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Unusual Town Festivals: Pumpkin Chunkin, Frozen Dead Guy Days, and More
TLDR This podcast episode explores various unique town festivals, including Pumpkin Chunkin in Delaware, Frozen Dead Guy Days in Colorado, and the Festival of Near-Death Experience in Spain. From launching pumpkins with air cannons to celebrating near-death experiences, these festivals offer a glimpse into the quirky and fascinating traditions of different communities.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
The podcast episode is about unusual town festivals, including Pumpkin Chunkin in Sussex County, Delaware, which is a benefit for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and holds the world record for a chunked pumpkin at 4,483 feet.
03:51
The podcast discusses the Pumpkin Chunkin festival in Delaware, which includes various contests such as centrifuges, catapults, and air cannons, with the air cannons being the most popular and impressive, as they can shoot pumpkins a mile.
07:07
The frozen dead guy days festival in Colorado includes events such as the Grandpa's blue ball dance, antique hearse shows, coffin races, salmon tossing, frozen beach volleyball, and a polar plunge.
10:45
The festival of near-death experience in Spain is held in honor of Saint Martha and includes people who have had near-death experiences being carried in coffins to a church service where they share their stories.
14:19
In Finland, there is a wife carrying competition where men carry their wives in various ways to cross the finish line, and the winners receive their wife's weight in beer as a prize.
17:56
In Buñol, Spain, there is an annual tomato fight called La Tomatina where people throw 140 tons of tomatoes at each other for an hour.
21:18
Every year since 1980, there is an annual mooning event in Laguna-Nagel, California, where people moon passing trains as long as they don't expose other body parts, and the police are there to ensure it remains peaceful.
24:30
The hosts wrap up the episode by discussing listener emails and giving a shoutout to Natalie, a boarding high school student in Massachusetts who listens to their podcast during silent study and even teaches her class about MK Ultra.
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Society & Culture
