Weirdest Sports You’ve Probably Never Heard of

Egg Throwing

Also referred to as egg tossing is among the oldest sports of all times. Initially, the game was meant to signify the rebirth of the earth, and this is the reason it is associated with Easter. Many Christians enjoyed participating in the egg throwing challenge while also pagans played the game as a celebration for spring.

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A competitor goes to catch a thrown egg trying to do so without it smashing during an egg-throwing discipline of the 2017 World Egg Throwing Championships at Swaton Vintage Fair in Lincolnshire, England on June 25, 2017. Entrants travel from many countries to take part in the annual village fair where the World Egg Throwing Championships are held. There are different categories and disciplines including Russian roulette, egg target throwing with accuracy, egg throwing static relay and the trebuchet challenge. (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP/Getty Images)

The game originated in Swaton, England as a common practice among the Christians. The winner in this game should toss the egg to the ground without breaking.

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