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The World Championship That Takes Place in a British Pub's Parking Lot

The very English tradition of the British and World Marbles Championships.

Linda Rodriguez McRobbie April 4, 2016

The Wet and Wild World of Underwater Sports

Sure, rugby is fun on land, but why not play it at the bottom of a swimming pool?

Tao Tao Holmes April 1, 2016

Video Wonder: The British Game of Knocking Nuts

Conkers has been played for over a century.

Tao Tao Holmes March 11, 2016

Video Wonder: Foot Fights at the World Toe Wrestling Championship

Tao Tao Holmes February 17, 2016

Romans Once Filled the Colosseum With Water and Staged an Epic Mock Sea Battle

Tao Tao Holmes January 27, 2016

Regular Golf Is Slowly Dying. Enter: FootGolf

Tao Tao Holmes January 13, 2016

Ugly Truck and Dog Contest. Long John Jamboree, March 24, 2012.

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Long John Jamboree

After a long, dark winter in the upper latitudes, Yellowknife knows how to let it all out in unparalleled style.

What Does it Take to Become Best in Show?

Tao Tao Holmes December 11, 2015

2013 competitors and their coffin

Manitou Springs, Colorado

Emma Crawford Coffin Race

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.