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Holiday
Any day fixed by law, custom or religion on which day-to-day business is suspended for the celebration or commemmoration of some event or public figure.
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April Fools' Day
Holiday; Festivals
Celebrated on the 1st of April each year, April Fools' Day is a time when people, and increasingly businesses, play all kinds of good humored or funny jokes, hoaxes, and other ...
World Youth Day
Holiday; Festivals
World Youth Day is a religious event that is celebrated every three years. Open to youths from all around the world, World Youth Day aims to connect young religious people with ...
International Museum Day
Holiday; Festivals
The International Museum Day is a celebration held on or around May 18 each year to raise awareness of the importance of museums in the development of human society. It's ...
Stinging-Nettle Eating Contest
Holiday; Festivals
The contest is held annually in Devon, England. Of course, nettles are not harmful to eat in the slightest. Nettle soup is a classic countryside dish – but the nettles used in ...
World Sauna Championships
Holiday; Festivals
The World Sauna Championships was a popular Finnish event, and competitors came from all over the globe to compete. The contest is self-explanatory: competitors must sit in the ...
World Bog Snorkelling Championships
Holiday; Festivals
This is possibly one of the most unpleasant contests on the planet. Competitors have to snorkel through the Waen Rhydd peat bog in Wales, UK – a dense mass of dirty water, mud, ...
Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest
Holiday; Festivals
Every year in Brooklyn, New York, competitors must eat as many hot dogs as they can within 10 minutes. One of the most popular of the many 'extreme eating' competitions in North ...
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