There’s no reason for you to have known about this – it’s not something I imagine you’d be coming into contact with any time soon.

I’m also betting that you didn’t know that the CURRENT furniture land speed record is held by a sofa? No? Thought not.

Well, it’s now been broken by another, faster, better sofa. For those of you who like your relaxing done at high speeds, check out the video below:

The world record attempt was sponsored by Sofa.com. Their official page for the attempt here and their press release about it here.