While British divers invented underwaterhockey to spend the winter months their continental nemesis - Germany - found diving at winter temperatures equally unpleasant resulting in the invention of underwater rugby. Simply exercising to maintain your physical fitness for only a few months of actual diving a year gets boring eventually, a problem solved creatively by inventing an underwater ball game combining the same physical exercise with team sport. Read more…
What might seem like the descending of heavenly paradise on earth turned out quite differently for Londoners in the fall of 1814. Following an accident at the Meux’s Horse Shoe Brewery a tidal wave of beer washed down the streets of Tottenham bringing death and destruction. Read more…
Twice a year the beautiful city of Siena (Toscana, Italia) organizes a traditional horse race dating back to medieval times. Each of the seventeen contardes (city wards) is represented by it’s own horse and jockey dressed in the colors of the contarde. The race takes place on the Piazza del Campo which is the center square of Siena’s medieval city center. Read more…
Here’s a bit of google humour (warning: not suitable for Frenchmen)
step1: Go to www.google.com
step2: Enter the search term ‘French military victories’
step3: Click the [I'm feeling lucky] button
Somehow, I think it was the British..
If you’re woundering why this happened Read more…
This short clip shows a group of Norweigan soldiers who demonstrate how not to use a flashbang, Hø! Hø! Hø!
A little known sport, underwaterhockey is what some divers like to do during the winter months when the outside water is too cold for diving. The sport was invented in Great Britain during the 1950’s when some British divers were looking for ways to stay fit during the winter. The result: An intensive and beatiful sport practised around the world leaving us with some striking images.
