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Meet the teenagers behind Mannequin Challenge madness

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The Mannequin Challenge is the standing still craze that has taken social media by storm.

Everyone from the Dallas Cowboys, to Beyonce and Hillary Clinton has taken part.

The Florida teenagers who created the craze have been telling BBC Trending how Mannequin Challenge came about and have been picking some of their favourite frozen moments.

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