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Bog Snorkeling
The international extreme bog snorkelling championship, held annually in the tiny Welsh village of Llanwrtyd Wells.
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Buzkashi
The game that has been said to capture the spirit of Afghanistan is buzkashi , which could loosely be described as "carcase polo".
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Cheese Rolling
Cheese rolling is a rather mad annual event in Gloucestershire that routinely sends a significant number of entrants to hospital.
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Chess Boxing
The only ways to win at Chess Boxing is by checkmate, knockout, points decision or missing the time limit in a chess round.
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Curling
Despite a strong push from the extreme ironing lobby group, the gong for the quirkiest sport involving a common domestic appliance goes to Curling.
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Underwater Hockey
A sport that actually looks like it might be fun to play, as well as being quite offbeat, is Underwater Hockey.
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Kabaddi
Kabaddi is played on dry land and closely resembles a grown-up version of British bulldog. A kabaddi court is 12.5 metres by 10 metres, divided into halves.
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The Tough Man
Tough Guy is an absurdly gruelling English event that lasts between 90 minutes and five hours, depending on your fitness and pain threshold.
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Trugo
Trugo was created by workers at the Newport railyards in the 1920s and was first played as a formal sport in 1925.
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Wife Carrying
Wife Carrying involves luging your spouse over a rugged 250-metre course, in the fastest time possible. To ensure fairness, there is a minimum wifely weight of 49 kilograms.
